By Agendas: Martin Helme

Total Agendas: 225

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2025-10-15
Security

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is urgent, combative, and alarmist ("very worried"), utilizing both statistical claims and emotional appeals while referencing negative examples from Western European cities (Stockholm, Berlin). The speech is direct and accusatory, calling into question the government's position that "everything is fine." Repeated emphasis is placed on the fact that this is a "real concern," not a literary one.
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2025-10-15
Border Infrastructure, the Saatse Boot, and the Protection Zone

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is very aggressive, critical, and accusatory, employing strong personal judgments (e.g., "incompetent," "stupid," "reckless actions"). The speaker uses emotional appeals and hints at ulterior motives (corruption, boosting the party's ratings) to discredit opponents, while simultaneously trying to remain "somehow civil."
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2025-10-15
The Prime Minister's Plan and Statements at the European Council (Climate Targets, Migration)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is highly combative, ironic, and accusatory, repeatedly employing rhetorical questions to underscore the Prime Minister's inaction. The speech is emotional, characterizing the PM's activities as merely "sipping coffee" and receiving instructions. It concludes with a powerful personal attack, questioning the Prime Minister's entitlement to a salary.
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2025-10-15
The situation in the country

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and cynical, repeatedly drawing comparisons to Soviet-era propaganda. The speaker employs strong emotional and ironic expressions ("lying eyes," "enough to make the dead laugh") and negative metaphors ("strangling hands"). Although statistics are presented (13 quarters), the emphasis is placed more on emotional and political attack.
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2025-10-15
On the topic of ERM

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong moral judgments ("obscene," "defilement," "perversions"). The speaker presents logical arguments regarding state funding, but the emphasis is on an urgent demand and value-based criticism that the government must intervene and take responsibility. Direct examples of the performance content (imitation of rape, stamping marks on the forehead) are also used to amplify the emotional impact.
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2025-10-08
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Planning Act and Other Related Acts (683 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The rhetoric is combative, critical, and ironic, employing strong and emotional language (e.g., "embarrassing euphemism," "corrupt, expensive, ugly, environmentally harmful wind turbines"). The argumentation itself is logical, but it primarily focuses on exposing the opponents' underlying motives and dismissing their conclusions as false, even when the premises are sound. Direct address is used, and opponents are called out by name.
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2025-10-08
A Better Protected Estonia

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour

The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and demanding, employing strong language to describe the government's actions (e.g., "torn to shreds," "fueling war hysteria"). The speaker presents logical conclusions (two possible reasons for criticizing Rutte) and urgently demands public explanations from the government concerning the substance of the NATO meeting. Emotional appeals are utilized (war hysteria), blended with references to the opinions of foreign experts.
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2025-10-07
First Reading of the 2026 State Budget Bill (737 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, personal, and confrontational, including direct accusations of the minister's incompetence and failure ("idiot," "failed on all fronts"). Irony and emotional appeals are employed to emphasize the opponent's deceitfulness and broken promises (e.g., "Read my lips, taxes won't rise"). The speaker demands answers to specific questions while simultaneously avoiding comments from the opposing side.
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2025-09-25
Political statement by Prime Minister Kristen Michal regarding the transfer of the draft State Budget Act 2026

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, aggressive, and accusatory, utilizing strong metaphors and hyperbole (e.g., referring to the government as "clowns" and a "circus"). The speaker emphasizes the scale of the crisis, referencing a movement "towards national bankruptcy" and the "crisis of democracy." Emotional appeals (deception, lies) are combined with the presentation of specific economic data.
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2025-09-24
The situation in the country

15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, press briefing

The style is highly combative, accusatory, and direct, launching sharp attacks against the Reform Party and the Prime Minister. It employs both emotional appeals (referencing the incident involving Jürgen Ligi, the "foul-mouthed yeller") and logical, data-driven arguments regarding the regressiveness of tax policy.
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2025-09-24
The situation in the country

15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative and critical, combining logical, data-driven arguments with sharp personal attacks. Data from journalistic sources (ERR) and official institutions is cited to emphasize the facts. The tone is accusatory and interrogative, calling into question the opposing side's grasp of reality ("What world are you living in again?").
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2025-09-24
State finances

15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, aggressive, and accusatory, employing powerful metaphors and personal attacks (e.g., "statistical sleight of hand crafted in the best school of Soviet propaganda," "a drunken sailor in a brothel"). The tone is urgent, warning of national bankruptcy, and logical arguments (the figures) are interspersed with powerful emotional accusations. The speaker positions himself as the one exposing the statistical deceptions put forth by the government.
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2025-09-22
Inquiry regarding a naval operation (no. 784) that failed and ended with the risk of military confrontation.

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, aggressive, and accusatory, employing strong emotional appeals and making direct accusations (e.g., alleging the prime minister is lying). The style tends to be unsubstantiated and ironic, focusing on contrasting the government's actions and slogans with reality. There is frequent use of contrast (rhetoric vs. reality) and labeling (e.g., "Putinists," "blood money").
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2025-09-17
Re-examination of the Act Amending the Act on Churches and Religious Communities (570 UA) Not Proclaimed by the President of the Republic

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, alarmist, and emotional. Hyperbolic language is used, labeling the government the greatest security threat. The speech is short, direct, and focuses on moral condemnation ("shame").
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2025-09-17
In light of the security drone incident and related questions

Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and critical, repeatedly employing intense terminology such as "failure" and "international disgrace." The emotional appeal is strong, emphasizing public concern and the government's inability to provide answers. Opponents' arguments are dismissed as nothing more than empty, "booming hurrah-patriotism," demonstrating a clear intent to discredit the opposing party.
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2025-09-15
Inquiry Regarding Latvian Red Beetles in Estonia (no. 796)

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is direct, interrogative, and demanding, conveying mild frustration regarding the ambiguity and unresolved issues ("So what happens with this now?"). The appeal is logical, centered on the unjust allocation of responsibility: permits are issued elsewhere, but the burdens (and the damage) remain here.
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2025-09-15
An inquiry regarding the hindrance of development in the defence industry (no 783)

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and penetrating, emphasizing the seriousness and urgency of the situation. The speaker employs strong metaphors ("black hole," "parallel worlds") and personal attacks intended to deny the opponent's intelligence ("IQ higher than an earthworm"). The tone is rather emotional and confrontational, demanding direct answers.
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2025-09-11
Draft law amending the Act on the Election of Municipal Councils (639 SE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is pragmatic and insistent, emphasizing the need to quickly resolve the "legal tangle" and avoid chasing one another. Logical arguments are used to achieve clarity, avoiding emotional appeals, but adding vivid metaphors (e.g., "circular firing squad") to emphasize the universal nature of the problem. The speech is direct and uses simplified terms, such as "sissekirjutus" instead of the official "registrikanne."
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2025-09-10
A written request for a vote of no confidence in Social Minister Karmen Joller, submitted by 21 members of the Riigikogu.

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and attack-oriented, employing personal insults and hyperbole (e.g., "catastrophe," "hysterical spasms"). The speaker appeals to an emotional sense of justice and moral condemnation, describing the minister's conduct as "shameful and humiliating." Direct personal attacks are utilized, labeling the minister a "witch" and a "quack," while emphasizing the speaker's superior memory ("I remember everything").
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2025-09-10
Taxes

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative and accusatory, repeatedly using the word "lie" to discredit the opponents' claims. The speaker presents logical arguments (a budget deficit, voting results) with high intensity, accusing the opponents of lying to voters during the campaign. The tone is direct and demands a clear stance from the opponents.
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2025-09-10
The suitability of the acting Minister of Defence for their position.

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and rife with personal attacks, employing blunt and insulting language (e.g., "You are a small and stupid person!"). The tone is arrogant and confrontational, emphasizing the need to shut down opponents and highlight their insolence. The emotional appeal is dominant, focusing on anger directed at dishonesty and a lack of accountability.
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2025-09-10
Situation in National Defence

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and emotional, employing sharp language such as "lying," "total chaos," and "disarray." An ironic cultural reference ("Fawlty Towers") and repeated rhetorical questions are utilized to underscore the incompetence and lack of accountability in the government's actions. The objective is to portray the government's actions as "bungling management" and "a complete screw-up."
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2025-09-10
Information session

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly formal and objective, focusing on procedural accuracy ("a procedural question"). Simple, direct language is employed, which is purely logical and descriptive, and devoid of emotional appeals.
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2025-09-09
The Minister of Defence's 2025 presentation on the implementation of the state's long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035"

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.

The style is extremely combative, aggressive, and accusatory, repeatedly employing strong emotional terms such as "complete bluff," "rubbish," "cynical lie," and "they are brazenly stealing." The speaker combines the presentation of concrete facts (drone and tanker incidents, National Audit Office) with powerful emotional appeals demanding accountability and resignation. The tone is predominantly intimidating and attributes hysteria to opponents, while simultaneously requiring immediate action.
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2025-09-04
Chair implementation

15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu

The speaker’s style is predominantly combative, sharp, and often sarcastic, employing strong emotional phrases such as "disaster zone," "embarrassing," and "classic thugs." Emphasis is placed on logical and legal arguments (citing rules of procedure and the constitution), but these are interspersed with personal attacks and accusations of "totalitarian capriciousness." The speaker frequently uses rhetorical questions to challenge the legitimacy of the board's decisions.
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2025-06-12
A written request for a vote of no confidence in Justice and Digital Minister Liisa-Ly Pakostale, submitted by 42 members of the Riigikogu.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The style is extremely aggressive, confrontational, and personal, employing strong emotional language and outright insults ("foul-mouthed screamer," "the activist behavior of a pioneer leader," "systematic, cynical, and deadpan lying"). Sarcasm is utilized (e.g., using the prison service to take prisoners of war) along with rhetorical questions. The objective is to discredit the opponent and label the government’s actions as "evil-doing."
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2025-06-11
Draft law amending the simplified taxation act for entrepreneurs and the income tax act, and repealing the security tax act – second reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, repeatedly employing the words "lie" and "lying," alongside strong phrases like "awfully irritating" and "utter nonsense." Direct personal appeals are utilized, stressing that people's wallets are empty, in stark contrast to the government's "nice talk." The discourse is informative, yet its primary goal is to discredit the opposing side.
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2025-06-11
Swedish Prisoners

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing.

