By Plenary Sessions: Annely Akkermann
Total Sessions: 54
Fully Profiled: 54
2025-10-13
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is extremely formal, factual, and descriptive, focusing exclusively on the communication of facts and procedural decisions. The speaker employs a logical and neutral tone, avoiding emotional appeals or personal judgments. The discourse is structured in accordance with the commission's reporting requirements, detailing questions, responses, and voting outcomes.
2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The tone is predominantly formal, substantive, and procedural, especially when presenting the committee's work. When responding to criticism, the tone becomes defensive and mathematically argumentative, emphasizing numerical precision (e.g., the impact of abolishing the tax hump on the median wage). It uses slight irony toward opponents (e.g., Isamaa) and stresses that the committee sessions took place in a constructive atmosphere.
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is highly formal, procedural, and fact-based, focusing on the content and procedural progress of the draft legislation. The tone is analytical and defensive, particularly when addressing criticism regarding the speed of lawmaking or technical details. It appeals to logic and legal correctness, emphasizing the multi-layered oversight of the legislative process (the ministry, Riigikogu lawyers, and the Chancellor of Justice).
2025-09-11
15th Riigikogu, 6th plenary sitting
The speaking style is polite and respectful, employing traditional forms of address ("Esteemed Chairman! Dear colleagues!"). The approach is reflective and philosophical, posing open-ended questions aimed at evaluating long-term experience. The tone is constructive and inquisitive.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker employs a formal and courteous tone, beginning their addresses with traditional greetings such as "Good morning, dear colleagues" or "Esteemed Chair." Their style is specific and matter-of-fact, focusing on facts and procedural matters, devoid of emotional or rhetorical flourishes.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker uses fact-based and technically precise argumentation, relying on specific figures and statistics. The tone is usually formal and explanatory, but it sharpens when debating the opposition. Speeches often conclude with a direct call to support the proposed legislation or by correcting the opponent's assertions with factual evidence ("Andrei Korobeinik, don't just talk like that. Speak the truth!").
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
It employs an official, fact-based, and explanatory tone, focusing on data rather than emotional appeals. It answers questions in a structured and detailed manner, often referencing specific documents and the voting protocol. Political assessments of local government decisions are avoided, with repeated emphasis placed on procedure and the limits of competence.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
They utilize questioning as the primary tool of rhetorical influence, structuring their address as three consecutive questions. The style is polite and formal, beginning with expressions of gratitude directed toward the presenter. The approach is analytical and fact-based, focusing on specific problems and solutions.
2025-06-09
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
It employs an official, fact-based, and neutral tone. The discourse is structured and rich in information, focusing on procedural details and commission discussions. Emotional elements are absent, with the emphasis placed on logic and accuracy.
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
He/She employs a factual and analytical approach, drawing on figures and international comparisons. The style is straightforward, sometimes carrying an ironic undertone, particularly when addressing the opposition. Concrete examples and mathematical calculations are used to substantiate his/her positions, such as the price comparison of Latvian vegetables.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Uses a formal and polite tone, addressing colleagues with expressions of respect ("dear colleagues," "dear Rain, dear colleague"). The style is concrete and businesslike, focusing on facts and procedural questions. Emotional expressions are avoided, preferring a neutral and professional approach.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaking style is emotional and persuasive, blending humor (with audience laughter), religious references, and scientific facts. He uses rhetorical questions ("What exactly is intermittent energy?") and irony directed at the opponents' arguments. The style is direct and passionate, yet supported by concrete facts. He concludes with an emphatic summary regarding the true costs of oil shale.
2025-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Adopts an optimistic and fact-based approach, relying on statistical data and economic indicators. The tone is formal and professional, incorporating appreciative phrases such as, "one must take one's hat off to Estonian companies." It combines technical explanations with emotional appeals, highlighting Estonia's success and resilience during crises.
2025-04-16
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
It employs a factual and technocratic approach, relying on statistics and expert opinions. It honestly acknowledges the limits of its knowledge ("I simply don't know that," "I can't answer"). The style is formal and detailed, focusing on data rather than emotional appeals. The discourse is structured and systematic.
2025-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetoric is polite and constructive, utilizing the formal address: "Esteemed Chairman! Respected Minister!" The address includes both personal convictions ("I, for my part, certainly dare to confirm") and a question directed towards the Minister, demonstrating a balanced approach.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The speaker employs a calm, analytical tone, combining logical arguments with concrete examples. They are polite yet firm in their views, frequently relying on numerical evidence. The style is predominantly formal and technocratic, although more personal remarks occasionally surface ("I am sincere in all matters").
2024-12-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The delivery is polite and constructive, beginning with an expression of gratitude toward the presenter. It employs an inquisitive approach, demonstrating interest in the topic and a desire to obtain further information. The style is formal, yet not rigid.
