By Plenary Sessions: Mart Helme
Total Sessions: 4
Fully Profiled: 4
2024-12-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth session, press briefing.
The tone is anxious, insistent, and interrogative, demanding concrete and satisfactory answers from the minister, as the initial response was vague. External authorities (Kusti Salm, Bloomberg) and former high-ranking officials are cited as the basis for the criticism to emphasize the gravity of the situation. The necessity of reassuring the public is stressed, noting that people are following the information session and require confidence.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The style is extremely confrontational, emotional, and accusatory, including direct insults ("I'm going to chew you out," "You guys are a joke!") and shouting. The speaker consciously refuses to hold a "civilized debate," because the coalition "is playing dumb" and resorting to demagoguery. The appeals are based primarily on morality, system criticism, and fear of accountability, while also referencing legal and statistical arguments.
2024-12-04
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing
The rhetorical style is skeptical, anxious, and pressing, centering on logical arguments regarding the sheer impracticality of managing massive crowds (a human mass numbering in the hundreds of thousands). The text employs hypothetical extreme scenarios (an attack from the West, being caught in a pincer movement) and stresses the risk of descending into panic, conflict, and "tremendous confusion." The speaker poses questions that imply the government's incompetence and lack of preparation.
2024-12-03
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is extremely combative, emotional, and urgent, often employing strong labeling and personal attacks (e.g., "corrupt gang of bandits"). Appeals are based on moral outrage, personal examples (a father of six children), and dramatic warnings (vigilantism, political ruin). Opponents' arguments and explanations are treated as complete falsehoods.