The style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and emotional, relying on strong hyperbole and name-calling (e.g., "cutthroats," "dumpster fire," "Orwellian rhetoric"). The speaker accuses the government of "trolling" people and "short-circuiting them with nonsense," while simultaneously demanding a clear position from the prime minister. Although the speaker claims to be speaking "without malice," the tone is sharp and the objective is to discredit the opponent.
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2025-06-02
Inquiry regarding the impacts and regulations of wind energy development in Estonia (no 749)

15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session

The style is extremely confrontational and accusatory, employing direct accusations regarding the minister's dishonesty ("you must not lie," "you lied"). Insistent rhetorical questions are used (e.g., "Why are you pressing on?") alongside an emotional appeal, hinting at corruption and a large sum of money.
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2025-06-02
Inquiry Regarding the Pihlakodu Case and the Prosecutor's Office Activities (no 748)

15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session

The style is highly combative, accusatory, and blunt, conveying frustration and anger directed at the system. It employs strong emotional appeals and name-calling, referring to the opposition party as the "Reform Party mafia" and accusing the prosecution of "complete failure." The tone is critical and demanding, particularly concerning the resistance to avoiding political interference.
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2025-05-22
Draft law amending the Value Added Tax Act (596 SE) – First Reading

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sarcastic, and blunt, employing strong emotional language and launching personal attacks aimed at the opponents' competence. The speaker balances detailed economic examples (such as the results of excise duty cuts) with ironic remarks directed at the Reform Party’s "geniuses" and "know-it-alls." To discredit the opposing side's arguments, he uses phrases like "Chinese language, rocket science" and "Freudian slip."
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2025-05-21
Draft law amending the Income Tax Act (597 SE) - First Reading

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.

The style is sharply critical and combative, using strong accusations against the government and specific former ministers (e.g., "Europe's best money laundering minister"). The speaker combines emotional claims (that the government has made people poorer) with detailed, data-backed arguments regarding tax tables and forecasts.
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2025-05-21
War and Peace

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing.

The style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and forceful, utilizing strong emotional language such as "catastrophic" and "shameful failure." The speaker repeatedly poses rhetorical questions ("Who is responsible?") and demands accountability, culminating in a direct call for the prime minister to resign. The appeal focuses on issues of responsibility and the fate of the nation, rather than detailed policy solutions.
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2025-05-19
Inquiry regarding labor productivity, Estonia's competitiveness, and cheap labor (no. 742)

15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sharp, and emotional, accusing opponents of presenting arguments characterized by "transparent deceit." Strong emotional appeals are employed, framing the consequences of immigration as an inevitable rise in crime, a housing shortage, and the degradation of the cultural environment. Opponents are ideologically labeled, being called "globalists, satanists, and leftists."
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2025-05-14
Draft law amending the Securities Market Act and, in consequence thereof, amending other laws (588 SE) – second reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, provocative, and emotionally charged, employing heavily loaded phrases such as "freak show" and "parade of freaks." Rhetorical questions and personal attacks are utilized to cast doubt on the opponents' motives and competence (for instance, Jürgen Ligi's delicacy/tact). The appeal targets fear and issues warnings against the examples set by "Western countries that have gone mad."
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2025-05-14
First reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu "Proposal to the Republic's Government to submit an application to the European Commission for the exemption of energy production companies from the obligation to purchase CO2 quotas" (619 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

The style is highly combative, confrontational, and extremely critical, employing strong pejorative labeling (e.g., "charlatans," "climate alarmists"). The speaker utilizes an emotional appeal (the fear of losing money) mixed with purported facts to demonstrate the lack of foundation for climate policy. Hyperbole and simplified narratives are used ("the big lie," "give money, don't ask") to underscore the unethical motives of the opposing party.
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2025-05-14
Reconsideration of the Act Amending the Act on Churches and Religious Communities (570 UA), Not Proclaimed by the President of the Republic

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, passionate, and accusatory, employing sharp warnings about the loss of freedoms and the threat of totalitarianism. Logical arguments regarding constitutionality are mixed with the ridicule of opponents' manipulation tactics (e.g., "Putin! Putin!"). The speaker uses repetitive and emotional language to emphasize the embarrassment and absurdity of the opponents' actions.
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2025-05-12
Request for information regarding population register entries (no. 754)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, featuring direct personal attacks against the minister ("You're simply a liar!") and strong ideological opposition. Sarcasm and irony are employed (e.g., "age dysphoria," wishing for the name Jürgen Ligi), and legal arguments are used to bolster emotional accusations.
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2025-05-08
Draft Law on Declaring the Security Tax Act Invalid (595 SE) - First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The style is sharp, sarcastic, and combative, employing strong criticism and irony directed at the coalition, labeling their actions "theater of the absurd" and dismissing their speech as "mumbo-jumbo." It appeals both to economic logic (the failure of forecasts) and to emotions (through accusations of lying and cynicism). It utilizes provocative expressions and personalized attacks.
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2025-05-07
Draft law amending the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act (594 SE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, aggressive, and contains personal attacks, calling opponents "idiots" and their arguments "crap," and accusing them of luring people into a "trolling trap." A combination of emotional condemnation and logical arguments based on the positive outcomes of previous tax cuts is employed. The tone is urgent, emphasizing that the economic situation demands immediate action.
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2025-05-07
Draft law amending the Electricity Market Act (555 SE) - third reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and accusatory, employing strong negative adjectives (vile, ideological, stupid) to describe opponents' decisions. The appeals are primarily ideological and emotional, emphasizing the financial burden on consumers and the risk of the system collapsing. Well-known quotes (Reagan) are used to illustrate the political cycle (regulation, taxes, subsidization).
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2025-05-07
Sending Estonian Defence Forces to Ukraine

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, emotional, and urgent, emphasizing the vital importance of the topic for the continued existence of Estonia. Dramatic imagery is employed (e.g., "brought back in a zinc coffin") and personal attacks are made (calling Michal an emperor) to underscore the irresponsibility of the opposing side. There is a strong appeal to fear and national self-preservation, accusing opponents of treating the issue as a humor column.
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2025-05-07
Security

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is sharp, confrontational, and accusatory, utilizing direct questions and harsh criticism to call the government's competence into question ("you are not fit for your office"). The speaker employs logical argumentation, categorically distinguishing between different security situations (Mali vs. Russia), but the tone is urgent and critical.
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2025-05-07
Bringing in foreign labor

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The tone is very combative, accusatory, and ironic, especially when exposing the opponents' true intentions ("the public would surely take your head off"). Logical arguments are used regarding the economic impact of the wage demands, but they are presented with emotionally charged and confrontational language. The speaker uses examples of the abuse of exceptions, ironically referring to the average cable guy as a "great IT specialist."
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2025-05-07
Sending Estonian soldiers to Ukraine

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing strong emotional appeals and rhetorical questions ("Have you gone mad?"). The speaker uses contemptuous terms ("absurd," "despicable") to describe the government's actions and emphasizes the threat to the nation's survival, juxtaposing the logical argument (the lack of NATO defense) with the emotional one.
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2025-04-24
Debate on the nationally significant issue "The Drawbacks of Wind Power," initiated by the faction of the Estonian Conservative People's Party.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sarcastic, and populist, employing strong, emotional language (e.g., "complete nonsense," "the green scam," "on a Goebbelsian scale"). The speaker attempts to simplify complex issues to explain them to the "common man," utilizing irony (e.g., "number magic") and rhetorical questions to cast suspicion on the motives of their opponents. The primary focus is on exposing the corrupt intentions of the opposition.
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2025-04-23
Government renovation

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and ironic, calling into question the government’s competence and ability to govern ("Let's not talk about a hardworking government"). Direct accusations are leveled (abuse of the podium, fearing the populace), and arguments are logically structured around fiscal contradictions (blowing up the deficit). The tone is formal, yet sharp and confrontational.
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2025-04-23
Socialism in a right-wing government

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing

The style is highly combative, accusatory, and ironic, utilizing powerful rhetorical questions to challenge the government's policy and ideology. Comparisons are drawn to the Reform Party's previous scandals to underscore the importance of public statements made by government members. The speaker presents both logical arguments (the defense of solidarity) and intense ideological attacks (including the suspicion of favoring Putinism).
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2025-04-21
First reading of the draft resolution "Establishment of a Riigikogu investigative committee to examine the security of the Riigikogu e-election process" (576 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and insistent. The speaker employs strong imagery, implying that those who hold the opposite opinion must be living "under a rock," and labels the entire process a "farce." The argument is presented straightforwardly and simplified—essentially "spelled out clearly"—concluding with a direct demand and a question posed to the listener.
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2025-04-17
Draft Law Amending the Value Added Tax Act (593 SE) – First Reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is confident, direct, and at times polemical, utilizing simple and logical reasoning to argue for tax cuts. Colorful and emotional expressions are employed (e.g., "no beating around the bush," "money is being squandered") to criticize state control and the tactic of frightening opponents with warnings of budget deficits.
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2025-04-09
The first reading of the draft resolution (569 OE) of the Riigikogu, "Proposal to the Government of the Republic to temporarily suspend the processing of all planning procedures related to wind farms, with a deferral until the establishment of an up-to-date methodology for infrasound measurements and the setting of limit values for sound pressure levels."

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly emotional, aggressive, and sarcastic. Strong expressions of contempt are used ("with absolute contempt," "green charlatans," "to sneer") and the text appeals to a sense of injustice. The speaker questions the credibility of official authorities (the Health Board) and "those who believe in science," preferring emotional arguments linked to conspiracy theories over the official data-based approach.
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2025-04-09
Draft law amending the Income Tax Act (566 SE) – First Reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

The style is combative, passionate, and sharply critical, employing strong emotional appeals and stark contrasts (e.g., "sacred cow," "despicable mindset"). Comparisons are utilized (Donald Trump, Lithuania) alongside extensive lists to criticize the government's tax hikes and budget cuts. Opponents (Aivar Sõerd) are personally attacked, with references made to a "scornful smirk" and the labeling of the draft bill as flawed.
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2025-04-09
Continuation of the first reading of the draft law on declaring the Motor Vehicle Tax Act invalid (592 SE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is combative, sarcastic, and sharply critical, employing ironic expressions to describe the opponent's change of heart ("a marvelous change of mind," "The Road to Damascus has begun!"). The focus is placed on the opponent's lack of political integrity, concluding with a challenging question regarding the promises made to voters. Both logical (the budget is fraying) and emotional appeals (taking from large families) are utilized.
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2025-04-08
Draft law on declaring the Motor Vehicle Tax Act invalid (592 SE) - first reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is plaintive and combative, conveying shock and bewilderment over the coalition's voting results. Direct rhetorical questions are used to expose the opponents' hypocrisy, emphasizing the emotional confusion.
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2025-04-08
Draft law amending the Securities Market Act and, in consequence thereof, amending other laws (588 SE) - first reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sarcastic, and blunt. It includes direct accusations of lying ("Don't lie") and berating the questioners. Hyperbole ("I get 800%") and emotional appeals are employed to stress the absurdity of the proposed bill, even while grounding the argument in specific legal details.
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2025-03-27
Board elections of the Riigikogu

