By Plenary Sessions: Alar Laneman
Total Sessions: 5
Fully Profiled: 5
2024-04-30
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and logic-driven, employing strong analogies (e.g., comparing the PPA to a massage parlor) to discredit the opposing side's arguments. The tone is concerned and demanding, expressing dissatisfaction with the minister's "overly casual" attitude. The appeal targets both ethical obligation and the logical relationship between costs and revenues.
2024-04-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is fiercely combative, critical, and insistent, describing the situation as "simultaneously sad and comical." Strong emotional appeals are employed on the themes of trust and state responsibility, combining them with logical arguments about the importance of purpose and quality. The speaker uses irony, direct, and occasionally condescending addresses toward opponents ("darlings"), and a provocative comparison to the Russian electoral system.
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and respectful (when addressing the minister), but the content is critical and questioning, seeking a clear answer regarding the state's ambitions. The speaker employs logical argumentation to justify the importance of their topic, listing the positive impacts of competitive sports on society.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, third sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is urgent, serious, and cautionary, emphasizing the existential nature of the approaching threat. A vivid metaphor is employed (the family and a scoundrel with an axe behind the gate) to clarify priorities and generate emotional impact. The tone is formal, but it appeals to logic, stressing that the most important matters must be prioritized.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The tone is urgent, serious, and anxious, underscoring the gravity of the situation and the immediate threat posed by the eastern neighbor. The speaker employs powerful logical arguments, drawing upon practical examples (such as driving a car at 120 km/h while switching drivers) and historical errors (the PPA merger). The rhetoric is formal, centered on operational effectiveness and state accountability.