By Plenary Sessions: Aleksei Jevgrafov
Total Sessions: 81
Fully Profiled: 81
2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and inquisitive, focusing on the extraction of specific information from both the minister and the colleague. The colleague’s arguments are recognized as comprehensive, which suggests a tone that is respectful yet demanding. The appeal itself is logical and fact-based, seeking clarification regarding the rationale behind the financial decisions.
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and heavily data-driven, focusing on logical appeal by highlighting numerical inconsistencies. The tone is critical and demanding, expressing strong skepticism regarding the reliability of the information presented by the minister. The address concludes with a demand for a direct comment.
2025-09-17
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, press briefing.
The rhetorical style is urgent, serious, and analytical, relying heavily on facts and financial data. The tone is critical and demanding, posing direct questions to the minister regarding concrete plans and a timeline for resolving the critical situation. The emotional appeal lies in the concern for patients who must endure suffering for "many, many years" before receiving medical attention.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and focused on questions, addressing respected ministers and presenters. The speaker employs logical arguments, relying on facts, the names of officials, and the minutes of committee meetings to demand precision and accountability. The tone is persistent and demanding, particularly regarding the missing analyses.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is critical, demanding, and at times accusatory, particularly concerning the government's tax policy ("shoving hands into people's pockets"). It employs both emotional appeals (referencing harm to health, standing in restrooms) and logical arguments (citing specific budget figures and sections of the law). The tone is formal (utilizing the structure of a parliamentary query and the submission of a draft bill), but the content is combative.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, addressing the minister with the title "Esteemed Minister!" The speaker poses a direct, logical question to obtain factual clarification regarding the procedure and conditions set forth in the draft bill.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and consistent, which is typical of a parliamentary follow-up question during a briefing session. The speaker employs a logical appeal, citing both the minister's previous statements and expert claims to underscore the significance of the issue. The tone is investigative and demanding, requesting specific information regarding the path forward.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal and inquisitive, addressing the minister directly and using polite language ("Esteemed Minister"). An analytical approach is employed, focusing on improving the minister's work and assessing a specific situation (the Narva border), while highlighting a humanitarian concern (the long waiting time).
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal and respectful ("Dear Minister," "Thank you"), yet simultaneously direct and specific. The emphasis is placed on posing the question logically and factually to receive a concrete, time-bound answer. Emotional or rhetorical devices are not used.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing.
The rhetorical style is critical, demanding, and concerned, emphasizing the long-term wait experienced by the residents of Ida-Virumaa and the tragic safety statistics. Both logical argumentation (comparing speeds in other countries) and emotional appeal are used (an invitation for the minister to experience the situation firsthand to determine whether it is safe there). The tone shifts to disappointment following the minister’s anticipated response.
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is serious, critical, and insistent, combining logical, data-based arguments with an emotional appeal to responsibility and the well-being of the Estonian people. The speaker employs a clear contrast (two choices) to the government's policy and maintains a formal tone, addressing the minister and colleagues directly.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and concerned, relying on logical appeal and concrete facts (in four out of six schools, fewer than half of the teachers meet the requirements). Emotional emphasis is used ("I dread thinking about it") to highlight the seriousness of the decline in educational quality and the value of children.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is combative and critical, employing emotional appeals ("good Estonian people") and sharp rhetorical questions directed at the government. The speaker balances social concerns (the burden placed on the elderly and low-income individuals) with logical and economic arguments regarding energy security. The overall tone is urgent and demands immediate action to protect the interests of the people.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, fifth sitting, information briefing.
The rhetorical style is serious and concerned, emphasizing the instability of systems (cybersecurity, quality) and the threats faced by healthcare professionals. The argumentation primarily uses logical reasoning, relying on facts and figures (e.g., a 180 million euro deficit, a 10% reduction in contracts). Structured and demanding questions are posed to the Ministry of Social Affairs, maintaining a formal and analytical tone.
2025-05-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is direct, confrontational, and accusatory, posing pointed questions to the presenter regarding the inaction of both the coalition and the Social Democrats. The text utilizes both logical arguments (cost comparisons, expert references) and emotional appeals, emphasizing the severity of the social consequences, such as unemployment and rising heating costs. The overall tone is urgent and critical.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The tone is serious, analytical, and pressing, highlighting the critical importance of the situation and potential negative consequences. It employs logical appeals, contrasting stable oil shale energy with unstable wind and solar power. The speaker relies on facts and expert quotations to underscore their arguments concerning energy security and economic viability.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing
The rhetorical style is formal, yet urgent and demanding, highlighting the seriousness of the situation and the impact of the evolving security landscape. The appeal relies primarily on logic and data, utilizing statistics (such as the scale of the staffing shortfall and the increase in offenses) to substantiate the criticism. In the second address, direct dissatisfaction is voiced regarding the minister's failure to provide a response.