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The style is direct, formal, and focuses on clear communication and procedural accuracy. When praising their candidate, confident and comparative language is employed, emphasizing their superior performance compared to others. In the second address, the tone is clarifying and provides historical context in order to resolve potential disputes regarding the legal basis of the nomination.
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2025-03-26
Draft law amending the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (536 SE) – Third Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, self-assured, and self-aggrandizing, emphasizing the party's steadfastness ("tough, principled, and uncompromising"). Heavily charged and polarizing phrases are employed, such as "we'll trash the constitution" and "Putinism nonsense," to criticize opponents and underscore their own ideological purity. The speech concludes with a direct demand to "vote correctly" and a request to "thank the party," which suggests strong confidence in achieving political victory.
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2025-03-26
Security

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong warnings about violence and knife attacks in Western Europe. The speaker directly accuses opponents of lying, manipulation, and corruption ("corrupt money siphoning"). Both emotional appeals and statistical claims are utilized to create an urgent sense of danger.
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2025-03-26
The Selection of Ministers

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing

The style is highly combative, sarcastic, and accusatory, particularly aimed at the Reform Party ("the heroic Reform Party government"). The text employs logical counter-arguments, highlighting the government's political incoherence (the imposition and subsequent abolition of taxes). The tone is sharp and demanding, directly questioning whether the government has any boundaries regarding the types of individuals permitted to serve in the cabinet.
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2025-03-17
Inquiry regarding the financing of Russian-language Delfi and ETV+

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and forceful, employing a strong emotional charge (the threat of Russification, "Estonia groans") and rhetorical questions. The speaker uses simple, direct language, labeling the opposition for bringing in "propagandists" and relying on personal observations ("if you have walked around Tallinn").
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2025-03-17
Inquiry Regarding the Impact of Car Tax on Families with Children (No. 705)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is sharp, aggressive, and skeptical, employing strong accusations (the government stepping into the role of a "Putinist") and irony ("it's a complete mystery"). The speaker presents their arguments logically, citing economics textbooks and statistics, but concludes with pointed rhetorical questions designed to cast doubt on the opponent's narrative.
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2025-03-13
First reading of the draft resolution "Establishment of a Riigikogu investigative committee to assess the risks associated with modified mRNA COVID-19 vaccines" (557 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

The rhetoric is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotionally charged, employing strong metaphors (e.g., the Agatha Christie story about the old aunt under the rose bush). Intense words such as "terror," "medical mafia," and "cynical manipulation" are used to underscore the gravity and injustice of the situation. The style leans toward expressing moral condemnation and storytelling, stressing the necessity of punishing the guilty parties.
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2025-03-12
National Heritage Fund and Raw Materials Supply Security Partnership

The 15th Riigikogu, fifth sitting, information briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and sharp, employing strong emotional and negative expressions (e.g., "the corrupt Estonian clique," "the political line is bankrupt"). The appeal itself is primarily politically charged, focusing on leveling accusations against the government and demanding answers regarding specific diplomatic steps (e.g., following Latvia's example).
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2025-03-12
Ensuring Estonia's security

The 15th Riigikogu, fifth sitting, information briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing strong language such as "total failure" and "spouting nonsense." The speaker uses an emotional appeal, accusing the government of sowing fear to justify tax hikes, and presents their views through questions and rhetorical attacks. The focus is on attacking the motives and competence of the opponents.
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2025-02-27
A written request from 21 members of the Riigikogu expressing a vote of no confidence in Climate Minister Yoko Alender.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and emotionally charged, focusing on repeated false accusations ("you lie, you lie, you lie") and claims of corruption. Strong metaphors are employed (e.g., "tankist" [fall guy/front man], "perpetuum mobile," "robbery plan") and sarcasm to portray the government's actions as criminal. The tone is superior and confrontational, emphasizing that no answers will be given and that the minister's pupil doesn't even move when lying.
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2025-02-26
Draft law amending the Hunting Act (567 SE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The speaking style is direct and conversational, utilizing simple, everyday language. The tone is initially slightly critical regarding the excessive scope of the debate, but then shifts to being inquisitive and fact-based. The politician relies more on widely known situational descriptions than on technical data.
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2025-02-25
Draft law amending the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (536 SE) – second reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, forceful, and emotionally charged, employing strong metaphors ("rotten egg," "we are defiling our constitution") and value-based warnings. The speaker directly accuses opponents ("the Social Democrats with their blackmail") and stresses that this is a political reality that will permanently degrade the constitution. He uses repetition ("I repeat/reiterate") to underscore his position.
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2025-02-12
A written request for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Kristen Michal, submitted by 29 members of the Riigikogu.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and emotional, repeatedly employing strong negative labeling (e.g., "tankie," "blatant lie," "bungling governance"). The speaker emphasizes the incompetence and unethical nature of the opponents, reiterating the Reform Party's "iron pillars": deceitfulness, corruption, and arrogance. The focus of the debate is intentionally steered toward the government's unsuitability rather than the specifics of energy policy.
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2025-02-12
Freedom of Belief and Security

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotionally charged, utilizing terms like "extreme left-wingers" to label opponents and referring to their legislation as "horrible." The slippery slope argument is employed to illustrate the dangers of restricting religious freedom, emphasizing the urgent need to restore normalcy.
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2025-02-12
Damage to Allied Relations by Ministers

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing

The style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and confrontational, focusing on exposing the government's hypocrisy and double standards. Emotional and sharp phrases are employed ("shamefully," "embarrassingly," "ranting") alongside the cliché "You too" to characterize the opponent's argument. The speaker presents logical appeals based on comparing past events with the current situation.
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2025-02-11
A debate on foreign policy initiated as a matter of significant national importance by the Foreign Affairs Committee.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, personal, and confrontational. Strong emotional appeals and insults are used, including references to the opponent's possible state of intoxication ("the shots are still in the system and there are residual effects"). The discourse is low in formality, and its purpose is to discredit the opponent by accusing them of violating alliance relationships.
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2025-01-30
Draft law amending § 5 of the Act on the Election of Municipal Councils (530 SE) – First Reading

Fifteenth Estonian Parliament, fifth session, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is direct and analytical, combining personal conviction ("I think so too") with sharp procedural and legal questions. The tone is formal and focuses on logical arguments, demanding clarification from the opposing side regarding the substance of their objections.
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2025-01-29
The situation in the country.

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, skeptical, and accusatory, employing strong language to cast doubt on the opponent's credibility ("speaking with a straight face," "a load of nonsense"). The speaker blends logical arguments and financial data with emotional appeals, accusing opponents of manipulation and illogical planning. Repeated questions and sharp contrasts (cheap oil shale versus the expensive wind turbine system) are used to underscore the arguments.
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2025-01-29
Energetics

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing strong, emotionally charged phrases such as "climate communism" and accusing the government of driving the country into bankruptcy. The speaker balances logical financial arguments (comparing costs with budget cuts) with emotional appeals, accusing the government of handing out money to "their own cronies" and "wind lobbyists." The tone is formal, but the substance is extremely critical.
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2025-01-27
Inquiry regarding elementary school textbooks (no. 672)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, aggressive, and accusatory, utilizing strong emotional and disparaging expressions (e.g., "steamrolled," "completely unfit," "mafia mutual protection," "scoundrel"). The speaker's aim is the personal discrediting of opponents and declaring the system abnormal. Emotional and value-based appeals dominate instead of logical arguments.
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2024-12-11
Third reading of the draft law on the security tax (512 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and accusatory, employing strong epithets ("Orwellianly named," "the pensioner harassment tax," "bungling management"). The speaker accuses the government of outright lying and "smirking in their faces," and uses an emotional appeal to condemn tax hikes hidden behind the rhetoric of national security. Finally, it is noted that the government refuses to listen to the opposition.
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2024-12-11
War and Peace

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is demanding, critical, and urgent, emphasizing a lack of accountability (The Minister does not deem it necessary to comment). A logical structure is employed (firstly, secondly) when presenting arguments, and the right of the public and the Riigikogu to information is stressed. The tone is formal, directly addressing the member of the government.
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2024-12-09
Inquiry regarding phosphate mining plans (no. 664)

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is skeptical, insistent, and confrontational, highlighting the distrust that has arisen due to the Reform Party's past actions. The speaker employs an emotional appeal, referencing public concern, and concludes with a direct and demanding question in order to receive a clear answer. The tone is formal, yet highly direct and purposeful.
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2024-12-04
Second reading of the draft law amending the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Tax Act and other laws (510 SE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The style is highly combative, critical, and ironic, employing recurring metaphors (e.g., "stepping on the same rake") to underscore the government's foolishness. The speaker uses strong emotional appeals and derogatory terms to characterize opponents ("crazies, idiots, and blockheads"). The logical argumentation rests upon the repeated failures of previous political decisions.
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2024-12-04
Second reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu concerning "The use of the Defence Forces in fulfilling the Republic of Estonia's international obligations as part of the United Kingdom's joint expeditionary force" (483 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and insistent, employing strong accusations and rhetorical questions ("Is Estonia some kind of empire?"). The speaker appeals both to logic (waste of money, constitutionality) and morality, accusing opponents of routine inertia and a lack of comprehension ("do you not understand, or do you not want to understand?"). The tone is blunt and demands that the activity cease ("Let's put an end to this!").
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2024-12-04
Offshore wind farms

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly accusatory, insistent, and confrontational, warning of catastrophic consequences, such as being left in darkness and cold. It employs strong emotional appeals and accusations of insincerity ("completely insincere talk"), demanding a firm guarantee from the government regarding energy security. The speaker dismisses the discussion of green targets, focusing instead on direct political accountability.
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2024-12-03
First reading of the draft resolution "Increasing the Republic of Estonia's participation in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development" (542 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The tone is highly aggressive, ironic, and confrontational, employing strong emotional appeals and sarcasm. The speaker begins with a personal attack regarding the opponent's attire and continues by labeling the opponents ("vile politics," "talking nonsense"). He uses simplified but impactful contrasts (closing schools vs. giving away millions) and ridicules the opponents' tactic of labeling him a "Putinist."
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2024-12-03
Continuation of the second reading of the draft law amending the Child Protection Act and other laws (427 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely confrontational, accusatory, and emotionally charged, utilizing strong expressions such as "pedophile mafia" and "thrown into a meat grinder." The appeals are primarily emotional and moral, accusing opponents of lying and lacking a conscience, yet supporting these points with demographic data. The tone is urgent and cautionary, referencing "cosmic laws" and the demise of the nation if child protection efforts continue along the same path.
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2024-11-20
Draft law amending the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (527 SE) – first reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is two-fold: initially analytical and questioning, but it quickly turns sharp and aggressive. Strong emotional expressions are used (e.g., "defacing the constitution," "crude behavior"), and the coalition is accused of political manipulation and coercion.
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2024-11-20
Draft law amending the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (536 SE) – first reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The speaker's style is highly combative, critical, and ironic, employing strong emotional appeals and sarcasm aimed at the coalition. Sharp and confrontational language is used (e.g., "defacing the constitution," "you spit in their faces," "with brute force"), and the political power struggle is emphasized. The logical argumentation focuses on exposing the opposing side's inconsistency and hypocrisy regarding the curtailment of rights.
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2024-11-20
Amendment of the Constitution

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and direct, employing strong expressions such as "you are defiling the Estonian Constitution" and "dodging, scheming, and cover-ups." The tone is accusatory, criticizing the coalition's arrogant behavior ("haughtily and arrogantly"), yet supporting the arguments with both constitutional principles and specific election data.
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2024-11-13
Second reading of the draft law on the 2025 state budget (513 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and dramatic, employing powerful metaphors (e.g., referring to the budget as "filth") and leveling accusations of simulating democracy. The speaker balances statistical data with emotional appeals, highlighting the nation's impoverishment and misery. Furthermore, he/she makes direct accusations that the prime minister is presenting false claims and spreading fake news.
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2024-11-13
Statements by the Defence Forces Commander regarding the war reaching Estonia.

