By Months: Arvo Aller
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
8 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and inquisitive, focusing on logical and technical arguments. The tone is businesslike and substantive, seeking concrete answers regarding the budget methodology. A brief self-deprecating digression (a reference to Ernits) is employed concerning the sheer size of the budget, but the general approach remains data-driven.
09.2025
26 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative and critical, often presenting direct questions and accusations of incompetence or spreading misinformation to ministers. Both logical arguments are employed (referencing the volume of draft legislation and the conditions for subsidies) as well as emotional appeals (highlighting the difficult situation faced by small beekeepers and farmers). The speaker utilizes metaphors ("the pantry is empty") and demands accountability and explanations from the government.
06.2025
9 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and populist, utilizing strong expressions such as "arbitrary rule" and "a tangled mess." The speaker balances logical arguments (economic indicators, the impact of taxes) with emotional emphasis, focusing on how the government’s actions worsen the livelihood of the Estonian people and make them "even more poorer." He compares the waste management reform to a planned economy.
05.2025
20 Speeches
The style is predominantly combative, critical, and accusatory, aimed particularly at the government and ministers, who are charged with ignoring the public and demonstrating incompetence. The speaker employs a strong emotional appeal, directly linking tax increases (the car tax, fuel excise duty) to the struggles faced by rural residents trying to make ends meet, and frequently poses rhetorical questions. The speaker highlights the presence of factual errors in the ministers' replies and uses sharp language, for instance, labeling the words of the Minister of Finance as the implementation of Putin's propaganda.
04.2025
14 Speeches
The speaker’s rhetorical style is critical and, at times, confrontational, accusing the ministers of a lack of clarity and of being "stuck" (or "unresponsive"). Strong emotional appeals are utilized (fear of a "surveillance society" and a "police state"), alongside the branding of the government as "hostile to the people." Nevertheless, the arguments are supported by specific data and international parallels (the Latvian pilot project).
03.2025
14 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is critical, procedural, and demanding, frequently posing sharp questions and requiring concrete examples to justify the policy. They are skeptical and occasionally confrontational, criticizing the minister's lengthy introduction and referencing the "role of a pioneer leader." They prefer logical and fact-based arguments, focusing on the deficiencies and consequences of the draft legislation.
02.2025
7 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly combative and critical, frequently employing labeling and accusations ('outright lying,' 'hypocritical'). The speaker raises logical and financial questions, but does so with high emotional intensity, demanding that opponents present their falsehoods with more restraint. Rhetorical questions are used repeatedly to underscore the irrationality of the government's actions (e.g., why is wind energy subsidized if it is already cheap).
01.2025
15 Speeches
The rhetorical style is insistent, confrontational, and emotional, especially when addressing regional security issues. Strong criticism is leveled against the government for its short-sightedness and "Excel-based management," accusing them of "giving up." The speaker frequently employs rhetorical questions and references common phrases ("For heaven's sake!") while attempting to appeal to the audience's conscience.
12.2024
22 Speeches
The rhetorical style is critical, insistent, and often confrontational, particularly concerning the Child Protection Act, where strong emotional appeals ("pedophiles") are employed. The criticism targets procedural deficiencies (lack of impact assessment, rushing) and is generally formal, yet sharp. The speaker emphasizes logical argumentation, citing economic logic and constitutional inconsistencies.
11.2024
27 Speeches
The tone is predominantly critical and concerned, especially regarding regional cuts and tax increases, labeling the budget "the budget of tax hikes." The speaker employs logical arguments, relying on specific examples and facts, and frequently addresses both the chamber and the public directly. While sharply criticizing the government's decisions, the speaker acknowledges the chairman of the finance committee for providing substantive answers.
10.2024
22 Speeches
The tone is predominantly confrontational, critical, and ironic, accusing ministers of "empty rhetoric" and creating a "distant utopia." Both logical arguments (the percentage of tax increases, procedural deadlines) and emotional appeals (saving human lives, the psychological trauma at Sinimäed) are employed. The closing remarks are passionate and resolute, especially concerning social and security issues.
09.2024
36 Speeches
The speaker's style is predominantly critical and combative, especially when evaluating the government's actions, employing sharp questions and accusations (e.g., the government's intolerance, an anti-business draft bill). The appeals are often logical and procedural, highlighting the lack of inclusion and inconsistencies in the explanatory notes, but a personal and emotional connection is also evident regarding the topics of Ida-Virumaa and education. Figurative expressions are also used (e.g., "stones in the backpack for entrepreneurs").
07.2024
10 Speeches
The style is combative and critical, constantly calling into question the legitimacy and mandate of the government's actions. It employs both logical arguments (the percentage rise in taxes, constitutional issues) and emotional appeals (the plight of poorer people, food security). The speaker poses numerous questions, demanding clarification regarding accountability and procedures.
06.2024
14 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharply accusatory and combative, emphasizing the injustice and dishonesty of the government's actions ("they simply steamrolled it"). The speaker employs emotional appeals, particularly when detailing the plight of pensioners and rural inhabitants, and contrasts the government's "flower garden" presentations with the reality of the economic recession. He frequently utilizes rhetorical questions and outright accusations of deceit.
05.2024
24 Speeches
The speaker's tone is predominantly critical, confrontational, and concerned, employing strong metaphors such as the government's "steamroller" and the Russian border guards' "thugs." He/She presents his/her arguments logically and procedurally, demanding specific answers from the ministers and highlighting the contradictions between the explanatory memoranda and reality. The style is formal, yet it includes emotional appeals for the protection of the populace and rural areas.
04.2024
42 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is predominantly combative and critical, frequently employing strong, emotional phrases like "green madness" and "steamroller." They pose numerous rhetorical questions to challenge the opponents' awareness and integrity, even descending to the level of personal attacks (e.g., a minister driving a car that failed its technical inspection/MOT). Overall, the style is formal, but its clear objective is to sharply put the opposing side to the test.
03.2024
39 Speeches
The tone is predominantly combative, critical, and accusatory, especially regarding the government's family policy, which is labeled "anti-family" and "undermining the state." Sharp rhetorical questions and irony are employed (e.g., the establishment of a fertility commission under the "most hostile" minister). The speaker balances logical appeals (bank tax, security) with emotional appeals (poor families, children's sense of security) and emphasizes the need for solidarity (e.g., abolishing expense compensations).
02.2024
31 Speeches
The tone is predominantly critical and urgent, especially concerning the government's activities, employing emotional terminology such as "green madness" and highlighting the decline in people's living standards. It utilizes both logical arguments (e.g., examples of tax revenue collection) and powerful imagery ("if a soldier is hungry, he is not fit for combat"). There are also procedural and slightly ironic comments (the commotion caused by insects in the chamber).
01.2024
42 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and often combative, employing strong language such as "taxing the people to death" and leveling accusations of covering up the investigation. The speaker challenges ministers using rhetorical questions, highlighting the negative impact of the government’s actions on ordinary citizens and rural areas. The overall tone is one of concern and urgency, especially regarding issues of security and the economy.