2024-12-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
Uses factual, data-driven argumentation, but also incorporates personal examples (like a grandmother's experience or the pensioners of Kihnu) to create emotional resonance. The style is formal and technically detailed, though occasionally it becomes humorous and quite direct. Answers questions thoroughly, sometimes even admitting when they lack knowledge on specific topics.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
They employ a practical and technical approach, openly acknowledging issues with their speaking pace and adjusting it for the audience. The style is explanatory and pedagogical, aiming to clearly break down complex budgetary matters. They maintain a neutral tone, but show a degree of impatience when having to repeatedly explain the same things.
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Uses a fact-based and technically precise style, presenting information in a structured and detailed manner. The tone is neutral and professional, focusing on the substantive explanation of legislative changes. It honestly acknowledges the limits of its knowledge and seeks additional information when necessary.
2024-11-13
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
Uses a pedagogical and explanatory approach, often drawing comparisons with the business sector to clarify budgetary principles. Highlights personal experiences as a local government leader and Minister of Finance. The style is fact-based and technically detailed, but also incorporates emotional elements, particularly when discussing national defense and security issues.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
It employs an explanatory, fact-based approach, relying on figures and concrete examples. The tone is calm and pedagogical, aiming to clarify complex economic policy decisions. It uses metaphors ("large ships turn slowly") and practical analogies when explaining pension pillars ("the state guarantees the bread, but the butter and ham come from the second pillar").
2024-10-15
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
The style of speech is formal and fact-based, concentrating on explaining technical details. It employs polite forms of address ("dear colleagues," "esteemed colleagues") and openly acknowledges the limits of their knowledge ("I cannot comment off the top of my head"). The style is more informative than persuasive, avoiding emotional arguments.
2024-09-25
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
Uses a factual and official tone, focusing on procedural details and numerical data. The style is explanatory rather than emotional, utilizing direct statements without rhetorical embellishments. It concludes with a clarifying note to rectify potential misunderstandings.
2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
Employs an official, detailed, and fact-based style, drawing heavily on figures and legal statutes. It answers questions with patient clarification, honestly acknowledging the limits of its knowledge ("I cannot say"). It refrains from emotional expression, concentrating on the explanation and justification of technical aspects.
2024-07-15
15th Riigikogu, Extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker employs formal, informative explanations, relying on facts and procedural details. His style is collaborative and constructive, particularly when addressing the president's criticism, which he describes as an opportunity to improve the legislation. He avoids emotional judgments and focuses instead on clarifying technical solutions.
2024-06-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, extra plenary sitting
Uses a factual and technically precise style, relying on figures and concrete examples. The tone is professional and explanatory, but occasionally defensive regarding accusations made by opponents. It prefers logical arguments over emotional appeals, using practical examples to clarify complex tax comparisons.
2024-06-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, additional plenary session
Employs a factual and technically detailed approach, relying on specific figures and legal references. The style is explanatory and pedagogical, striving to clearly articulate complex budgetary matters. It maintains an official tone, but also utilizes everyday comparisons (such as equating them with personal budgets) to clarify complex concepts.
2024-06-13
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The speaker employs the use of questions as the primary means of rhetorical influence, posing several substantive questions in sequence. The style is polite and formal ("Thank you very much, dear chairman! Esteemed presenter"), yet simultaneously direct and analytical. They rely on facts and numerical comparisons to strengthen their arguments.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
It employs an explanatory and fact-based approach, honestly acknowledging the unpopularity of tax hikes. The tone is moderate and constructive, seeking to persuade through logical arguments. It utilizes concrete examples and figures, avoiding emotional rhetoric. It publicly makes corrections and clarifications, demonstrating honesty and transparency.
2024-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
It employs a formal, fact-based style, focusing on an objective overview of the committee's discussion. The tone is neutral and highly informative, avoiding emotional judgments and presenting the viewpoints of various parties in a balanced manner.
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
Employs thorough, fact-based argumentation, relying on specific figures and legal citations. The style is formal and technically detailed, but also incorporates personal examples and anecdotes (e.g., concerning a millionaire media personality). Criticism is handled calmly, often utilizing irony and humor in responses. The necessity of making pragmatic decisions in the national interest is repeatedly stressed.
2024-06-04
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting
It employs an official, neutral, and factual style. Communications are structured, follow clear logic, and include specific dates and references to legislation. Emotional appeals are absent; the emphasis is placed on accuracy and the preservation of formality.