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and urgent, demanding that we "deal with reality." The speaker employs strong accusations, labeling the opponents' communication as "propaganda" and their policies as "self-contradictory." The appeal is a blend of logical argumentation (cause and effect) and emotional pressure aimed at changing the policy.
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2024-11-13
Security

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The style is sharp, anxious, and accusatory, emphasizing the government's irresponsibility and cynicism. Strong emotional appeals are used to justify the public's fear and panic, contrasting with the prime minister's laughter and scolding. The speech is formal but contains sharp accusations regarding the use of "state propaganda."
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2024-11-13
Government action plan in light of the results of the US presidential election

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The style is direct and critical, beginning with a reproach aimed at the chairman for failing to hold the prime minister accountable. The tone is demanding and confrontational, insisting on answers regarding sensitive issues. Fact-based referencing (the EKRE vote) is employed to substantiate the political position.
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2024-11-13
Regional policy

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is sharply critical, accusatory, and concerned, employing strong negative assessments of the government's actions ("the most bungling government," "absolute displacement activity"). The style relies on logical arguments and the enumeration of specific political failures, while simultaneously stressing that the situation is "depressing."
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2024-11-13
Breathing Estonia

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is sharp, concerned, and questioning, repeatedly employing rhetorical questions to hold the government accountable. The tone is combative and accusatory, particularly towards the Reform Party, and emphasizes the need for political discussion, which is allegedly being suppressed by labeling opponents as "Putinists." Strong imagery is employed, such as Estonia being left "exposed" and the government being "thrown under the bus."
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2024-11-11
Draft law amending the Act on Termination of Pregnancy and Sterilisation (459 SE) - First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, emotional, and combative, employing strong moral appeals (e.g., "murder," "eugenic"). The speaker relies on logical analogies and rhetorical questions to expose the alleged illogicality and moral dubiousness of the opponents' arguments. The tone is accusatory rather than conciliatory.
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2024-10-23
A written request for a vote of no confidence in Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi, submitted by 29 members of the Riigikogu.

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong personal attacks and psychological assessments (e.g., pathological liar, narcissist). Speakers emphasize moral responsibility and the minister's inappropriate behavior, especially towards female colleagues. The tone is generally pessimistic, proclaiming the government's actions will result in the country's "complete destruction."
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2024-10-23
Minister of the Interior's political statement on internal security

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, aggressive, and accusatory, using strong emotional evaluations such as "shameful propaganda trick" and "failed interior minister." The speaker employs personal attacks and labeling (e.g., "red commissar mentality") to discredit opponents. The style is primarily value- and emotion-based, accusing the government of building a police state that resembles Russia or Belarus.
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2024-10-23
Supporting Ukraine

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is insistent, critical, and emotional, employing powerful imagery (e.g., "my hair stands on end") and emphasizing the realization of negative scenarios. The speaker presents their views directly, demanding that the government clearly establish its priorities. Both logical arguments (demographic statistics) and terrifying warnings (entering into war against Russia) are utilized.
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2024-10-23
Ministers' deceit

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, emotional, and accusatory, employing sharp and occasionally vulgar language ("vulgar, boorish, and ranting," "a small puppy was put into a pile"). The speaker uses repeated questions (Do you approve of this?) and accuses the government of evading responsibility and changing the subject. The tone is urgent and demanding, emphasizing facts that are beyond dispute.
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2024-10-21
Inquiry Regarding Tax Increases (No. 647)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing strong emotional expressions and personal attacks to underscore the opponent's incompetence. Although economic arguments and statistical comparisons are presented, the overall tone is aimed at discrediting the opponent (for example, by calling the respondent a "little flower at the podium" and accusing them of "living in a fantasy world"). The speaker demands dignity and manliness, yet uses sharp and, at times, offensive language himself.
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2024-10-21
Request for Information Regarding Prison Space Rental (no. 645)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The style is extremely combative, emotional, and provocative, employing strong insults (e.g., "talk that insults intelligence," "playing the fool," "the plebs are in power"). The appeals are primarily value-based and security-focused, contrasting financial gain with the loss of human lives and societal damage. The speaker uses irony and extreme analogies (such as bulldozing schools) to highlight the absurdity of the political situation.
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2024-10-14
Draft law amending the Act on the Government of the Republic and amending other laws thereof (505 SE) – First Reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and ironic, employing sharp language to underscore the illegality of the government's actions. Rhetorical questions are utilized to cast doubt on the actions of the Minister of Justice and the appropriateness of the government's conduct within a democratic state. The speaker refers to the government's activities as operating "backwards" and characterizes them as "poor lawmaking."
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2024-10-14
Draft law amending the Family Benefits Act and other laws (507 SE) – first reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, sarcastic, and aggressive, utilizing personal attacks and insults ("You are perverts!"). The speaker relies heavily on emotional arguments, accusing the government of hostility toward motherhood and children, and of the perversion of state budget priorities. The text employs the creation of contrasts (a small cut versus large tax hikes/foreign aid) and presents accusations of violating the oath of office and the constitution.
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2024-10-10
Draft law amending the Child Protection Act and other laws (427 SE) – second reading

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is forceful and combative, employing strong emotional appeals (such as protecting children) and critical language ("a heinous thing"). The speaker accuses the opposition of prioritizing institutional pride ("defending the honor of the uniform") and stresses that the substance of the proposed bill outweighs mere procedural correctness.
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2024-10-09
Draft law (496 SE) for amending the Social Welfare Act and the Act Regulating the Provision of Health Care Services (regarding the provision of independent nursing care in 24-hour special care services) - First Reading

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth Session, Plenary Session.

The rhetorical style is skeptical and combative, employing the metaphor "in a mess" to describe the opponents' financial communication and accusing them of creating confusion. The style is logical and question-driven, relying heavily on external criticism and posing direct questions regarding the obligations incurred by local governments (LGUs).
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2024-10-09
Phosphorite mining

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, stressing the Reform Party's dishonesty and lack of credibility ("the disability of truth and honesty"). Strong accusations of theft and shady dealings are employed, and appeals are made to the public's fear of irreversible environmental damage. The style is direct and focuses on discrediting the opposition, rather than on the logical presentation of data.
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2024-10-09
Mass immigration of labor

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and forceful, calling the Prime Minister's remarks "foolish" and "complete absurdity." The speaker employs strong emotional appeals (the dismantling of the nation-state, the seizure of the homeland), linking them to economic and security threats (the fifth column, Russification).
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2024-10-09
About Market Economy in Estonia

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and provocative, employing strong accusations (e.g., media lying, the establishment of socialism). Extensive use is made of historical and negative analogies (the Soviet era, the BAM project) and rhetorical questions. The appeal is a blend of logical data presentation and emotional fear regarding state control.
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2024-10-07
Inquiry regarding road construction and four-lane roads (no 408)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharply critical and accusatory, characterizing the minister's responses as vague, "exhausting waffle," and "sleep-inducing drivel." Both logical arguments (budget figures, inflation) and emotional language are employed to emphasize the gravity of the situation and the government's lack of candor when answering questions. The tone is demanding and seeks direct answers, not planning timelines stretching out to 2028.
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2024-10-07
Inquiry Regarding Via Baltica (No. 234)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is direct, interrogative, and confrontational, presented in the form of a formal inquiry. Logical arguments and concrete figures are employed to cast doubt on the government’s action plan and its funding. The tone is critical, demanding rapid answers to the questions of whether the project will be completed within this decade and how exactly it will be financed.
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2024-09-26
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas's political statement regarding the submission of the draft law on the 2025 state budget.

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and ironic, employing sharp metaphors such as "tax rally" and "the lulling lie." The tone is pessimistic and urgent, emphasizing the economic decline and accusing the government of squandering reserves and irresponsible borrowing. Strong emotional terms are used, such as "misanthropic and predatory energy policy" and "crony business," to underscore the immorality of the government's policies.
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2024-09-25
Draft law (469 SE) for the ratification of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Convention No. 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work – first reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session

The speaker's rhetorical style is extremely combative, aggressive, and full of personal attacks, repeatedly employing terms such as "you are lying," "brazen lying," "vulgar demagoguery," and "perverse thing." Strong emotional and moralistic appeals are utilized, labeling the opposing side's ideology as "madness" and transgender people as "degenerates." The style is more informative and ideological than formal or data-driven.
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2024-09-25
Economy

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and urgent, utilizing strong personal attacks and colorful metaphors to describe the government's actions ("a drunk sailor in a brothel," "crazed borrowers"). The speaker blends emotional appeals (e.g., "For God's sake, make room") with specific financial data (borrowing, rising costs).
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2024-09-25
About the Estonian economy

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and demanding, using sharp and ironic phrases such as ("The Reform Party's Flying Circus," "a superb plan"). Although data and statistics are presented (IMF, budget figures), the tone is emotionally charged and focused on holding the opposition accountable and highlighting their incompetence ("We totally screwed the pooch").
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2024-09-25
Security

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, provocative, and accusatory, using emotionally charged and simplistic phrases (e.g., "from submissiveness," "from an inept attitude," "homo stuff"). The speaker poses direct questions, calling into question the opposing side's will and sincerity, and employs irony to criticize the government's alleged helplessness.
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2024-09-24
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Funded Pensions Act and Other Acts (464 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong language (e.g., "totally screwed up"). Personal attacks are used, calling into question the minister's standard of living (eating canned goods) and economic management skills, contrasting this with the struggles of ordinary people trying to make ends meet. The speaker emphasizes their role as a representative of the voters, whose business is everything that happens in the country.
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2024-09-23
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic to Annul the Decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding the Closure of the Consulate General of the Republic of Estonia in New York" (328 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session

