By Plenary Sessions: Signe Kivi
Total Sessions: 33
Fully Profiled: 33
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, utilizing the addresses "Honorable Chairman" and "Esteemed Minister." The speaker presents a logical and structured description of the problem, adding a personal appeal to the Minister's passion for the Estonian language to intensify the question. The tone is analytical and procedural.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is formal and questioning, focusing on logical argumentation and procedural precision. The speaker uses a direct quote from the president as an authoritative source to support their concern regarding the ambiguity of the law. The tone is critical, but directed toward the procedure and substantive shortcomings, rather than being emotional.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, respectfully addressing the director and the minister. The speaker employs a logical appeal, basing their question on a specific letter and data to convey the concerns of foreign organizations. The tone is measured, and the objective is to receive a clear answer from the minister.
2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is direct, formal, and interrogative, focusing on logical and procedural failures. The tone is critical and demanding, stressing that the ministry failed to fulfill the promise it made to the Riigikogu Culture Committee. A mild accusation ("oddly enough") is employed when describing the submission of the incorrect document.
2025-04-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and analytical, beginning with polite addresses to the Chairman of the Riigikogu and the rapporteur. The speaker poses direct and skeptical questions, focusing on logical and procedural appeals to expose potential inconsistencies in the background information supporting the draft bill.
2025-02-25
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and question-focused, beginning with praise for the presentation. The tone is concerned and analytical, employing a logical appeal and relying on public opinion surveys to highlight the potential security threat.
2024-11-21
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, addressing the esteemed Chair and the rapporteur. The speaker favors a logical and analytical approach, posing questions that highlight procedural shortcomings and conflicts between economic and climate objectives.
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The style is highly formal and respectful, courteously addressing both the chairperson and the rapporteur. The tone is analytical and inquisitive, including appreciation for the rapporteur's work and underscoring the reverence felt toward the constitution. The appeal is predominantly logical, focusing on the precise definition of the specific problem.
2024-11-12
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, courteous, and procedure-oriented, addressing the presenter and the chairperson respectfully. The discourse is logical and inquisitive, focusing on taking into account background information and prior experience within the committee's work.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, posing an analytical question to the presenter. The speaker's tone is serious and matter-of-fact, focusing on a logical argument intended to expand the topic’s scope from a medical and financing focus to social responsibility.
2024-11-07
15th Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is respectful, constructive, and advisory, addressing the esteemed Chairman and the Rapporteur. Logical argumentation is employed, emphasizing the rational utilization of existing structures and their inherent potential. The address concludes with a specific and clear proposal to refer the matter to the BA Economic Committee.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal and respectful, addressing the esteemed Chairman and the presenter. The speech is analytical, utilizing a historical comparison (the 2000 budget) to underscore the value of the current material, and posing clear, specific procedural questions. The appeal is logical and focuses on improving the format in which the budget is presented.
2024-10-10
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth sitting, plenary session.
The style is formal and serious, underscoring the extreme necessity and urgency of the topics. The first address employs an emotional appeal, referencing a widely known case of child abuse to highlight the deficiencies in the legislative amendments. The second speech is procedural but stresses the necessity of debate and the swiftness of decision-making.
2024-10-09
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth Session, Plenary Session.
The style is formal, relying heavily on academic authority (citation) to provide the arguments with a research-based foundation. The tone shifts from analytical and inquisitive to defensive and critical as the speaker moves to protect their faction members from accusations and insults.
2024-09-18
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly formal, neutral, and procedural, focusing on presenting the text of the draft bill and the background of its adoption. The tone is objective and informative, addressing the esteemed Chairman and respected colleagues. The appeal is purely logical and fact-based, avoiding emotional or personal addresses.
2024-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetoric is extremely formal and polite, respectfully addressing both the chairperson and the presenter ("esteemed chairperson," "respected presenter"). The style is neutral and inquisitive, aiming to achieve procedural and factual clarity.
2024-06-13
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, directly addressing the bank president. The discourse is question-based and logical, emphasizing consistency and sustained interest in the topic, utilizing language that is primarily factual and institutional.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speech is predominantly formal and procedural, as it is a committee report, but includes personal and emotional appeals concerning the regrettable state of the Estonian language. He/She employs logical argumentation, drawing upon ministry positions and committee discussions, and acknowledges a personal "burden" when initiating conversation in Russian, which lends a self-critical tone to the rhetoric.