2024-05-30
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The speaking style is didactic and explanatory, often employing instructive analogies (e.g., giving lectures to primary school students, the metaphor of dividing a cake). It relies heavily on facts and figures but also incorporates historical references (Solon) and practical examples. The style is calm and argumentative rather than emotional, focusing on logical persuasion.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Utilizes a formal, fact-based, and explanatory style, focusing on the precise conveyance of technical details. The tone is calm and professional, and responses are brief and specific. It prefers logical arguments over emotional ones, utilizing rhetorical techniques minimally.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaker uses a polite and formal tone, respectfully addressing both the chairman and the minister. The question is posed clearly and specifically, without the use of emotional or rhetorical devices.
2024-05-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
It employs a formal, structured, and fact-based approach. The tone is calm and analytical, focusing on the objective description of the problem and the search for solutions. It relies on specific examples and summaries of committee discussions, avoiding emotional rhetoric.
2024-05-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session.
The speaker employs a series of questions as a rhetorical device, establishing a thought-provoking and critical tone. The style is polite yet firm, utilizing personal experience ("I have been in the Riigikogu for quite a long time already") to build authority, and concluding with provocative questions about the future.
2024-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The text employs an official, fact-based style, focusing on numerical data and procedural explanations. The second discourse is explanatory and instructive, utilizing a concrete example to demonstrate the effect of the tax hump. The style is neutral and information-oriented.
2024-05-02
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Adopts a formal, official tone when describing parliamentary procedure, but switches to a more emotional approach regarding the war in Ukraine. It combines a fact-based presentation with personal conviction, utilizing religious context to strengthen the political message.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Employs a formal, fact-based, and explanatory style, focusing on the precise conveyance of technical details. The tone is neutral and highly informative, avoiding emotional expressions. They structure their presentations logically, starting with an explanation of objectives and concluding with concrete decisions. Occasionally uses colloquial expressions ("Simply put").
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
A formal and neutral style, focusing on the presentation of facts and procedural steps. It employs a brief, specific, and unemotional approach, devoid of rhetorical devices.
2024-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.
It employs a factual and analytical approach, relying on concrete examples and data. The tone is calm and clarifying, steering clear of emotional language. The argumentation is logical and coherent, utilizing comparisons with other countries to support its position.
2024-03-12
15th Riigikogu, 3rd plenary sitting
The speaking style is formal and procedure-oriented, relying on facts and legal arguments. It employs an explanatory approach, presenting complex legal and budgetary issues in a structured manner, avoiding emotional expressions and focusing on clarifying practical solutions.
2024-03-07
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third sitting, plenary session
Employs a polite and formal tone, starting remarks with expressions of gratitude ("Thank you very much for a very interesting presentation!"). Poses structured questions that demonstrate an analytical approach. Balances technical details with practical concerns, such as consumers’ pocketbooks.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Uses a polite but critical tone, starting with expressions of gratitude and continuing with a fact-based counter-argument. Questions are framed more as offering a constructive alternative than as a direct attack, concluding with a specific proposal.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
It employs a factual and analytical approach, drawing on numerical data and summaries of committee discussions. The style is formal and neutral, concentrating on procedural aspects and technical argumentation rather than emotional appeals.
2024-02-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
He/She employs an analytical and fact-based approach, relying on specific examples and legislative references. The rhetoric is moderate and explanatory, utilizing personal experiences (such as a businessman’s appeal) to illustrate arguments. He/She repeatedly references the positions of colleagues (Jürgen Ligi) to strengthen his/her own stance.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
Employs an official, neutral tone, focusing on the delivery of facts and procedural details. The structure of the addresses is clear and consistent, commencing with an introduction to the committee discussion and concluding with the voting results. Emotional assessments are avoided, with a focus placed solely on procedural information.
2024-02-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
It utilizes a formal, protocol-based style featuring traditional expressions of courtesy and a clear structure. The tone is neutral and factual, focusing on the presentation of facts without emotional judgment. The presentation method is brief and concrete.
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaker employs a formal, concise style, concentrating on facts and procedural details. Their remarks are brief and specific, devoid of emotional or rhetorical devices. The style is professional and neutral, emphasizing the official nature of the commission's decisions.
2024-01-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaking style is polite and collegial, beginning with expressions of gratitude and emphasizing regional unity. When posing the question, a diplomatic approach is employed, yet the tone simultaneously conveys clear opposition.
2024-01-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaking style is formal and laconic, focusing on facts and procedural issues. It repeatedly uses standard courtesy phrases ("Dear colleagues!", "That is all from me") and maintains a neutral tone, although slight irony sometimes emerges regarding EKRE's proposals.
2024-01-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaker employs a formal, concise style, primarily confining their remarks to factual reports regarding the committee's work. The rhetoric is emotionless and procedure-focused, concluding nearly every address with the standard phrase, "That is all from me." The sole instance of a sharper tone is the comment directed at EKRE, suggesting they should first come to an internal agreement.