The tone is critical and frustrated, particularly concerning the belated handling of the draft bill, which rendered it essentially a matter of hindsight. Direct questions and irony are employed to highlight the baffling nature and inflexibility of the government's decisions. The speaker successfully balances logical critique (a comparison of costs) with emotional frustration (asking why it was necessary in the first place).
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2024-09-23
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic to Move the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem" (325 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session

The style is direct and challenging, employing both rhetorical questions and procedural analysis. The first speaker uses a provocative generalization ("Semitic tribes kill other Semitic tribes"), while the second speaker is analytical and demands a logical justification for the board's decisions, expressing confusion ("I don't understand").
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2024-09-18
Second reading of the Draft Act (359 SE) on amendments to the Law on the Organization of the Energy Economy, the Electricity Market Act, and the Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System Act

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session

The style is confrontational and skeptical, questioning widely held claims about renewable energy ("I object to all three of these points"). Logical appeals are employed, referencing the daily electricity price and directly asking who foots the bill for the costs. The speaker attempts to "broaden the picture slightly" to expose hidden costs.
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2024-09-18
Economic stimulus

15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing sharp phrases such as "Goebbelsian lie" and "legalized corruption." The speaker balances logical arguments (budget data) with powerful emotional accusations regarding the government's incompetence and corruption. Members of the government are repeatedly referred to as "simpletons and corrupt officials" and "liberal totalitarians."
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2024-09-17
Report by the Chancellor of Justice on the compliance of legal instruments with the Constitution and the performance of other duties imposed on the Chancellor of Justice by law.

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong negative metaphors and judgments (e.g., "crocodile tears," "theater," "sleight of hand"). The speaker's aim is the delegitimization of institutions (the Chancellor of Justice, the President, the Court), focusing on accusations of ideological corruption. Alongside logical arguments, dramatic language is utilized to underscore the critical nature of the country's situation.
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2024-09-16
First reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Act on Restrictions on the Acquisition of Immovable Property (321 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is sharp and combative, employing strong emotional appeals and criticism, and calling the situation "scandalous." The speaker engages in the labeling of opponents (the political forces shouting "Slava Ukraina") and balances security arguments with an emotional description of the economic strangulation of local residents.
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2024-09-16
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "On the Development of Measures for Increasing the Birth Rate" (208 OE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is highly passionate, aggressive, and critical, employing strong emotional appeals and unusual language ("vile," "abomination"). Direct accusations and ironic metaphors are used (e.g., "you put the coin in and the child appears") to emphasize the repulsive and mocking nature of the government's attitudes.
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2024-09-11
First Reading of the Draft Act amending the Family Benefits Act (329 SE)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is robust, highly critical, and employs emotionally charged language, labeling the situation as "atrocious" and "unfair." It relies on both logical argumentation (the redistribution of wealth) and a nationalistic appeal (the potential disappearance of the nation-state). The overall tone is accusatory and strongly emphasizes the perceived injustice.
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2024-09-11
Minister of Defence's 2024 Report on the Implementation of the State's Long-Term Development Strategy "Estonia 2035"

Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session

The style is highly combative, accusatory, and skeptical, especially concerning the government's actions, which are dismissed as "pretty talk" and "a bluff." Strong emotional and hyperbolic language is employed (e.g., "screamed hysterically," "the plan to milk the taxpayer") alongside rhetorical questions. Logical argumentation (quantitative comparison) is favored over emotional appeals, but the overall tone remains sharp and dissatisfied.
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2024-09-11
Constitutional Rights of Citizens

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and emotionally charged, employing sharp language (e.g., "flagrant violation of the law," "brutal abuse of power"). The speaker combines emotional condemnation with logical questions regarding hypothetical scenarios for future protests and the accountability of police leadership. The tone is urgent and demands immediate accountability.
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2024-09-11
Validity of the Constitution

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong historical parallels and juxtapositions (the Moscow narrative versus the defense of Estonia). The speaker poses direct questions and rhetorical challenges regarding the government's moral standing, in order to underscore the danger the government's actions pose to national defense. The tone is formal, but the content is extremely confrontational.
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2024-09-11
The confiscation of the Lihula monument by the PPA

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing powerful phrases such as "sneeringly lying" and "harassing beratement." The speaker accuses the opposing side of fostering an atmosphere of disrespect and dishonesty. The appeal is directed to the presiding officer of the session, demanding the restoration of order, while framing the government as "representatives of the regime."
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2024-09-11
The situation in the country

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and urgent, demanding honesty and accountability from the government ("Don't start your term as Prime Minister with incessant lying"). The speaker employs both emotional appeals (a direct appeal to the conscience) and specific financial data and statistics to support their arguments. The tone is direct, and the objective is to expose the government's alleged dishonesty and incompetence.
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2024-09-11
Rule of Law

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing sharp expressions such as "mafioso-like" and "thought crime." The speaker strongly emphasizes the legal violations committed by the government and the police, appealing to constitutional values and historical memory. While the tone is formal, the content is confrontational, demanding a specific evaluation from the prime minister regarding the interior minister's actions.
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2024-09-09
Inquiry Regarding the Work of Kristina Kallas (No. 632)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive and combative, employing strong emotional appeals and accusations leveled at the government. Sharp and personalized language is used, calling the prime minister a pathological liar and the government a regime of Russifiers. Opponents' arguments are dismissed as mere "sloganeering" and "bluff," while simultaneously accusing them of using Kremlin talking points to silence critics.
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2024-07-29
A written demand submitted by 23 members of the Riigikogu for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Infrastructure, Vladimir Svet.

15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu extraordinary session.

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and emotional, employing sharp labeling and irony (e.g., "Comrade Svet," "sociopathic Estophobes"). The speaker emphasizes the opponents' deceitfulness and duplicity, utilizing moral outrage and hyperbole to expose the government's alleged dishonesty. Direct and simple questions are employed, aimed at challenging the opponent's ideological clarity.
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2024-07-29
Third Reading of the Draft Motor Vehicle Tax Act (364 UA)

The 15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu.

The style is extremely combative, emotional, and insistent, utilizing a visual aid (a stop sign) and simple, punchy slogans. Strong accusations are employed (the tax was sold with lies, the government is destroying Estonia), and the speaker appeals directly to the conscience of those present in the chamber. The second speech is ironic and cynical, criticizing the pointless recommendation to read the procedural rules.
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2024-07-29
Second Reading of the Motor Vehicle Tax Bill (364 UA)

15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu

The style of rhetoric is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong language such as "insane," "disgusting," and "irresponsible irresponsibility." It appeals to moral outrage (claiming the government hates the people) and calls for protest and civil disobedience ("vote with your feet"), balancing this emotional appeal with economic arguments concerning the negative impact of tax increases.
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2024-07-22
Granting Authorization to Prime Ministerial Candidate Kristen Michal to Form the Government

15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu's extraordinary session.

The speaker's style is highly combative, accusatory, and blunt, using strong emotional phrases such as "blatant lying" and "you are killing the economy." The focus is on the logical argumentation regarding the detrimental effects of taxes, but this is interspersed with personal attacks targeting the opponent's competence and integrity. The speech is confrontational and includes rhetorical questions.
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2024-07-15
Extraordinary Election of the Riigikogu Vice-Speakers

15th Riigikogu, Extraordinary session of the Riigikogu

The speech's tone is formal, confident, and slightly ceremonial, appropriate for the context of nominating a candidate. The rhetoric balances logical arguments (parliamentary tradition and the party's size) with an emotional appeal highlighting the candidate's level-headedness and competence. Direct and clear language is employed, emphasizing the party's entitlement to the position despite "recent events."
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2024-07-15
Reconsideration of the Motor Vehicle Tax Act (364 UA) left unpromulgated by the President of the Republic

15th Riigikogu, Extraordinary session of the Riigikogu

The style is extremely combative, accusatory, and insistent, utilizing strong emotional language (e.g., "brutal deception," "the robbing of enormous sums of money," "madness"). The logical arguments are based on comparing costs and revenues, but they are delivered with an aggressive tone, urging an immediate vote against the proposal. The metaphor of guerrilla warfare is employed to stress the necessity of continuing resistance even in the event of a temporary setback.
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2024-06-10
Inquiry regarding Ukraine's Accession to the European Union (No. 613)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is critical, demanding, and analytical, focusing on logical appeals and highlighting the government's lack of supporting data. The speaker presents a long, structured series of questions demanding specific calculations and projections regarding the budget, agriculture, and demographics. Ultimately, indignation is expressed that the government lacks "even the faintest clue" about the consequences of the decision.
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2024-06-05
Second reading of the Motor Vehicle Tax Bill (364 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and emotional, expressing deep sympathy for Estonian people being plunged into poverty and for businesses being driven toward bankruptcy. Direct rhetorical questions are posed to the ruling party to highlight their misguided priorities and underlying political motivations. Furthermore, the address includes a procedural request (a motion for a recess).
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2024-06-03
The written motion for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Tiit Riisalo, submitted by 22 members of the Riigikogu.

