By Months: Züleyxa Izmailova
Total Months: 16
Fully Profiled: 16
10.2025
20 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharply critical and combative, using colorful and emotional expressions to describe the government's actions ("one mess chases the other with an axe"). Strong contrasts are used (gambling tax vs. VAT on foodstuffs; filling prisons vs. bringing in mothers) to emphasize the skewed nature of the government's priorities. The speaker presents their views in the form of interpellations and questions, demanding specific answers.
09.2025
16 Speeches
The style is sharp, critical, and demanding, often employing rhetorical questions regarding the government's lack of a sense of justice and focus. The appeals are a mixture of logical criticism (statistics, audit results) and strong moral arguments (cancer treatment funding, gender imbalance). The speech is formal and appropriate for the context of an interpellation in the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament).
06.2025
32 Speeches
The tone is overwhelmingly critical, accusatory, and emotionally charged, particularly regarding the Pihlakodu case and the issue of families' ability to cope ("a clusterfuck of moral responsibility," "embarrassing to listen to"). It employs powerful value-based appeals ("a question of conscience," "a human need") and accuses ministers of demagoguery, shirking responsibility, and concealing analyses.
05.2025
14 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative, critical, and forceful, employing strong emotional appeals (for example, when describing the destruction of forests) and sharp metaphors ("eating the little brother's ration bag empty"). It is formal, yet includes direct attacks against the opponents' policies and motives, balancing data (such as profits and trust ratings) with value-based appeals. The speaker also uses irony, expressing admiration for the minister's self-confidence.
04.2025
6 Speeches
The style is formal, but when addressing social injustices, it becomes urgent and emotional, employing strong moral condemnation ("appalling," "obscene and vile"). On topics of policy and legislation, the style is analytical and data-driven, demanding concrete action plans and legal clarity. The speaker uses rhetorical questions to emphasize the immorality and incompetence of the opposing side's actions.
03.2025
5 Speeches
The overall tone is predominantly anxious and critical, particularly regarding economic and social issues, highlighting the decline in people's purchasing power. It employs strong logical appeals, drawing on statistics and citing entrepreneurs (Urmas Sõõrumaa) and experts (Sirje Potisepp). It poses sharp, rhetorical questions, such as comparing the VAT on carrots to the taxation of luxury items.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and urgent, emphasizing the importance of the topic and the responsibility of politicians. Both logical arguments (the legal function of the protocol) and a strong emotional appeal are used, focusing on the future, life, and health of children. The speech concludes with a call to support the draft bill and build a society where children's rights are not ignored.
12.2024
4 Speeches
The style is formal, yet warm and consensus-building, emphasizing shared responsibility and priorities ("regardless of one's worldview or party affiliation"). The speaker employs both logical explanations (refuting misconceptions) and strong emotional appeals, concluding the speeches with a memorable phrase: "One saved child is one saved world." The tone is persuasive and underscores the importance of making children's voices heard.
11.2024
4 Speeches
The speaker adopts a style that is predominantly serious, direct, and often insistent, especially when addressing the climate crisis and the postponement of necessary measures. They utilize both logical arguments (statistics, scientific facts) and sharp, emotional appeals—for instance, when criticizing opponents on the issue of abortion. The tone is critical of the government's inaction and demands that the focus be redirected to "what is most important."
10.2024
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is largely critical, aggressive, and at times sarcastic, especially concerning parliamentary procedure and attendance. Strong emotional language is employed, such as "shameful conduct" and "an embarrassing state of affairs." The speaker demands accountability and improved leadership, addressing direct questions to the presiding officer.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, courteous, and characteristic of an inquiry, respectfully addressing both the session chair and the minister. The address is brief and focuses on acquiring direct information, maintaining a neutral tone and leaning toward the logical rather than the emotional.
06.2024
5 Speeches
The style is formal and critical, employing both ethical appeals (honesty, admitting errors) and logical arguments (high cost, lack of scientific basis for conviction). The speaker expresses concern regarding the quality of the procedure, posing direct questions to the committee leaders, and concluding with an unambiguous call not to support the draft legislation.
05.2024
2 Speeches
The style is formal and focused on questions, utilizing polite expressions ("respected chair of the session," "dear colleague"). The tone is analytical and skeptical, presenting criticism regarding the superficiality and hurried nature of the draft bill. The appeals are logical and concentrate on clarifying facts and procedures.
04.2024
1 Speeches
The style is formal and analytical, posing a specific question to the minister. The tone is neutral and centers on a logical appeal, utilizing data (0.7 euros, 0.9 euros) to assess the ambition of the goals.
02.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is forceful, emotional, and highly critical, employing strong and condemning expressions such as "Russian army of orcs" and describing the subject matter as "heartbreaking." The speaker combines an emotional appeal (the maiming and killing of children) with an analysis of specific data and political objectives to underscore the gravity of the situation.
01.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is supportive, optimistic, and formal, praising both the draft legislation and the preceding speakers for their "very good speeches." The speech is logic-driven, employing technical and specialized language (e.g., "EU legal act," "circular economy") and citing academic sources. The tone is constructive, also proposing further procedural improvements.