2024-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The speech is formal, historical, and convincingly argued, making extensive use of historical quotes and parallels regarding cultural battles and determination. The style is respectful ("Honorable Speaker of the Riigikogu! Dear colleagues!"), but it includes rhetorical questions and an urgent call to action ("aren't problems there specifically to be solved?"). It concludes with an emotional appeal: "Long live Estonia! Long live Estonia!".
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is respectful and appreciative toward the minister, beginning with direct praise and emphasizing the difficulty of his work ("at the end of a complex and demanding workday"). The tone is formal and constructive, presenting a balanced question that requires identifying both the greatest success and any potential failure.
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is polite, formal, and inquisitive, beginning with an expression of gratitude to the chairman and the minister for the presentation. The speech is logical and focuses on clarifying a specific political relationship, avoiding emotional or aggressive appeals.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly formal, objective, and detailed, characteristic of a commission report that chronicles the progress of a discussion. The discourse is logically structured, highlighting the viewpoints of various participants, including citations from Jaak Valge, Margit Sutrop, and Ilmar Tomusk. Emotional appeals are avoided; the focus is strictly on facts and procedural processes.
2024-03-20
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The style is formal, explanatory, and procedure-focused, concentrating on detailing the history of the draft legislation and the background of the ensuing debates. The speaker employs logical argumentation, directly citing the Auditor General to confirm the legal competence of the chosen solution. The tone is balanced and purposeful, avoiding emotional appeals.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal and analytical, focusing on procedural clarity and substantive control. The speaker poses a direct and challenging question to verify whether the draft bill under consideration contains new information, relying on logical argumentation and previous official reviews.
2024-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.
The style is formal and respectful, but it includes a personal testimony and an emotional appeal (a reference to an appeal made to women 30 years ago). The speaker starts by defending the faction concerning their worries about the birth rate, before moving on to posing a constructive question.
2024-03-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal and respectful, directly addressing the Auditor General and the manager. The speaker employs logical and analytical argumentation, presenting a rhetorical question which simultaneously serves as a justification for their previous actions. The tone is measured and defensive.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetoric is formal and respectful, addressing the Chairman and the Minister directly. The style is analytical and data-driven, utilizing statistics on education spending to support the arguments. The speech concludes with a direct political question posed to the Minister, maintaining a neutral and investigative tone.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style of the speech is formal, informative, and highly detailed, focusing on explaining the history and preparation process behind the legal amendments. It utilizes logical arguments and fact-based justification (e.g., growth in tax revenue and the size of reserves), deliberately avoiding emotional appeals. The initial request for three additional minutes indicates a desire to provide a comprehensive and exhaustive overview.
2024-02-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and concerned, emphasizing the seriousness of the problem ("a genuinely serious problem") and its potential negative consequences. The speaker relies on logical arguments and directly quotes letters from interest groups to lend weight to their criticism. The presentation is structured as a direct question to the minister, demanding a clear answer regarding the Ministry of Culture's proposals.
2024-02-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style of the address is formal and interrogative, speaking directly to the Minister in a respectful tone. Logical argumentation is employed, relying on specific financial and demographic data to underscore the significance of the issue. Emotional appeals are absent; the focus is strictly on facts and the responsibility of the state.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, employing the addresses "Honored Chairman" and "Respected Presenter." The speech is logical and focuses on a procedural challenge, raising a pointed question about the frequency of the draft bill's previous defense.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is polite, formal, and respectful, utilizing standard forms of address ("Honorable Chairman," "Esteemed Prime Minister"). The tone is constructive and analytical, expressing thanks for the Prime Minister's presentation. The speaker focuses on the logical and political content.
2024-01-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is polite, formal, and inquisitive. The speaker apologizes for not having fully listened to the preceding discussion and thanks the presenter for the comprehensive overview. The style is logical and cautious, focusing on clarifying the scope of the draft bill and the historical arguments, while carefully avoiding emotional appeals.