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, emotional, and accusatory, repeatedly using strong and brazen expressions ("outrageous acts," "smirking in our faces," "pyramid scheme"). The speaker attempts to prevent the topic from being drowned out by "pseudo-professional waffle," focusing instead on emphasizing the perception of political brazenness and impunity. The appeals are directed at public outrage and the demand for justice.
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2024-05-29
Government Spending Policy

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, information briefing

The rhetorical style is sharply accusatory and combative, questioning the opposing side's integrity when it comes to delivering on election promises and managing finances. Strong and emotional phrases are employed, such as ("a horrible pile of money," "terribly badly," "bankrupting Estonia"), and arguments are backed up with specific financial data.
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2024-05-29
Broken promises

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative and accusatory, focusing heavily on the government's lying and failure to keep its promises. It employs both emotional appeals (such as the deception of pensioners) and logical arguments, which are grounded in the scale of the budget deficits and political inconsistencies. The tone is sharp and straightforward, challenging the opposition directly with questions about the loss of public trust.
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2024-05-28
Second Reading of the Bill for the Amendment of the Income Tax Act (416 SE)

15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and emotional, employing sharp personal attacks and provocative comparisons (such as calling the Reform Party "Putinists" and accusing them of copying the Kremlin's behavior). It appeals to the emotions of pensioners who have allegedly been "ripped off," while the narrative is simultaneously backed up by specific economic data.
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2024-05-27
Interpellation concerning events in care homes (No. 571)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and demanding. The speaker employs direct questions and accusations, labeling the government's activities (workshops, competence centers) as a squandering of taxpayer money. The tone is combative and focuses on demanding accountability, utilizing logical argumentation that necessitates specific data.
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2024-05-27
Interpellation concerning the collection of data on post-abortion complications (No. 550)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sharp, and emotional, using strongly polarizing and moralizing expressions such as "Satanic death culture" and "screaming radical feminists." The speaker uses rhetorical questions and contrasts to emphasize the ideological conflict, and accuses the opposing side of "blatant lying to their face" and "tossing out empty red slogans."
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2024-05-27
Interpellation concerning the need for prenatal protection of the right to life of children (No. 554)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative and accusatory, employing strong emotional labeling (e.g., "the most family-hostile government"). The speaker uses hyperbole to discredit the opponents' position, claiming that the government is promoting the cessation of human reproduction to save the planet. Finally, a sharp slippery slope argument is presented in the form of a rhetorical question.
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2024-05-14
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Language Act and the Public Transport Act (Bill 397 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is insistent, alarmist, and combative, employing highly emotional and derogatory language (e.g., "red professors in schools for horse thieves"). The speech includes a warning about the danger of subverting the nation-state, balancing logical arguments with fear. Finally, a challenging question is posed regarding the critical threshold of integration.
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2024-05-13
Interpellation regarding the suffrage of Russian citizens in Estonian local government elections during Russia's war against Ukraine (No. 624)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and accusatory, employing strong opposition against the opponent's logic ("you were constantly heading in the exact opposite direction"). The speaker utilizes logical contrasts (gestures vs. consequences) and rhetorical questions ("Don't you agree that you yourselves are currently damaging Estonian security with your policies?") to emphasize the harmfulness and illogical nature of the opposing side's policies.
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2024-05-09
Debate on the matter of significant national importance: "E-elections – a threat to democracy."

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The style is sharply critical, insistent, and confrontational, employing numerous rhetorical questions and powerful metaphors (e.g., Ouroboros, the poison spreading further). The speaker relies on both logical arguments (such as the lack of data and procedural errors) and emotional warnings concerning the potential loss of state legitimacy and impending ruin. The arguments put forth by the opponents are deemed "a deliberate and cynical attempt to mislead the public."
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2024-05-08
Government Decisions

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sarcastic, and ironic, employing numerous personal attacks and humor (referring to the session as a "stand-up show" and a government member as a "lemonade machine"). The speaker utilizes hyperbole and historical comparisons to ridicule the government's logic. The tone is sharp and focused on discrediting the opponent.
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2024-05-08
Election Promises and the Fulfillment of Agreements

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely combative and personally aggressive, relying on strong emotional appeals and direct insults, specifically calling the prime minister a 'Russifier.' The speaker employs irony and cynical comparisons (for instance, to the Tsarist era of 1913) and accuses the opponent of using propaganda tactics. The formal register is low, and the sole objective is to discredit the opposition.
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2024-05-06
A written motion submitted by 22 members of the Riigikogu for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Education and Research, Kristina Kallas

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The style of speech is extremely aggressive, accusatory, and critical, employing strong emotional appeals and personal accusations (e.g., accusations of Estophobia and using children as "guinea pigs"). Sharp language is used, labeling the minister's actions as "recklessness," "a farce," and "left-radical propaganda," while contrasting the ministry's activities with constitutional obligations.
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2024-04-30
First reading of the Bill amending the Income Tax Act (416 SE)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and confrontational, utilizing strong emotional appeals (shamelessness, lying, deception). The speaker uses media clips (election advertisements) and sharp rhetorical questions to discredit opponents ("What is the next promise you intend to break?"). The minister has been labeled a "tankist" who is forced to lie to the voters.
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2024-04-29
Interpellation concerning the state funding of elective abortions (No. 606)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and morality-driven, employing extremely emotional and negative labeling. Strong phrases are used, such as "manifesto of death culture," "deeply immoral," and "radical feminist slogans." The tone is urgent and indignant, expressing frustration with the quality of the responses ("it went wrong again!") and questioning the opposing side's comprehension.
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2024-04-29
Inquiry regarding pressure exerted by the European Central Bank on the Basel Committee (No. 628)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and forceful, utilizing strong emotional terms such as "green terror," "climate panic," and "catastrophic blunder." The speaker presents logical economic arguments but frames the opposition's actions as an ideological conspiracy aimed at ending the market economy and private property. Finally, there is a call for common sense, coupled with a warning against going along with the "folly" of Brussels.
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2024-04-18
Discussion of the matter of significant national importance, initiated by the Environmental Committee, titled "The necessity and possibilities of introducing nuclear energy in Estonia"

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and urgent, employing strong negative epithets such as "green terror," "green frenzy," and "ultra-communist plan." The speaker combines economic arguments (costs, the budget deficit) with emotional and ideological appeals, accusing opponents of "lying outright" and adhering to the "green dogma." The tone is resolute and uncompromising, demanding a sensible plan.
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2024-04-17
Second Reading of the Draft Act (344 SE) on the Amendment of the Riigikogu Election Act and Related Amendment of Other Acts

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The speech is extremely combative, dramatic, and insistent, utilizing heavily emotional language ("grossly violated," "brutally lied to," "the final nail in the coffin"). It appeals both to logic (by referencing laws and previous practice) and to emotions, accusing opponents of being part of a "liberal regime" and calling them "liberal activists," while labeling the entire process "arbitrary law."
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2024-04-16
Third Reading of the Draft Act (351 SE) concerning the Act amending the Electricity Market Act and other Acts (Termination of Universal Service and Ensuring Security of Supply)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The style is highly formal, concrete, and procedural, focusing on the rules of parliamentary procedure. The address is brief and goal-oriented, without emotional or logical appeals.
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2024-04-15
Inquiry concerning traffic management on national roads (No. 608)

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is direct, accusatory, and demanding, focusing on logical and procedural arguments (legal violation). The speaker uses pointed questions to establish responsibility ("So, who is to blame?") and highlights financial imprudence, maintaining a tone that is confrontational rather than conciliatory.
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2024-04-04
Elections of the Riigikogu Board

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The speech has a confident tone and centers on restoring traditions and highlighting the candidate's personal character. It employs emotional and patriotic appeals (for example, "Viru blood does not tremble!") while stressing honesty, hard work, and loyalty. The style is highly purposeful, concentrating on justifying the nomination and showcasing the candidate's core values.
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2024-04-03
Second Reading of the Bill on the Amendment of the Electronic Communications Act and the Nature Conservation Act (392 SE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The style is extremely brief, polite, and strictly procedural ("Thank you!", "Please"). Substantive arguments, emotional appeals, or complex language usage are absent.
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2024-04-03
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic for Amending the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act" (279 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and question-driven, seeking answers regarding the logic and motives behind the government's actions. The speaker employs strong emotional language (e.g., "furiously agitated," "utter disregard") and stresses national concern. The style is emotional and accusatory rather than data-driven.
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2024-04-03
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic for Enhancing the Exercise of Administrative Oversight over the Prosecutor's Office" (280 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The style is highly combative, critical, and insistent, employing strongly emotionally charged terminology (e.g., "state repressive apparatus," "boutique operation," "witch hunt," "banana republic"). The speaker stresses the system's fundamental rottenness and injustice, backing up their assertions with a list of specific incidents to demonstrate a clear pattern. The overall tone is accusatory and completely uncompromising.
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2024-04-02
Interpellation concerning the abuse of power by the PPA (Police and Border Guard Board) in connection with the unlawful suppression of freedom of speech and expression (No. 620)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and insistent, employing strong emotional appeals and sharp language (e.g., "madman," "serial distorter," "petty tyrants"). To underscore the gravity of the situation, historical parallels are drawn (the 1934 coup d'état, the events of 1940) and comparisons are made to authoritarian states (Russia, Belarus). The speaker addresses the minister directly, demanding personal intervention.
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2024-04-01
Interpellation concerning men of mobilization age from Ukraine in Estonia (No. 619)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharply aggressive and critical, utilizing proverbs ("he who wants, finds a way, and he who does not want, finds an excuse") and rhetorical questions to highlight the government's inaction. The speaker focuses on exposing logical inconsistencies, particularly regarding the debate about sending Estonian soldiers and the refusal to repatriate Ukrainians. The tone is accusatory and demanding.
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2024-04-01
Interpellation Regarding Mass Immigration (No. 617)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is alarmist and confrontational, employing strong phrases such as "mass immigration" and "smothering the native population." The speaker relies on logical arguments and statistics, but uses them to amplify the emotional impact by referencing the Soviet era. The opponents' tactics are sharply criticized, accusing the minister of "lulling (people to sleep)" and the prime minister of "barking."
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2024-04-01
Interpellation to the Government of the Republic concerning plans to increase immigration (No. 614)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is interrogative, critical, and challenging, utilizing the format of a formal inquiry to hold the government accountable. The appeal is primarily logical and data-driven, linking economic statistics (GDP decline) directly to the impact of immigration (100,000 refugees).
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2024-04-01
Interpellation concerning the consequences of reducing family benefits (No. 561)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely confrontational, personal, and accusatory, utilizing strong language ("pathological liar") to label the opponent. The speaker employs emotional appeals and rhetorical questions ("Hello!", "What exactly is your plan?") to highlight the absurdity and injustice of the government's actions. The tone is urgent and aggressive, focusing on discrediting the opposition and refuting their claims.
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2024-04-01
Interpellation Concerning the Undermining of the State's Foundations (No. 523)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and sharp, employing strong emotional appeals and labeling (e.g., "cultural Marxist core ideas," "liberals are the new fascists"). The speaker uses sarcasm (referring to polygamy and marrying minors) and accuses opponents of lying and failing to answer substantive questions. The style is polemical and focuses on value conflict rather than detailed political analysis.
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2024-03-20
First Reading of the Draft Act amending the Riigikogu Election Act, the Local Government Council Election Act, and the European Parliament Election Act (292 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The style is critical and concerned, emphasizing the violation of democracy's fundamental principles. Logical argumentation is employed, referencing constitutional inconsistency and court decisions. To illustrate the situation, the metaphor of the "chicken-and-egg situation" is utilized, describing an institutional deadlock.
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2024-03-18
Inquiry concerning the justification of the activities of the Prosecutor's Office and the Security Police Board (KaPo) (No. 528)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, interrogative, and procedural, relying on logical arguments and the repeated findings of the courts. Repeated questions are directed at the minister to emphasize systemic shortcomings and the lack of oversight ("what is this next level?"). The tone is accusatory and demanding rather than conciliatory.
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2024-03-18
Interpellation concerning problems related to the restriction on official actions (No. 320)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is direct, challenging, and interrogative, using pointed questions to cast doubt on the integrity of the Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor General. The tone is skeptical, demanding firm assurance from the opposition regarding the impeccable functioning of the institutions. Logical, rather than emotional, argumentation is employed.
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2024-03-13
First reading of the Draft Decision of the Riigikogu (322 OE) "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic to Prepare a Comprehensive National Defence Development Vision Extending up to the Year 2045 and a New Extraordinary National Defence Development Plan Deriving from It, Extending up to the Year 2034"

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.

