By Months: Alar Laneman
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
09.2025
3 Speeches
The style is highly formal, factual, and procedural, making it suitable for a parliamentary presentation. The tone is measured and serious, focusing on facts, the legislative process, and the strategic context (e.g., a reference to the history of warfare). Emotional appeals are absent; the emphasis is placed on logic and detail.
05.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and pressing, stressing that "special times require special decisions" and calling for courage from decision-makers. The speaker balances emotional references (the tragic backdrop of history) with logical arguments, employing metaphors ("The gun is not to blame; the person who pulls the trigger is") while underscoring accountability.
04.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, acknowledging the minister's calm and substantive style of response. At the same time, the style is critical of the quality of the parliamentary debate, warning against it becoming "ridiculous" or "odd." Conceptual metaphors are used, such as the "system of communicating vessels."
12.2024
5 Speeches
The style is formal, serious, and persuasive, combining logical argumentation (missions as a tool for developing the Defence Forces) with strong value-based appeals (responsibility, not remaining a mere spectator). Historical examples and comparisons are utilized (such as *talgud* [community work] or the exemplary family), and the speaker is resolute in dismissing political doubts. The speaker is also procedural, precisely presenting the proposals of the steering committee.
11.2024
1 Speeches
The speaking style is extremely formal and procedural, characteristic of presenting a draft law in the Riigikogu. The tone is neutral and informative, focusing on logical arguments, facts (dates, the number of participating countries), and consensus decisions. Emotional or personal appeals are completely absent.
09.2024
4 Speeches
The style is formal, respectful, and analytical, often incorporating praise for the structured nature of the ministers' work (e.g., "thank you very much for the presentation!"). The speaker presents their views constructively and suggestively, proposing additional areas of focus. Although the topics concern the threat of war, the approach is logical and policy-centric rather than emotional.
05.2024
4 Speeches
The style is formal and critical, posing questions directly to ministers and rapporteurs ("Honorable Minister!", "Dear Presenter!"). The tone is concerned and cautious, focusing on potential negative consequences, such as the loss of public trust in the state or a decline in the quality of education. Both political and personal criticism are employed (calling the minister's sincerity into question), but overall, the appeals are logical and policy-based.
04.2024
16 Speeches
The rhetorical style is insistent, serious, and often combative, especially concerning issues of security and democracy. Strong analogies are employed (e.g., a car traveling at 120 km/h, a villain with an axe behind the gate) to highlight priorities and the danger. It appeals to practical reality and logic, contrasting with opponents' subjective assessments ("I believe") and complacency.
01.2024
5 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and substantive, yet simultaneously direct and critical, particularly when assessing the content of responses (e.g., by labeling a response "poor"). It employs logical arguments, linking defense capability and defense will, while emphasizing the importance and urgency of the issues. It uses rhetorical questions to demand clarification regarding both the hastening of draft legislation and the events that occurred in parliament (the strike).