By Months: Aivar Kokk
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
27 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and accusatory, particularly concerning the incompetence of the government and the Minister of Finance. Logical arguments and fact-checking are employed, with direct references to voting results and quotes from Mart Võrklaev, in order to expose the opponents' hypocrisy ("calling black white"). The tone is often emotionally charged, stressing that the government has "taken everything there is to take."
09.2025
38 Speeches
Uses direct, emotional, and sometimes sharp rhetoric (e.g., "For heaven's sake," "pie in the sky"). Combines personal experiences with technical arguments, creating a compelling narrative. The tone of speech is often critical, but it also includes constructive suggestions. Uses colloquial expressions and metaphors, making the speech accessible.
06.2025
57 Speeches
An emotional and combative style, employing sharp phrases such as "madness," "predatory behavior," and "tax festival." It combines fact-based arguments with personal stories and examples (e.g., a family with six children, a parent of a child in a wheelchair). Rhetorical questions and irony are used repeatedly, particularly when addressing coalition politicians. The style is direct and populist, focusing on the concerns of ordinary people.
05.2025
36 Speeches
It employs direct and emotional rhetoric, labeling the government's actions as "criminal" and "absurd." It blends fact-based arguments with emotional assessments, frequently utilizing questions and challenges. The rhetoric is confrontational, yet it is grounded in specific data and comparisons with neighboring countries.
04.2025
16 Speeches
They employ emotional and confrontational rhetoric, blending personal anecdotes with concrete data. The approach is often sarcastic and accusatory, particularly when addressing the government (using phrases like "embarrassing to listen to" and "stupid tax"). While heavily relying on facts and figures, these are presented in an emotionally charged context, utilizing rhetorical questions and direct challenges aimed at colleagues.
03.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetoric is direct and combative, utilizing emotionally charged phrases such as "balalaika coalition" and "playing games with taxes." The style is populist, emphasizing the Isamaa faction's "coming to the rescue" and calling for unified action. The speech concludes on an optimistic note, referencing the success of the previous vote.
02.2025
22 Speeches
The speaker employs a direct and confrontational style, frequently posing rhetorical questions and demanding specific answers. He leans heavily on facts and figures, but also utilizes emotional arguments, particularly when discussing the concerns of local communities. The style is practical and grounded in experience, often referencing his past work as a county governor and an entrepreneur.
01.2025
27 Speeches
Uses emotional and combative rhetoric, combining personal examples with specific data. The tone is often critical and sarcastic, especially concerning government policy. The approach is populist, highlighting the concerns of "ordinary people" and using simple, understandable language to explain complex economic issues.
12.2024
32 Speeches
The speaker employs emotional and combative rhetoric, frequently using phrases such as "it is sad," "it is embarrassing to listen to," and "nightmare." The style is direct and confrontational, combining fact-based arguments with powerful emotional appeals. They often utilize irony and sarcasm, particularly when addressing coalition partners, and frequently conclude their speeches with a defiant tone or a promise concerning future decisions.
11.2024
49 Speeches
It employs emotional and combative rhetoric, combining it with fact-based arguments. The tone is often critical and laced with irony, employing phrases like "for heaven's sake" and "well, nothing can be done about it." The approach is direct and confrontational, especially when criticizing government policy. It relies on both emotional appeals and detailed numerical data.
10.2024
46 Speeches
They use a direct, confrontational style, combining fact-based arguments with emotional assessments. The rhetoric is often critical and tinged with irony, using phrases like ("I laugh," "that's just impossible/unacceptable"). There is a strong reliance on specific numbers and comparisons, with colloquial expressions used occasionally for clarity.
09.2024
8 Speeches
Uses a formally polite yet critical tone, starting speeches with traditional addresses. It relies on facts and figures, posing rhetorical questions regarding the sensibility of government policy. The style is direct and concrete, avoiding emotional statements, but clearly emphasizing political contradictions.
07.2024
12 Speeches
Emotional and combative rhetoric that combines fact-based arguments with strong judgments ("nightmare," "shameful," "ridiculous bill"). It repeatedly uses specific examples and figures to support its positions. The rhetoric is directly confrontational towards the government but attempts to create an emotional connection with voters through everyday life examples (children in school, problems in rural areas).
06.2024
24 Speeches
The speaker employs an emotional and combative tone, often dramatizing the situation ("a mourning flag on Midsummer's Day," "people are being killed"). He/She combines factual data with emotional appeals, repeatedly using rhetorical questions and leveling direct accusations against the government. The style is straightforward and confrontational, especially toward coalition politicians.
05.2024
13 Speeches
They employ emotional and confrontational rhetoric, directly accusing ministers of lying. They draw upon personal experiences as a local government leader and use concrete examples to bolster their argument. They frequently express shame and embarrassment regarding the government's decisions, utilizing dramatic language such as "I have no words" and "I am ashamed to be a member of the Riigikogu."
04.2024
36 Speeches
The speaker employs emotional and confrontational rhetoric, accusing the government of lying and using "steamrolling tactics." The style is direct and highly critical, often utilizing irony and sarcasm. The arguments rely on concrete figures and facts, but they are delivered in emotionally charged language, highlighting the government's failures.
03.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker employs direct and emotional rhetoric, often blending fact-based arguments with personal experiences and practical examples. The style is confrontational toward the government but constructive when offering alternatives. The speaker repeatedly uses rhetorical questions and issues direct challenges to ministers to take specific steps.
02.2024
11 Speeches
The tone is extremely confrontational and emotional, utilizing direct accusations ("Are you lying?" "You are lying yet again!"). The rhetoric is populist, emphasizing the suffering of ordinary people and entrepreneurs caused by government policy. It frequently employs colloquialisms ("that's the crux of the matter," "steamrolling over") and personal attacks, combining them with factual data.
01.2024
24 Speeches
Employs emotional and confrontational rhetoric, calling the government's decisions "stupid" and "madness." They rely heavily on personal experience and concrete examples, particularly incidents involving the Jõgeva municipality. The speaking tone is passionate and accusatory, often interrupting their train of thought with additional examples or emotional exclamations.