The tone is critical, accusatory, and direct, presenting his viewpoint to a colleague in the form of a question. Strong and slightly informal expressions are used (e.g., "messed the whole thing up," "the entire state budget is completely shot"). The emphasis is on the logical inconsistency between the government's rhetoric and the actual results.
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2024-03-13
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic for Increasing the Birth Rate of the Estonian People" (283 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.

The tone of the speech is highly combative, urgent, and emotional, conveying a deep personal concern for the future of the nation. Strong metaphors are employed (e.g., "to strike with an axe in the back") along with rhetorical questions designed to cast doubt on the sincerity of the opposing party. The style is accusatory and highlights the opponent's hypocrisy ("we pretend as if we were worried").
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2024-03-13
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic to Lower the Value Added Tax on Foodstuffs and Medicines to 5 Percent" (272 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.

The tone is combative, critical, and insistent, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation (e.g., calling the government's actions "irresponsible and criminal"). It utilizes both emotional appeals (large families, pensioners, shoplifting) and economic arguments. It employs sharp metaphors ("a golden axe to the back of the head," "send the shit to the matter, jump on the heel yourself") and historical anecdotes (a Soviet-era joke, examples from the EKRE government) to illustrate its viewpoints.
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2024-03-13
What was discussed with Macron

15th Estonian Parliament, third sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is extremely confrontational, accusatory, and urgent, repeatedly employing direct accusations of lying ("why did you lie to the Estonian public again?"). The tone is emotional, emphasizing the danger facing the Estonian people and demanding a clear political commitment to avoid military involvement. The appeals rely both on emotion (the security of the people) and on evidence (quotes from other world leaders).
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2024-03-12
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Government of the Republic Act (276 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, cynical, and emotionally charged, utilizing strong labels ("Reform regime," "crocodile tears"). A popular saying is used ("Whoever wants to, finds a way; whoever doesn't want to, finds an excuse"), along with irony, to emphasize the opponents' dishonesty and their constant search for excuses.
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2024-03-12
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Local Government Organization Act (Bill 289 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is argumentative and ideologically charged, employing strong phrases to label opponents' positions ("arguments of dictatorship," "anti-democratic arguments"). It utilizes both logical appeal (the myth of snap elections) and emotional examples (the closure of Metsküla school). The tone is persuasive and at times sharp.
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2024-03-11
Interpellation Concerning the Negative Impacts of the Motor Vehicle Tax on Families with Children (No. 602)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, alarmist, and accusatory, employing strong ideological labeling and absolute expressions ("to the core – to the core!"). The appeal is primarily emotional, linking the government's policy to the extinction of Estonians and large families in order to emphasize the urgency of the situation.
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2024-03-11
Interpellation concerning business activities originating in Estonia and related to Russia during the War in Ukraine (No. 598)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly combative, skeptical, and accusatory, particularly aimed at the government. Blunt and sharp expressions are used (e.g., "they lied outright," "stooges"), which convey profound distrust. The appeal is primarily logical and results-oriented, questioning the effectiveness of the sanctions policy, but this is conveyed with high emotional intensity.
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2024-03-11
Interpellation concerning Estonia's critical demographic situation (No. 597)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and insistent, employing strongly emotional and nationalistic language. Hyperbole is used, labeling the government as "the most anti-child and anti-family [one] of all time." The speech concludes with a direct, provocative question regarding the government's aims concerning the fate of Estonians.
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2024-03-11
Question Regarding the Financing of Cultural Buildings of National Significance (No. 600)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is confident, direct, and at times combative, especially concerning the violation of norms ("there is no barrier"). Direct assertions are employed, and the factual situation (the content of the agenda) is emphasized to justify their actions. The tone is critical of current procedures but laudatory regarding their own party's work.
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2024-03-07
Debate on the matter of national importance, "The Future of Estonian Energy 2035," initiated by the Estonian Reform Party parliamentary group.

Fifteenth Riigikogu, third sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, provocative, and emotional, employing strong metaphors and aggressive labeling ("charlatanism," "Goebbelsian lie," "madhouse"). There is a strong appeal to consumer fears and economic injustice, accusing opponents of engaging in a wealth redistribution scheme. It concludes with a direct threat of rebellion and revenge ("they will dip you in tar and feathers," "You will get an uprising").
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2024-03-06
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Local Government Council Election Act (290 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, combative, and forceful, utilizing a strong nationalist framework and warning against the disintegration of national security and the national fabric. Both logical arguments (the dimension of the presidential electoral college) and emotional warnings (mass immigration, the Swedish scenario) are employed. When accusing opponents, the style relies on labeling ("liberals-globalists") and irony ("left-wing whining").
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2024-03-06
First reading of the Draft Act (379 SE) on the Amendment of the Tax Information Exchange Act, the Taxation Procedure Act, and the Income Tax Act.

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and straightforward, utilizing strong and emotional expressions such as "globalism on steroids" and accusing opponents of lying. The appeals are primarily value-based, emphasizing the danger of losing tax sovereignty and referencing the birth of the United States as an example of the demand for tax sovereignty. The style is more narrative and persuasive than technical or data-driven.
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2024-03-06
First reading of the Bill (359 SE) for the Act supplementing the Act on the Organization of the Energy Sector and the Act on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and brazen, repeatedly employing strong emotional phrases such as "irresponsibly false," "vile," and "criminal gang." Logical arguments and data (costs, CO2 footprint) are interwoven with personal attacks and threats regarding political accountability ("tar and feathering"). The government is accused of "bluntly, cynically, and brazenly lying to their faces."
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2024-03-05
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Organization of the Energy Sector Act and Other Acts (Bill 356 SE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The tone is critical, occasionally confrontational and ironic, employing strong language such as "greenwashing" and "a complete sham." The speaker poses rhetorical questions and uses emotional appeals, specifically referencing the plundering of Asian forests. The style is direct and also incorporates procedural remarks and interjections aimed at the session chair.
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2024-03-04
Inquiry regarding the promotion of gender equality and equal treatment in private and family life (No. 268)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The speaker's style is very combative, using strong and sometimes crude language ("male oafs") while appealing to common sense. The tone is skeptical and critical, especially towards experts and their activities, whom he accuses of making life worse. He uses rhetorical questions to emphasize the obviousness of his views.
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2024-03-04
Interpellation concerning the impact of the motor vehicle tax (No. 610)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is extremely combative and aggressive, repeatedly employing strong ideological labels such as "communism," "hardline leftist politics," and "misanthropy." The speaker uses emotional and colorful analogies (e.g., a drunkard stumbling from one ditch to the next, an axe, a crowbar, and a flamethrower) and accuses opponents of outright stupidity. The focus is on ideological confrontation, rather than detailed facts or data.
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2024-03-04
Inquiry Concerning the Taxation of Residential Land (No. 527)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is sharp and combative, starting with a direct warning to the opposition not to misrepresent the speaker's party's positions. A critical and colloquial expression ("pudrutamine" [mumbling/babbling]) is used to describe the opponent's unclear communication. The speaker attempts to draw a contrast between the government's confusing talk and the "average Estonian person's" need for clarity.
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2024-03-04
Interpellation concerning the introduction of the vehicle tax (No. 304)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sharp, and emotional, utilizing strong phrases like "stupid talk" and "it hurts to listen" to label the opponents' arguments. It appeals both to logic (the lack of choices) and to emotion (the ignoring of the public), presenting criticism through rhetorical questions.
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2024-03-04
Interpellation concerning the rise in the cost of living in Estonia (No. 599)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The speech is combative, sarcastic, and accusatory in tone, using a comparison to Soviet propaganda to mock the government's statistics. An ironic phrase ("Kaja Kallas's golden little hands") is employed, and the logical conclusion that the state is capable of managing the economy is emphasized. The style is a blend of emotional accusation and the presentation of specific statistical data.
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2024-02-21
First reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Local Government Council Election Act (166 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharply aggressive and sarcastic, employing terms like "slogans" and "chest-beating" to describe the opponents' actions. Strong emotional appeals are used, stressing the alleged suffering of Estonian children in a "mixed-language or broken-language environment," and opponents are branded with derogatory terms ("from the liberal front").
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2024-02-21
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Value Added Tax Act (286 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is combative and provocative, employing powerful rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the opponents' awareness ("How utterly dense must one be..."). It relies on logical arguments and empirical examples, but also incorporates emotional and sarcastic elements, referring to previous criticism as "horrible pig squealing."
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2024-02-21
A campaign spreading fear of war on the streets of Tallinn

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative, emotional, and accusatory, expressing disgust and indignation regarding the government's actions ("disgusting to listen to"). Strong contrasts and rhetorical questions are employed to emphasize the existence of a legal double standard. The discourse is direct and centered on moral condemnation.
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2024-02-21
Russian Agents in Universities

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is urgent, critical, and confrontational, calling into question the competence of the Minister of the Interior and the security agencies. The speaker employs logical arguments based on facts (e.g., 14 years of uninterrupted activity) and statistics to highlight the dismal picture of the security situation. Rhetorical questions are used to propose simpler solutions, such as preventing people from high-risk countries from entering Estonia.
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2024-02-15
Debate on the matter of national importance initiated by the Isamaa faction, titled "Estonia in Economic Recession. What is to be done?"

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and populist, utilizing strong emotional appeals and metaphors ("a monumental blunder," "we are beating around the bush"). The speaker employs provocative examples (e.g., the threat to take his car to Lithuania and flip the bird in the Riigikogu) and contrasts his party's actions with the government's "thick-headed" and "destructive" policy.
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2024-02-08
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "On the Special Labeling and Sale of Insects and Insect-Containing Foods and Products" (222 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is combative, insistent, and interrogative, employing strong ideological terms ("ideological program," "panic," "bugs"). The speaker relies on emotional appeals and fear of control, sharply contrasting the new direction with the traditional European diet. Repeated rhetorical questions are used to emphasize the unnatural and imposed nature of the policy.
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2024-02-07
First Reading of the Bill to Amend the Income Tax Act (230 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, aggressive, and accusatory, employing strong emotional language ("tragic story," "with criminal negligence," "insane tax and economic policy") and personal attacks (e.g., referring to social democrats as "jellyfish"). The speaker combines detailed financial data with moral appeals, claiming that the government's actions are not mere foolishness but "evil." Irony and exclamations are utilized ("Hahahaa, no way!").
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2024-02-07
First Reading of the Bill (217 SE) to Amend the Income Tax Act

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.

