By Plenary Sessions: Martin Helme

Total Sessions: 6

Fully Profiled: 6

2025-04-24
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly combative, skeptical, and accusatory, employing strong language such as "green scam," "total rubbish," and "anti-human activity." It utilizes both ideological appeals (CO2 is a gas necessary for life) and specific data points (BPA, 3 billion euros) to substantiate allegations of corruption and harm to health. The motives and arguments of opponents (e.g., lobbyists' talk) are deemed dishonest and Goebbelsian in scale.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing
The speech is highly confrontational, critical, and accusatory, employing sharp language directed at both political opponents and the presiding officer of the session. Both policy- and fact-based arguments (deficit, tax hikes) and emotional and personal attacks (socialism, favoring Putinism) are utilized. The style is formal but includes strong rhetorical questions and procedural comments regarding the decorum of the Riigikogu.
2025-04-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is highly combative, direct, and insistent, employing strong judgments and emotionally charged language, specifically calling the elections a "farce." Hyperbole is utilized (living "under a very large rock") to presuppose that the issue is common knowledge. The discourse concludes with a direct and challenging question, demanding that the opposing side take a clear position.
2025-04-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is confident, appeals to logic, and is confrontational, particularly when disputing the labeling of the draft bill as leftist. The speaker uses vivid and negative expressions to describe excessive state intervention ("it doesn't coddle," "it doesn't dictate," "it doesn't nudge"). The argumentation is built upon simple and logical principles.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly combative and emotional, frequently employing contempt and irony directed at opponents ("with absolute contempt," "simpletons"). There is a strong appeal to class conflict, contrasting ordinary people with bankers, and referencing Donald Trump's rhetoric. The speaker employs sharp accusations, such as "corrupt thinking" and "green charlatans," to underscore the moral correctness of their positions.
2025-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaker’s style is highly confrontational, aggressive, and personal, demanding answers from the minister (Jürgen) and directly accusing him of lying ("Don't lie that there are no sanctions!"). He employs sarcasm and hyperbole ("I get 800%", "What kind of nonsense are you actually dealing with?") to ridicule the opponents' viewpoints. The tone is predominantly emotional and accusatory, focusing on highlighting the opponent's incompetence rather than logic.