2025-04-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal, analytical, and inquisitive, addressing the Chairman of the Riigikogu and the submitter of the draft bill directly. The speaker employs logical argumentation, focusing on procedural feasibility, and concludes with a constructive question concerning the involvement of experts.
2025-04-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal and question-driven, addressing the chair of the session and colleagues. S1 employs challenging and logical argumentation, calling into question the competence and assertions of the Minister of Finance, labeling them unusual and false. S2 is more neutral and seeks a specific expert opinion regarding the social impacts.
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly combative, emotional, and urgent, employing strong moral condemnation ("shame," "humiliation," "cynical"). The speaker utilizes historical context and a religious phrase ("If God wishes to punish, He takes away reason") and sharply contrasts the government's actions with the genuine suffering of the people. The style remains formal but is passionate, focusing on narratives and values rather than dry data.
2025-03-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical and analytical, employing detailed descriptions (waiting for hours in the rain and snow) to create a humanitarian appeal. The style is formal, yet it includes sharp attacks against opponents, labeling the Isamaa bill a populist maneuver intended solely to gain extra attention. The logical arguments are based on highlighting contrasting security claims (Läänemets vs. Isamaa).
2025-02-27
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is aggressive, accusatory, and skeptical, employing direct questions and expressing doubt regarding the minister's honesty ("you have something to hide"). Sharp language is utilized, referring to the government as the "Ref yoke government," and political responsibility is underscored by linking the topic to a potential motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Kristen Michal.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, press briefing
The rhetorical style is sharply critical and accusatory, employing emotional comparisons, such as likening the supervision to an "inquisition." The tone is concerned about the well-being of teachers and expresses indignation regarding the ministry's attitude. The speaker uses direct questions and contrasts the ministry's rhetoric with the actual efforts of the teachers.
2025-02-25
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is serious, principled, and cautionary, focusing strongly on logical and legal arguments. The speaker uses quotes from the President of the Republic, Alar Karis, as an authoritative source to underscore the connections between the rule of law and security. He employs an emotional appeal, referencing the unfair penalization of those who are unable to renounce their Russian citizenship.
2025-02-19
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is confrontational and critical, accusing the government of ramming through an emotionally complex piece of legislation and demonstrating an unwillingness to find solutions. Both logical argumentation (specifically, the demand for an impact assessment) and a strong moral appeal are employed, including a biblical quote used to criticize the opponent's unreasonableness.
2025-02-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is critical and direct, using emotional appeal (the plight of the elderly in Narva) to back up concrete facts (profit figures). The tone is combative, accusing banks of unethical profiteering and the government of protecting them. Simple and effective examples are used to illustrate the complexity of the situation.
2025-02-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is predominantly critical, demanding, and skeptical, posing sharp questions to the prime minister regarding the rationale and transparency of the decisions. Logical appeals are employed, referencing media (Delfi) and expert opinions, as well as statistical data (PPA call-outs). The tone is direct, demanding accountability and the full disclosure of the truth concerning the Nordica case.
2025-02-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal and respectful, addressing both the presiding officer and the rapporteur. The rhetoric is direct and inquiry-based, focusing on determining a specific political position based on factual premises.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, centering on logical argumentation and the verification of facts. The speaker poses direct questions, requiring the disclosure of the information sources underpinning the claims made, while strictly avoiding emotional appeals.
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style of the speech is formal, addressing the chair of the session and a colleague. A logical appeal is employed, citing global examples to demonstrate the project's utility. The speech concludes with a direct, information-seeking question directed at the colleague.
2024-12-12
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and critical, focusing on logical appeals regarding transparency and equal treatment. The speaker employs citation (former finance minister Sõerd) to lend greater weight to their arguments, linking the specific issue (representation expenses) more broadly to the government's overall conduct. The tone is suspicious and challenging, hinting at the impropriety of the government's actions.
2024-12-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical and concerned, utilizing logical cause-and-effect connections to describe the negative repercussions of tax hikes. The speaker poses sharp rhetorical questions to the presenter, demanding justification for the chosen course of action, while maintaining formal and argumentative language. The emphasis is placed on logical persuasion, highlighting economic risks and the erosion of trust.
