By Plenary Sessions: Maris Lauri

The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and moderately time-sensitive, particularly regarding the unacceptable delays in finding solutions. Logical appeals and metaphors (the financial system as the circulatory system) are employed to underscore the system's vital importance. The tone is balanced, emphasizing the necessity of rapid error correction, rather than the creation of a system that is ideal but ultimately cumbersome.

The tone is extremely critical and urgent, warning of the collapse of state finances ("going down the drain") and citing negative examples from other European Union countries. The speaker employs logical arguments regarding the necessity of fiscal discipline, but simultaneously expresses deep frustration with colleagues' demagoguery, foolishness, and incompetence. The style is formal, yet it includes sharp accusations of irresponsibility and posturing.