The speaker's rhetorical style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and emotionally charged, utilizing strong expressions such as "a great scandal/outrage," "a terrible, economy-destroying government," and "a mafia-like approach." They employ ideological polarization (conservatives vs. liberals) and present logical arguments (explaining the income tax law) mixed with sharp personal and institutional attacks (the Prosecutor's Office, Eesti 200). The tone is predominantly critical and demanding of justice.
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2024-02-07
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Public Prosecutor's Office Act and the Courts Act (167 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and cynical, employing irony to attack those who believe in the Estonian rule of law. The speaker uses powerful metaphors ("The Prosecutor's Office is sleeping, mouth agape") and lists specific scandals to support the claim of bias within the justice system. Direct rhetorical questions are used to engage the audience.
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2024-02-07
Motor Vehicle Tax

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is highly combative and critical, employing strong judgments regarding the government's actions ("screwed up the economy," "green crazes"). Although specific data is presented, the tone is emotionally charged, and the opponent's statistics are deemed "completely detached from reality." The speaker presents logical arguments against tax hikes, while simultaneously stressing their negative impact on the populace.
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2024-02-07
Nordica Special Audit

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and demanding, highlighting the scandal and legal violations associated with concealing the report. It employs both logical arguments (financial data, statutory right of access) and a strong emotional charge, often hinting at theft, incompetence, or outright waste. The discourse is formal, yet confrontational in its substance.
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2024-01-25
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Emergency Situation Act (124 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is interrogative and analytical, focusing on logical appeal and the justification of policy. The tone is formal and considered, posing a question similar to the previous one, but approaching the topic from a new angle.
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2024-01-24
First Reading of the Bill to Amend the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel, and Electricity Excise Duty Act (111 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is concise, straightforward, and persuasive, utilizing simple language and positive self-description ("riding the wave of good bills"). The speech contains both a logical argument (specific excise rates) and a direct, urgent appeal for support ("Please support!"). The tone is generally optimistic and businesslike.
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2024-01-22
Interpellation concerning the taxation of the populace through inflation (No. 317)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is sharply critical and emotionally charged, describing the situation as "sad," "distressing," and "ugly." The speaker combines emotional appeals (the impoverishment of the people) with specific statistical data to emphasize the finance minister's "hopeless helplessness" and the government's failure.
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2024-01-22
Inquiry Concerning the Imposition of the Motor Vehicle Tax (No. 310)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly combative, sarcastic, and accusatory, emphasizing the opponent's lies and dishonesty ("lying is the central theme of this whole thing"). Strong emotional and ideological appeals are used (serfs, communism, the globalists' plan) to discredit the opponent's motives. The speaker criticizes the minister for "talking complete nonsense" and demands substantive answers to the questions.
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2024-01-22
Interpellation concerning the underfunding of state infrastructure (No. 334)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The style is extremely combative, dramatic, and emotional, utilizing strong accusations such as "is destroying Estonia" and "coup d'état." Logical arguments (funding shortfalls, PPP analyses) are mixed with emotional appeals, directly linking the underfunding of roads to the increase in traffic fatalities. The speech concludes with a complete condemnation of the government, asserting that it "is good for absolutely nothing."
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2024-01-22
Interpellation concerning the environmental impact of mandatory building renovation and citizens' ability to pay (No. 123)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The style is highly combative, emotional, and sharply critical, employing strong language like "communism," "disgusting," and "we got royally screwed." The speaker relies on personal anecdotes regarding the renovation of their apartment association and uses historical parallels (mandatory vaccination, the Reform Party's earlier liberalism) to underscore their position. Appeals are made to both logic (the absence of necessary calculations) and emotion (the plight of people living in poverty).
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2024-01-17
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Income Tax Act (Bill 234 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is very brief, direct, and supportive. The speaker uses simple language, focusing on the logical argument that the bill is better than the current situation. The speech concludes with a direct and urgent plea for the adoption of the bill.
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2024-01-17
First reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Income Tax Act (Bill 233 SE).

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The tone is predominantly combative, self-assured, and at times personally aggressive, especially directed at Jürgen Ligi. Emotional appeals are employed, expressing frustration and ridiculing the opponents' actions, claiming that they "scared themselves so badly of us that they completely lost their minds." The style is direct and focuses on tearing down the opposition.
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2024-01-17
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Income Tax Act (114 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The style is at times sharply polemical and sarcastic, especially when criticizing the prime minister, who is ironically dubbed a "financial genius." Both emotional appeals (such as strikes and lack of funds) and pragmatic arguments (the budget deficit, the economic situation) are employed. The overall tone is critical and at times cynical regarding the sheer volume of bills that have been submitted.
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2024-01-17
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Customs Act (350 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is critical, cautious, and logical, focusing on the necessity of ensuring systemic integrity and transparency. A historical example (the Russian era) is employed to highlight the danger of potential theft and abuse of power. The speaker defends bureaucracy when it is required to guarantee an honest and transparent system.
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2024-01-17
Consistency of Threat Assessments and Defense Planning

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is urgent, concerned, and sharply critical, highlighting the public's "confusion and anxiety." The speaker employs logical arguments and rhetorical questions to challenge the rationality and timeframe of the government's plans. The tone is formal and analytical, focusing on bringing to light contradictory data from various officials and nations.
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2024-01-17
The Bronze Soldier

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing

The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and forceful, employing strong emotional appeals, such as references to "historical soul wounds being rubbed with salt." Sharp rhetorical questions and irony are used (for example, calling Ansip a "lemonade machine") to highlight the government's inaction. The speaker dismisses the opponents' arguments (the 'graveyard peace' or 'truce') as merely "searching for a pure pretext," emphasizing the logical contradiction established by the precedent of removing the Narva tank.
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2024-01-15
Inquiry concerning the misappropriation of "Slava Ukraini" funds and the related investigation (No. 578)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, confrontational, and ruthlessly critical, employing direct accusations and non-standard language ("spouting rubbish," "you're picking a fight"). The speaker utilizes emotional appeal to highlight the scandalous nature of the situation, particularly concerning the Interior Minister's threatening tone ("We'll remember that"). The argument relies on comparisons to previous incidents to demonstrate the double standards and political bias of the investigative authorities.
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2024-01-15
Interpellation regarding the capability to ensure internal security in the new situation where uncontrolled immigration has made the people of Estonia worried about their property and their lives (No. 536)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is sharp, interrogative, and confrontational, demanding facts from the opposition and calling into question the very foundation of their arguments. Rhetorical questions are frequently employed ("Where are these facts?"), and the acuteness of the issues is highlighted, suggesting an urgent and critical tone. The speaker attempts to connect the issues of economic downturn and crime with immigration, even while acknowledging that the opposing side refuses to recognize this link.
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2024-01-15
Inquiry Regarding the Saaremaa Fixed Link (No. 278)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is sharply critical and combative, utilizing emotionally charged phrases (e.g., "teeth clenched," "ridiculously costly projects," "wasted money"). The speaker poses direct questions to the government, demanding a logical explanation for the inconsistencies in the infrastructure plans.
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2024-01-15
Interpellation regarding the necessity and construction of Rail Baltic (No. 262)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The speaker's rhetorical style is extremely combative, cynical, and blunt, featuring strong accusations of lying and outright nonsense ("Kurat küll!"). The speech employs both logical financial arguments and emotional appeals, leaning on quotes (Kaja Kallas quotes Kaja Kallas) and ironic comparisons (for example, that the answers were written by ChatGPT). He characterizes their attitude toward EU funds as that of Caribbean pirates: take everything you can get your hands on and give nothing back.
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2024-01-15
Interpellation concerning the demographic crisis and its resolution (No. 232)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is highly polemical, aggressive, and emotional, employing strong analogies (such as Brezhnev-era propaganda or 1945 German propaganda) and sarcasm. It utilizes moralizing and stigmatizing language, particularly regarding social issues, referencing "normal people" and the "perversion of marriage." The aim is the discrediting and moral condemnation of the opponent.
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2024-01-15
Inquiry on Immigration (No. 133)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is extremely combative, accusatory, and emotional, emphasizing the crisis and the government's dishonesty. Strong and sharp expressions are used, such as "falsifying the numbers," "delusion," "sloganism dripping with duplicity," and "Putinism in Estonia." Data is used to support the narrative, contrasting official figures with "actual" numbers and emphasizing national ruin.
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2024-01-15
Interpellation concerning the enhancement of the wartime indirect fire capability of the Defense Forces (No. 72)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and alarmist, employing strong emotional expressions (e.g., "primal fear," "existentially dangerous"). The speaker balances these emotional appeals (the historical fear of Russia) with concrete data and statistics (weapon counts, financial amounts). Demagogic techniques are also utilized, labeling government slogans as "absurd" and "throwing dust in people's eyes."
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2024-01-11
First reading of the Bill for the Amendment of the Vital Statistics Registration Act (106 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is sharp, sarcastic, and combative, employing strong emotional expressions (e.g., "exquisite humor," "embarrassing," "the gang of crazies and lunatics"). The speaker engages in name-calling toward opponents while simultaneously demanding logical justification and statistical data to undermine their arguments.
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2024-01-10
First reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Value Added Tax Act (Bill 239 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is persuasive and direct, utilizing logical justification (by offering the audience a choice) and emphasizing the superiority of the proposed solution compared to the existing one. The tone is optimistic and concludes with a clear call to support the draft bill.
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2024-01-10
First Reading of the Draft Act Amending the Value-Added Tax Act (Bill 236 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The speaking style is direct and concise, focusing on the content of the draft bill and the plea for support. Initially, a procedural request is made to the Deputy Speaker to slow the pace so that the proceedings can be followed. The tone is one of disappointment due to the lack of coalition support, but it concludes with a clear appeal to support the bill.
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2024-01-10
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Value Added Tax Act (149 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The style of address is formal, polite, and direct ("Thank you!", "Please"). This is a purely procedural appeal that contains no emotional or substantive arguments. The tone is neutral and focuses solely on managing the parliament's rules of procedure.
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2024-01-10
First Reading of the Draft Law on the Approval of Amendments to Article 1 and Article 12, Subsection 1, of the Articles of Agreement of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (352 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly critical, combative, and direct, employing strong, reductive phrases like "complete rubbish" and "Black Continent casino." The speaker criticizes the bill's presentations as "short, superficial, and also insincere," relying on both emotional (the wasting of money) and logical (the threat of corruption) appeals.
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