2024-11-07
15th Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The speaker employs a formal and interrogative style, respectfully addressing the session chair and the rapporteur. The tone is analytical and solution-oriented, seeking a specific solution from their colleague to ensure that the VAT reduction reaches consumers. Procedural clarity regarding the voting results is also demanded.
2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is confrontational, direct, and accusatory, aimed particularly at the minister, whose knowledge and accountability are being called into question. This includes the use of pointed rhetorical questions ("Are you ready to risk the health of the Estonian people?") and emotional appeals concerning the waiting lists for the seriously ill. There is also procedural criticism, such as correcting the minister on the proper name of the Health Insurance Fund.
2024-10-21
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and inquiry-based, addressing the minister respectfully. The tone is concerned, emphasizing, through logical arguments, the urgency of the required service and the excessive length of the waiting lists. Specific examples (Narva) are used to illustrate the problem.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and challenging, addressing both the presiding officer and the minister. Logical argumentation is employed, relying on the minister's own words to highlight the deficiencies of the draft bill. The speech is brief, focusing on the demand for specific figures.
2024-10-14
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and question-focused, addressing the ministers directly. The tone is concerned and critical, expressing confusion and doubt regarding the rationality of the government's decisions, especially concerning the children's consultation fee. Both data-driven arguments (Kantar Emor) and principled appeals regarding the value of education are utilized.
2024-10-07
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and analytical, presenting the minister with a specific political question. Logical argumentation is employed, focusing on the details of the regulation and a practical problem (poor internet service); emotional appeals are absent.
2024-09-25
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
The style of the address is formal, analytical, and interrogative, directed toward the presiding officer and the minister. Emphasis is placed on logical appeal and the comparison of data to highlight the discrepancy between the minister's claims and official figures. The tone is direct and demands an explanation that corresponds to the facts.
2024-09-19
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is polite and focused on questions, respectfully addressing the session chair and colleagues ("Dear Vadim!", "Respected Vadim!"). A balance is maintained between citing official data (a logical appeal) and expressing concern regarding children's health and the future of the country. The tone is serious and demanding, particularly when addressing the issue of school lunch funding.
2024-09-18
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, press briefing
The style is formal and respectful (using salutations such as "Esteemed Minister"), yet simultaneously critical and urgent concerning the policy's consequences. It employs logical argumentation, contrasting the stagnation of the subsistence level with rising prices and minimum wage increases. Strong language is used to underscore the gravity of the situation ("quite complicated," "impossible").
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful (addressing the chairman and the minister), but it includes a sharp, personal political remark concerning the minister's changing party affiliation ("Now you are red, previously you were green"). The questions themselves are direct, focusing on logical argumentation and political accountability.
2024-09-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.
The rhetorical style is critical and forceful, presenting direct questions and challenging the minister's priorities. The speaker employs logical arguments (the length of queues, bus arrivals) and emotional contrast, pitting the minister's security focus ("Russia") against the daily life issues faced by the public ("people"). Quotes and examples drawn from social media are also utilized to lend credibility to the claims.
2024-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting
The speaker's style is polite and inquisitive, addressing the colleague directly and respectfully ("Esteemed Vadim!", "Dear Vadim!"). The emphasis is on logic and information gathering, asking specific questions regarding economic impact and comparative statistics. The tone is neutral and professional.
2024-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The tone is critical and inquisitive, presenting a direct challenge to the Prime Minister regarding the normalcy of the situation. It employs logical argumentation (lack of qualification equates to low-quality education) and relies on media reports as the foundation for its position. The style is formal and accusatory.
2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is highly combative and critical, accusing the coalition of hypocrisy and deliberately attempting to make life harder for the populace. Both emotional appeals (the struggles of families and rural residents) and logical arguments (economic recession, tax hikes) are employed. The speaker frequently directs pointed questions at the coalition and highlights the Reform Party's failure to deliver on its promises.
2024-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, information briefing
The style is very formal and respectful, addressing the Speaker of the Riigikogu and the Minister politely ("Esteemed Minister!"). The tone is direct, fact-based, and interrogative, focusing on obtaining specific information.
2024-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is critical and questioning, employing rhetorical questions to challenge the moral justification and necessity of the statement. The tone is direct and focuses on logical arguments concerning international precedent and Estonia’s position. Light irony is used, referencing Estonia being at the forefront "as always."
