By Plenary Sessions: Martin Helme

Total Sessions: 5

Fully Profiled: 5

2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu extraordinary session.
The style is extremely combative, aggressive, and sarcastic, employing strong emotional accusations and derogatory labels such as "Comrade Svet," "sociopathic Estophobes," and "an anti-national political organization." The speaker frequently uses rhetorical questions and exclamations ("Don't make me laugh, seriously!") to highlight the opponents' hypocrisy and deceit. The overall tone is alarmist and accusatory, asserting that the country is being subjected to massive lies.
2024-07-29
The 15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu.
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and insistent, which is further emphasized by the use of a visual aid (a stop sign). The focus is on emotional and value-based appeals (lies, destruction), accusing opponents of conscious falsehoods and perverse politics.
2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is extremely combative, emotional, and critical, employing strong and accusatory words such as "repulsive," "insane," and "unhinged nonsense." The speaker balances economic arguments (a decrease in revenue) with direct emotional appeals to protest and direct hatred toward the government. He uses irony, suggesting the taxes be named the "tax on cute bunnies hopping in a fallow field," in order to highlight the government's deception.
2024-07-22
15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu's extraordinary session.
The rhetorical style is extremely combative and critical, employing strong emotional phrases such as "blatant lying" and "you are killing the economy." The speaker frequently uses rhetorical questions and direct accusations of lying, focusing on logical arguments concerning the destructive impact of taxes. The tone is sharp and accusatory, highlighting the government's dishonesty and incompetence.
2024-07-15
15th Riigikogu, Extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and forceful, using strong language such as "brutal deception," "massive theft of funds," and a "vicious fraud scheme." The speaker relies heavily on emotional appeals, characterizing the government's actions as the destruction of Estonia, but backs this up with specific financial data. A military metaphor ("the guerrilla flees to fight another day") is employed to describe the legislative process.