Session Profile: Martin Helme
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
2024-05-27
Political Position
The political position is strongly conservative and values-based, emphasizing an ideological confrontation with the government. The speaker sharply criticizes the government's actions, calling them anti-family and anti-child, and accusing the administration of incompetence (citing the dragging out of parliamentary inquiries and a lack of basic numerical knowledge). The main topics addressed are social policy, state expenditure, and the lack of oversight. The overall stance is strongly oppositional and values-driven.
4 Speeches Analyzed
Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates knowledge regarding the legal capacity of unborn children, the medical and psychological consequences of abortion (infertility, depression, suicide), and the funding of the third sector (the NGO industry). They demand detailed and specific figures concerning the results of state supervision, for example, the number of people suspended from work or the amounts of money recovered. The speaker demonstrates awareness of the scale of funding for ideological NGOs (in the range of hundreds of millions of euros).
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotional, employing strong moral judgments (e.g., "Satanic death culture," "blatant lying to one's face"). Opponents are labeled (e.g., "screaming radical feminists") and their positions are dismissed as empty slogans. Dramatic comparisons are utilized (equating abortion with the murder of small children) and the conservative value-basis of their own positions is emphasized.
4 Speeches Analyzed
Activity Patterns
The speaker's pattern of activity involves submitting formal queries (interpellations) and subsequently pressing for answers, specifically citing one particular query that was submitted nearly a year ago (on June 14, 2023). This demonstrates a strong focus on long-term parliamentary oversight and demanding accountability. The speaker is active during plenary sessions, often posing pointed follow-up questions to ministers.
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Opposition Stance
The primary opponent is the government and its ministers, who are criticized both ideologically (hostility towards the family, culture of death) and procedurally (lack of oversight, incompetence). Ideological NGOs are also strongly attacked, accused of wasting taxpayer money and serving the government's narrative. The criticism is intense and uncompromising, accusing the government of outright lying and mocking the taxpayer to their face.
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Collaboration Style
Insufficient data
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Regional Focus
Insufficient data. The focus is on national policy and government action.
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Economic Views
Economic positions center on criticizing state budget expenditures, particularly the allocation of hundreds of millions of taxpayer money to ideological NGOs, which is viewed as wasteful spending. It calls for strict oversight and accountability regarding the use of public funds (including EU funds), challenging the state's obligation to support third-sector propaganda activities.
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Social Issues
A central theme in social policy is the opposition to abortion, which is framed as both a violation of a child's right to life and an activity detrimental to women's health. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of informing women about the irreversible consequences of abortion (depression, infertility, a feeling of emptiness)—consequences that the government allegedly conceals. The speaker positions conservatives as the sole defenders of women's mental and physical well-being, standing in opposition to radical feminists and the culture of death.
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is aimed at enhancing government oversight and accountability, demanding specific actions and data (such as the number of individuals suspended from duty). [The body/individual] actively utilizes parliamentary inquiries (interpellations) to compel ministers to address questions regarding state budget spending and supervision of the social sphere, while criticizing the Riigikogu Board for rejecting these inquiries.
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