2024-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is direct, critical, and demanding, beginning with a sharp procedural reprimand directed at the minister ("stop attacking the Centre Party, answer the questions, and calmly"). The argumentation is logic-based, focusing on highlighting the clear contradiction between the political stances and the provisions of the draft bill. The tone is formal and fact-focused.
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is highly critical and combative, employing powerful metaphors, such as comparing the Reform Party's economic policy to "a Russian rebellion—senseless and ruthless." The speaker balances reliance on economic data with emotional appeals, accusing the government of greed and being detached from reality. The tone is alarming and demanding, particularly when pressing for justifications and analyses concerning the increase in fine rates.
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is factual, critical, and pressing, emphasizing the serious consequences of inaction (the forced leave of doctors and nurses in December). The appeal is primarily logical and data-driven, relying on specific financial indicators and time constraints. In the second speech, he/she employs direct criticism aimed at the minister, accusing him/her of providing an incomplete response.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is direct and question-oriented, often employing strong emotional expressions (e.g., "they rob ordinary people"). The tone is critical of the government and emphasizes social injustice. The speaker frequently addresses colleagues by name, while simultaneously maintaining formal parliamentary language.
2024-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, press briefing
The rhetorical style is critical, questioning, and anxious, utilizing juxtaposing quotes from government members to underscore the coalition's instability and internal contradictions. It employs both logical argumentation (concerning budget discrepancies) and emotional appeal, highlighting a situation where essential workers cannot guarantee their own safety, labeling this a national disgrace.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and respectful (e.g., "Thank you, Chair!" or "Esteemed Minister!"), but the content is critical and analytical. A direct question format is employed to draw attention to a potential weakness in the draft legislation, focusing on logical risk assessment.
2024-05-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal, yet critical and data-driven. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments and statistics to underscore the injustice of the situation and the excessive profitability of the banking sector. It concludes with direct, challenging questions that demand the presenter take a firm stance on the solidarity tax and the fairness of the overall situation.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The style is confrontational and direct, posing pointed questions to the minister regarding accountability and the legal basis. The speaker relies on logical appeal, highlighting contradictions between the minister’s claims and information reported in the media. The tone is formal yet critical, demanding that responsibility be taken for the issues that have arisen.
2024-05-02
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and courteous, repeatedly employing addresses such as "esteemed Minister/Jaak/Hendrik Johannes." The speaker adopts a critical and questioning approach, specifically highlighting a procedural deficiency (the absence of meetings) and deeming one particular viewpoint "completely incomprehensible."
2024-04-30
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful ("Honorable Minister!"), but it contains sharp political criticism, employing the metaphor of the minister being "held hostage." The speaker relies on a logical question, connecting the option of partial payment to the necessity of imposing new, large fine rates, and requests the minister's personal opinion.
2024-04-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal ("Honorable Prime Minister"), direct, and challenging, utilizing a simple question format. The speaker emphasizes the simplicity of the question, shifting the focus to the Prime Minister's personal conduct.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, third sitting, information briefing
The style is formal, logical, and well-reasoned, utilizing both factual data (research findings) and emotional appeal (a specific example of the vicious cycle of renouncing citizenship). The speaker adopts a challenging stance toward the prime minister, demanding substantial arguments and calling into question the very foundations of the government's policy. Following an interruption, the argument was resumed, demonstrating persistence in conveying their viewpoint.
2024-04-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is sharply critical and urgent, highlighting the severity of the recession and increasing poverty, contrasting this with the minister's "beautiful numbers" projected for 2035. Logical arguments and factual lists (a list of tax hikes) are employed to demonstrate the negative impact of the government's actions. The piece concludes with an emotional appeal directed at the coalition and a patriotic rallying cry ("Straighten your back, Estonia!").
2024-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The style is formal ("Dear Minister!"), direct, and critical, posing a question that demands an immediate administrative solution. The tone is businesslike and focuses on the logical requirement to avoid future errors, emphasizing the teachers' right to timely payment.
2024-04-03
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The style is analytical, critical, and skeptical, utilizing logical appeals and referencing authoritative sources. The speaker employs an ironic tone, describing political changes as "astonishing metamorphoses." The presentation is formal, focusing on facts and legal arguments, thereby calling into question the sensibility of the draft bill.
2024-04-01
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal and critical. While addressing the esteemed Prime Minister, the text employs strong emotional terminology, such as "betrayal of expectations." The speaker utilizes logical and procedural argumentation, accurately detailing the delay's timeline (from January through the end of March) and its negative effect on the recruitment process. The tone is one of concern and demands an assessment of the situation.
