By Months: Liina Kersna
Total Months: 15
Fully Profiled: 15
10.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, respectfully addressing the Chairman and the Minister. The tone is critical and expresses confusion regarding the ministry's activities, emphasizing logical inconsistency and a lack of transparency. The speaker relies on facts and presents their viewpoint as a direct question to demand clarification.
09.2025
19 Speeches
The style is formal, detailed, and argumentative, especially in committee reports, where he/she thoroughly describes the procedural process and the participants' viewpoints. He/She uses logical appeals, contrasting opposing expenditures (school lunches versus teachers' salaries) to highlight his/her priority. The tone is occasionally sharp, particularly when criticizing opponents' past actions concerning teachers' salaries.
06.2025
8 Speeches
The speaker’s style is formal, substantive, and thorough, often focusing on presenting the committee’s work and procedural details. The tone is constructive and acknowledging, emphasizing consensus decisions and a sound legislative process. The arguments are predominantly logical and fact-based, utilizing statistics and references to clarify the content of the draft legislation.
05.2025
16 Speeches
The style is predominantly formal and procedural, particularly when submitting draft legislation on behalf of the Culture Committee. Discussions concerning education are analytical, relying on data and logical arguments (e.g., return on investment). The tone is optimistic about the future, highlighting Estonia's flexibility as a pioneer, but simultaneously cautionary and self-critical regarding the issue of gender balance.
04.2025
4 Speeches
The style is formal, serious, and philosophical, repeatedly emphasizing the concepts of "nurturing" and "viability." Both logical arguments (operating within the framework of legislation, corpus figures) and emotional appeals (a cultural landmark) are utilized. The speaker supports their positions with cultural examples (Jazzkaar, Kristjan Randalu) and academic citations, striking a balance between logic and value-based persuasion.
03.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and deferential, posing an analytical question to the Prime Minister during a parliamentary session. The speaker relies on logical arguments and statistical comparisons, carefully avoiding emotional appeals. The question is framed as a constructive inquiry regarding the state's future actions.
02.2025
3 Speeches
The style of address is formal, professional, and analytical, directly engaging the minister with questions. The politician employs logical arguments, referencing figures and research to substantiate their concern regarding the accessibility of services. The tone is demanding concerning clarity, particularly when confirming the provisions of the draft legislation, but remains generally respectful.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is direct and critical, employing the phrase "we express astonishment" to condemn the actions of the opposing party. The tone is rather formal and focuses on procedural opposition.
12.2024
2 Speeches
The discourse is formal, detailed, and procedural, especially when introducing the second reading, where a comprehensive overview of the committee's work and stakeholder engagement is presented. The tone is measured and analytical, focusing on logical arguments, the technical progression of the draft law, and the established timelines.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal, informative, and procedural, making it suitable for the role of a steering committee's presentation in the Riigikogu. The address is logical and fact-based, focusing on the substance of the draft bill, a detailed summary of the committee discussions, and the communication of decisions reached by consensus. Emotional appeals are absent; the emphasis is placed on legislative precision and procedural transparency.
06.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, respectful, and analytical, respectfully addressing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and thanking him for the comprehensive presentation. The speaker poses logical and systematic questions, relying on specific data (the exam pass percentage), while avoiding emotional appeals. The tone is investigative and solution-oriented.
05.2024
3 Speeches
The style is formal, respectful, and analytical, directed towards ministers and bank officials. The speaker poses numerous questions requiring specific data (e.g., the number of families, areas of investment). Criticism directed at the government is policy-based and focuses on economic rationality, prioritizing necessary decisions over painful ones.
04.2024
3 Speeches
The style is formal and procedural, addressing the esteemed Speaker of the Riigikogu and colleagues. The tone is explanatory and analytical, emphasizing the necessity of the law and the history of the proceedings, but it also contains veiled frustration regarding previous obstruction. The appeals are primarily logical, focusing on facts and the progress of the procedure.
03.2024
8 Speeches
The rhetorical style is analytical, formal, and cautious, emphasizing the thoroughness of processes and the importance of consultation. It employs logical arguments and references change management models, while simultaneously warning against "breaking" the sector through overly rapid reforms. It utilizes a metaphor that underscores the value of education, describing the euros directed toward education as an investment in a smarter society.
01.2024
2 Speeches
The tone is polite and formal, utilizing forms of address such as "Honorable Presenter" and "Honorable Prime Minister." The style is analytical and question-oriented, focusing on logical arguments and the operation of political mechanisms (the distribution of funds). The objective is to highlight the system's deficiencies and obtain clarifications.