By Plenary Sessions: Ester Karuse
Total Sessions: 27
Fully Profiled: 27
2025-11-04
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is inquisitive, analytical, and concerned, emphasizing the need for accountability and the presentation of concrete data. The speaker uses a logical appeal, referencing the previous discussion held in June and demanding an explanation of what has changed in the interim. The tone is formal and direct, posing challenging questions.
2025-11-03
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and centered on questions, addressing the minister courteously. The speaker poses specific procedural questions regarding the enhancement of supervision, using a logical and pertinent tone while avoiding emotional appeals.
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is passionate, forceful, and sharply critical, employing both emotional appeals (inequality is more brutal; Valga has been abandoned) and concrete facts and quotes from local leaders. Rhetorical questions are repeatedly used to highlight regional disparity ("Why is Martin from Valga less important than Sergei from Kohtla-Järve?"). The piece concludes with a direct political call to action aimed at voters.
2025-09-15
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is urgent and serious, highlighting the lack of awareness among young people and parents, as well as the emotional exhaustion caused by unhealthy competition. Logical arguments are presented regarding the state's obligation to ensure compulsory schooling, but the tone remains compassionate and cautionary, stressing that the problem must be addressed "immediately."
2025-09-08
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The style is concerned and urgent, emphasizing both the practical (long journey) and moral aspects of the problem (the danger of scam calls targeting the elderly). It employs both logical arguments (banking profit figures versus social role) and emotional appeal. The address is formal and focuses on demanding accountability, seeking specific answers to the inquiry submitted three months earlier.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is serious, concerned, and demanding, highlighting the critical and unhealthy nature of the situation. Both logical arguments (the consequences of losing services) and strong emotional appeals are employed, focusing on the well-being of the elderly, people with mobility issues, and stressed youth. The speaker utilizes the formal structure of an inquiry to keep the issues focused.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is direct, questioning, and concerned, utilizing rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the minister's claims. The appeals are grounded in practical logic and operational knowledge, stressing that recruiting staff by reducing the number of police officers leaves the streets vulnerable. The tone is serious, demanding specific figures and projections regarding staffing levels and incentive measures.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is critical, analytical, and morally charged, frequently employing rhetorical questions concerning government priorities and justice. The speaker balances logical arguments (such as debt burden figures) with emotional appeals, highlighting the lack of solidarity and the excessive burden placed upon working people. Sharp phrases are used, such as "coddling the banks" and "gifts for the rich."
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The style is formal and direct, focusing on presenting specific questions to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the minister. Both logical argumentation (statistics) and personal experience, along with external references (businessman Heiti Hääl), are utilized to emphasize the concerns. The tone is demanding and well-informed.
2025-05-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speech is highly formal, informative, and procedural, focusing on the presentation of facts regarding the committee's work. The tone is neutral and logical, lacking emotional appeals or narratives. The style is that of a rapporteur, who provides an overview of the events that took place and recommends supporting the draft legislation.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical and questioning, posing direct questions to the presenter regarding the shortcomings of the process. The speaker uses a specific narrative (the Valga case) to illustrate the procedural flaws, citing emotionally charged messages from parents ("human experiments are forbidden in school").
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and strictly factual, focusing on the objective presentation of the proceedings and the decisions made by the Foreign Affairs Committee. Emotional or persuasive appeals are absent; the discourse is straightforward and concentrates solely on procedural details.
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal and respectful, addressing the esteemed rapporteur and the Speaker of the Riigikogu, but simultaneously worried and demanding. An emotional appeal is utilized, describing the disappearance of bank branches as "a morally very significant blow to the residents of the region." The speaker poses direct, solution-oriented questions, favoring logical argumentation.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The speaker's style is critical and direct, using an emotionally charged anecdote (the conscription notice sent to a boy with special care needs) to illustrate the system's deficiencies. He/She poses rhetorical questions to challenge the feasibility of the concept presented by the rapporteur. The tone is one of concern, demanding that fundamental standards be upheld.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The register is formal, businesslike, and procedural, fitting the role of the commission's representative. Emphasis is placed on logical arguments and citing official documents (the executive summary) to justify the usefulness of the proposed bill. When answering questions, the style remains polite, but clearly defines the boundaries of the representative's role, directing deeper substantive questions toward the minister.
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is analytical and question-focused, combining logical, data-driven argumentation (studies, figures) with an emphasis on morality and justice. The tone is critical, especially regarding procedural deficiencies, but presented in the form of a question.
2025-02-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is anxious and critical, highlighting the gravity of the situation ("it's very sad what is happening"). Irony is employed (citing the example of the Narva office closure), and the speaker addresses the presenter directly, posing a specific political question aimed at finding solutions. The appeal itself is a blend of logical argumentation (the tax complicates the situation) and an emotional focus on the people who will be left without essential services.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The style is formal and serious, combining an emotional appeal (solidarity, respect for the Georgian people) with specific political demands. The tone is simultaneously critical of the Georgian government and supportive of the Georgian people, drawing a historical parallel with the restoration of Estonian independence. In their argumentation, the speaker employs both value-based and pragmatic considerations (namely, avoiding Russian influence).
2024-12-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, expressing a tone of concern regarding the government's actions. The speaker relies on logical arguments and refers to survey data, focusing on using the question to demand solutions from the minister.
2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and interrogative, addressing the Vice-Chairman of the Riigikogu and the Minister of the Interior directly. A logical appeal is used, presenting the government with a dilemma between constitutional rights and the proposed actions. The tone is serious and requires clarification.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and empathetic, emphasizing the moral obligation to stand alongside repressed nations. Strong emotional appeals are employed, referencing the historical suffering of the Estonian people (pain, hunger, death) to underscore solidarity and the necessity of remembrance. The tone is evocative and urgent ("We cannot and will not be silent witnesses").
2024-06-13
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The speaker adopts a polite and respectful style, beginning by thanking the presenter for the comprehensive overview. The tone is one of concern (using the phrase "it weighs heavily on my mind"), yet remains constructive, proposing a logical and practical solution to the regional issue through education. A direct question format is employed to inquire about the institution's (the Bank of Estonia's) existing initiatives.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and interrogative, relying on the assumption of the presenter's expertise to introduce the subject. The tone is serious and demanding, seeking an explanation as to why the warring states have not been consulted regarding nuclear safety ("why this has not been done").
2024-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and concerned, emphasizing Estonia's role as a friend and ally of Georgia. The speaker balances historical context and logical arguments (referencing agreements and reforms) with emotional support for the "brave Georgian people."
2024-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.
The style is predominantly formal and logical, relying on facts and data (e.g., nine quarters). The economic speech is concerned and demanding, posing direct questions to the government regarding accountability. The foreign policy speech is unifying and declarative, emphasizing the common stance of the members of parliament.
2024-02-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and urgent, especially when addressing security issues (the horrors of war, the harsh realities of life). The appeals are balanced, combining logical arguments (the critical importance of Expo for exports) with emotional appeals (the indignation of Estonian Americans, the protection of innocent people in Gaza). The speech is structured, referencing the address given by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and official development programs.
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is extremely formal, neutral, and explanatory, focusing on the conveyance of facts and procedures. The discourse is logical and informative, avoiding emotional appeals or personal viewpoints, while acting as the rapporteur for the committee's decisions. Standard parliamentary language is employed, and colleagues are referred to with respect.