By Months: Mario Kadastik
Total Months: 17
Fully Profiled: 17
10.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and procedural, focusing on accurately recounting the discussion held by the Economic Affairs Committee. The speaker employs logical arguments and fact-based reporting, steering clear of emotional appeals. This includes a brief but courteous reference to the question posed by the Reform Party: ("That was a very Reform Party-like question from Rain, very good.")
09.2025
22 Speeches
The style is formal, analytical, and procedural, as the speaker often acts as a commission rapporteur, citing the positions held by ministries and funds. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments and data, but also employs sharp criticism, referring to the opponent's draft bill as a "propaganda topic" and a "band-aid bill." He/She poses numerous questions to challenge the opposing side's claims and underlying assumptions.
06.2025
8 Speeches
The style is predominantly logical, explanatory, and data-driven, aimed at refuting objections and clarifying facts. It employs figurative comparisons (hair cutting, taxi meter) to simplify complex topics, but the overall tone remains formal and businesslike. It conveys a sense of speed and urgency regarding the adoption of the law, necessary to avoid penalties that have accumulated at the expense of education and security.
05.2025
27 Speeches
Highly confrontational and self-assured, especially in debates with Urmas Reinsalu and Rain Epler. This person frequently employs sarcasm and levels direct accusations against opponents, charging them with lying, speaking "nonsense," and spreading "mental inflation." The style is data-driven, relying on detailed calculations and technical explanations, but it turns emotional and personal when the accuracy of the facts is called into question.
04.2025
44 Speeches
The speaker employs a highly analytical and often confrontational rhetorical style, particularly when correcting factual inaccuracies. He uses sharp phrases such as "total populism" and "intentional falsehood." He relies almost exclusively on logical arguments and data, utilizing simple analogies (e.g., driving with an open car window, taking a step up the stairs) to clarify complex physical phenomena. While he is open to informal discussion, his overall tone remains formal and precise, except when he accuses opponents of fearmongering rooted in ignorance.
03.2025
15 Speeches
The speaker's style is predominantly analytical and fact-based, often relying on data and official sources (the head of Enefit Power, an Elering memo). They are direct and at times confrontational in disputes, particularly when the economic benefits of renewable energy or the price of fossil fuels are challenged. They use strong expressions to condemn personal attacks and criticize the opposing side's claims as "hot air" or "a senseless waste of money."
01.2025
6 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and procedural, focusing on the accurate conveyance of the Economic Affairs Committee's discussions and decisions to the Riigikogu. The speaker employs logical argumentation to clarify complex technical and legal details, such as the ownership structure of the direct line and its cost-effectiveness. The tone is explanatory and informative, avoiding emotional or personal appeals.
12.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is interrogative and analytical, focusing on logical appeal and the verification of procedural facts. The discourse is formal, maintaining a neutral tone, and the objective is to gain clarity regarding the actual impact of the cut, by posing the question directly and specifically.
11.2024
3 Speeches
The communication style is two-pronged: on tax issues, it is confrontational, corrective, and emotionally charged, accusing opponents of procedural abuse and spreading misinformation. The section concerning the handling of the draft bill, however, is highly formal, detailed, and logical, focusing on facts, deadlines, and consensus decisions.
10.2024
2 Speeches
The style is highly formal, procedural, and descriptive, focusing on conveying the facts and decisions made during the commission's meetings. The speaker employs logical argumentation and data (voting results, turnover figures), while avoiding emotional appeals. The tone is neutral, and the objective is to inform about the progress of the proceedings and the consensual decisions reached.
09.2024
20 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal, procedural, and analytical, focusing on the detailed presentation of the work of the Economic Affairs Committee and the content of the draft bill. The speaker uses logical arguments and technical explanations, answering specific questions regarding the content of the law and the procedure, while avoiding emotional appeals.
06.2024
7 Speeches
The style is predominantly formal and procedural, particularly in commission reports, focusing on facts and the course of proceedings. In political debates (nuclear energy, internet control), the tone becomes persuasive and argumentative, utilizing logical counterarguments and references to international examples (Ukraine, the Finnish Greens) and historical context.
05.2024
50 Speeches
The speaking style is formal, analytical, and fact-based, focusing on logical arguments and the explanation of technical systems. The tone is confident and explanatory, but becomes critical when the opponents' actions are deemed political obstruction or a failure to understand the technology, referring to it as a "political ball game." He/She often uses the form of posing questions to direct the debate toward technical details and counter-arguments.
04.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker’s rhetorical style is formal, detailed, and analytical, particularly when summarizing legislative processes (listing proposed amendments and voting results). In debates (such as those concerning e-voting or nuclear energy), the tone becomes slightly defensive and insistent, focusing on fact-based argumentation and refuting technical fears. The speaker uses comparisons (for instance, nuclear waste versus the Kiviõli ash hill) and stresses that overseeing these systems requires technological literacy.
03.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker's style is analytical, logical, and formally appropriate for a parliamentary setting. The tone regarding climate issues is rather urgent ("climate crisis"), but remains constructive and detailed during the debate. He/She frequently employs introductory "disclaimers" to differentiate the committee's discussion from personal opinion or speculation.
02.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and strictly procedural, which is typical for a commission report delivered to the plenary session. The address is structured as a fact-based summary of the questions, answers, and consensus decisions presented during the commission meeting, while avoiding emotional appeals and personal assessments.
01.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, respectful, and businesslike, addressing both the Chairman and the Prime Minister with deference and thanking them for the speech. The tone is concerned and inquisitive, focusing on logical arguments regarding the necessity of long-term funding. Detailed political analysis is employed instead of emotional appeals.