2024-03-20
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, press briefing.
The style is formal and analytical, relying on statistics and logical cause-and-effect arguments. Although critical of government policy (taxation, funding cuts), it maintains a parliamentary tone. On one matter, it even expresses agreement with the minister that joint efforts are necessary to achieve success.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal and analytical, beginning with a polite expression of gratitude to the Minister for the substantive presentation. In justifying their stance, the speaker relies on a specific sad truth derived from statistics and a logical explanation concerning the causes of obesity. Simultaneously, the presentation includes sharp and convinced criticism of the government's tax proposal.
2024-03-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetoric is formal and direct, addressing the minister respectfully. The style is purely interrogative, focusing on facts and the details of policy implementation, without emotional or polemical appeals.
2024-03-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal and critical, addressing the session chairman and the prime minister respectfully. Logical argumentation is employed, emphasizing that raising taxes cannot help establish a sense of security. The speaker uses emotional emphasis (women's fear of getting pregnant) to highlight the severity of the economic situation.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is polite and formal, utilizing salutations such as "Honorable Minister" and "Esteemed Chairman." The tone is inquisitive and solution-oriented, seeking clarity on policy details and offering cooperation ("how may we be of assistance to you?").
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, yet sharp and confrontational. The speaker uses direct questions to call the minister's motives into question (whether it was a misunderstanding or a deliberate signal), accusing him of distorting Narva's position before the entire Estonian nation. The emphasis is placed on fact-based logic to defend the specific nature of Narva's application.
2024-02-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, businesslike, and at times insistent, emphasizing the seriousness of the economic situation and the relevance of the topic. When responding to the minister, the tone is polite and appreciative ("it is very pleasant to see that you have delved into the questions, that is truly super"), but the questions themselves are precise and demand specific logistical answers. Logical appeals are employed, relying on economic data and facts.
2024-02-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is urgent and anxious, emphasizing the socio-economic catastrophe and the question of survival. The speaker balances the emotional appeal (pensioners, the choice between food and medicine) with a logical and constructive political proposal. Although critical, the speaker attempts to avoid being labeled a populist and presents a detailed solution.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The discourse is formal, procedural, and interrogative, focusing on accuracy and the verification of legislation. The style is logical, requiring the opposing party to provide specific references to the text of the draft law to avoid ambiguity. The salutation "Austatud Jaak" indicates a polite yet demanding tone.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and demanding, expressing sorrow and confusion regarding the usefulness of the reforms. Direct questions are employed, and the minister's previous statements are quoted to emphasize the ambiguity and demand specific data and the results of the analysis.
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The style is formal and respectful, utilizing standard forms of address when referring to the Speaker of the Riigikogu and the Prime Minister. On the topic of healthcare, the tone is concerned and critical, relying on logical arguments and factual examples to underscore the seriousness of the issue. The speaker employs strong language to describe the problem ("very complicated," "abnormal").
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and respectful, addressing the presiding officer and the Prime Minister. The speaker employs logical argumentation, posing a question based on a premise concerning a specific action plan. The tone is matter-of-fact and questioning, steering clear of emotional appeals.
2024-01-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is polite, respectful, and interrogative, using the salutation "Dear Martin!". The tone is conciliatory, beginning with a compliment about the thoroughness of the colleague's draft, followed by a direct political question.
2024-01-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The style is formal and question-oriented, addressing the Minister respectfully. The speaker employs rhetoric to emphasize potential negative consequences (e.g., the loss of teachers) and the necessity of informing the public. Regarding security matters, the tone is direct and concerned, even while acknowledging the potential classification of the answer as a state secret.
2024-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is one of concern and urgency, particularly regarding the issue of education, emphasizing the seriousness of the problem ("This is a serious problem"). Direct and challenging questions are employed to call into question the results of the government's actions and the success of its programs. The tone is formal, addressing the Prime Minister directly.
2024-01-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is urgent, critical, and data-driven, contrasting the Prime Minister's alleged optimism with harsh economic indicators. Logical appeals are employed, supported by specific statistical data and quotes, and direct questions are posed to the Prime Minister regarding the government's poor decisions. The tone is formal and concerned.
2024-01-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The style is formal and direct, addressing the minister respectfully ("Esteemed Minister!"). The speaker poses clear questions concerning specific decisions (closures) and analyses (the inclusion of refugees), emphasizing the necessity of knowing the final decision or the time when the discussion will resume. The rhetoric is logical and focuses on finding practical solutions.