By Plenary Sessions: Martin Helme

Total Sessions: 6

Fully Profiled: 6

2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is sharp, challenging, and at times sarcastic, especially regarding the dismissal of opponents' arguments ("How obtuse must one be"). Both logical appeals (historical examples of tax revenues) and emotional charge are employed, criticizing sloganeering and hypocrisy. The tone is predominantly combative and defensive, particularly when referencing earlier achievements in agriculture.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The tone is predominantly combative, accusatory, and extremely critical, employing strong emotional appeals and moral condemnation. The speaker uses sharp terminology such as "a sign of failure," "psycho-operation," and "very cynical talk," highlighting the government's double standards and dishonesty. He uses rhetorical questions and stark contrasts (Morozov wasn't seen for 14 years versus 10 provocateurs being apprehended) to underscore the ineffectiveness of the security agencies.
2024-02-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and forceful, employing strong emotional language (e.g., "monumental screw-up," "Estonia haters"). The arguments are a mix of economic analysis and provocative personal statements (e.g., the threat to show the "middle finger" in the Riigikogu courtyard while driving a car registered in Lithuania). The tone is predominantly pessimistic and cautionary, emphasizing that "people just can't cope anymore."
2024-02-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is combative, skeptical, and insistent, employing strong ideological and emotional appeals. The speaker uses loaded language ("bugs," "panic") and repeatedly raises questions about the initiators and motives behind the policy, demanding the ideological program be disclosed. The tone is more accusatory than evidence-based.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is highly combative, aggressive, and accusatory, employing strong emotional language ("evil," "mad policy") and vivid metaphors ("the prosecution is fast asleep, snoring with its mouth wide open"). The speaker frequently poses rhetorical questions and directly attacks opponents, stressing moral condemnation and accusing them of "mafia-like" behavior. He/She utilizes sharp irony, referring to the social democrats as "jellyfish" and citing the Reform Party's motto: "The shame will pass, but the money stays."
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and blunt, employing strong phrases such as "lawbreaking and scandalous" and "having screwed up the economy." The speaker relies on logical arguments and concrete data (e.g., financial losses, inflation rates, the 72% of residents who want the prime minister to resign). He uses sharp contrasts, for example, between the detrimental nature of the car tax and the benefits of the bank tax.