By Months: Tõnis Lukas
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, interrogative, and procedural, employed during an address to the prime minister before parliament. The speaker relies on logical arguments and documented facts (RES, protocols) to emphasize the government's inaction. The tone is concerned and demanding, yet not emotional.
09.2025
10 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and incisive, especially concerning the government's failure to deliver on its promises, expressing outright distrust ("the privilege not to trust what you say"). Both logical arguments (the obsolescence of the law, the violation of deadlines) and strong emotional language are employed, calling the situation humiliating for Estonians. The discourse is formal, yet straightforward.
06.2025
47 Speeches
The style is formal and detailed, especially when introducing draft legislation, but becomes sharp and combative when criticizing the government. It employs both logical arguments (the absence of a timeline, financial handouts) as well as emotional appeals (thinking about the Estonian language and spirit with the heart, and overcoming feelings of inferiority). The tone directed at the government is accusatory, highlighting the lack of trust and their haphazard action.
05.2025
11 Speeches
The speaker adopts a critical and analytical style, frequently employing figurative language (e.g., "a rolling snowball," "two separate linguistic bubbles"). They stress logical connections (such as immigration and emigration) and frame their arguments around value-based principles and societal benefits, rather than relying solely on technical data. The tone is formal and direct, leveling pointed questions at the ministers.
04.2025
4 Speeches
The style is formal and analytical, employing both logical arguments (market economy, statistics) and an emotional appeal for the support of national culture. The tone is critical of the government's actions, particularly concerning the economy and education, accusing the Reform Party of anti-market practices. On cultural topics, the tone is passionate, emphasizing the value of traditions and societal association movements.
03.2025
20 Speeches
The rhetorical style is critical, demanding, and at times confrontational, especially when questioning the government's motives (you actually want to bring in cheap labor). It frequently uses rhetorical questions and appeals to emotion, stressing the insecurity of children and families and the loss of a sense of safety regarding the education reform. It highlights procedural errors, such as preparation time being too short and delays in passing important legislation.
02.2025
16 Speeches
The style is formal and argumentative, yet often critical and urgent, employing colloquialisms (e.g., "it drags on like bull slobber") to criticize the sluggishness of processes. It strongly appeals to the sense of justice and the will of the people concerning issues of security and suffrage, emphasizing that the majority of the populace supports specific decisions. Regarding educational topics, the tone is detailed and concerned, focused on defending vulnerable target groups.
01.2025
5 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly serious, forceful, and at times combative, particularly when addressing the future of the population, where strong value-based appeals are utilized. The criticism is sharp, accusing opponents who ridicule having children of disregarding the survival of the Estonian nation and labeling them "Putinists." It employs both logical questions (regarding the purpose of the merger/joining) and emotional juxtapositions (children versus kittens and puppies).
12.2024
10 Speeches
The style is formal and detailed, often focusing on legislative procedures, but employs strong and critical imagery (e.g., "cheating with wooden eggs," "filling an empty soul with deceptive joy"). The tone directed at the Ministry of Education and Research is sharp and accusatory, highlighting the divergence between goals and means. Irony and humor are also utilized (e.g., the analogy of the Seto chief elder's election), and an effort is made to motivate the audience to remain in the hall.
11.2024
26 Speeches
The style is predominantly analytical and critical, yet it also conveys emotional disappointment concerning regional policy and cultural commitments, labeling the government's inaction a "disgrace." Emphasis is placed on logical arguments regarding the cumulative impact of political decisions (such as the car tax and the closure of schools). The text employs rhetorical questions and makes references to historical figures (Bernard Shaw) and cultural events (the Estonian Book Year).
10.2024
12 Speeches
The style is predominantly critical and confrontational, particularly regarding government policy, employing strong language such as "dragging things in" and "a burden." It utilizes rhetorical questions to underscore the government's logical errors and inconsistencies (e.g., the equal treatment of parents and childless individuals). When addressing historical themes, the tone is solemn and emphasizes dignity, focusing on honoring the memory of heroes.
09.2024
9 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, utilizing titles, but is simultaneously demanding and critical, particularly regarding issues of state responsibility. Both logical arguments (procedural details, development plans) and emotional appeals are used, emphasizing the injustice inflicted by the state upon young people and their families. The speaker stresses the necessity of moving past the superficial "hurrah" and analyzing the problems in greater depth.
07.2024
13 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative and critical, accusing the coalition of cynical politics and the use of strong-arm tactics (such as the adoption of the car tax over the summer). Strong emotional appeals are employed, particularly when describing the plight of rural areas and large families who face the threat of having to leave the countryside. The speaker frequently poses rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the opponents' motives, maintaining a tone that is formal yet incisive.
06.2024
5 Speeches
The speech is predominantly formal and serious, utilizing a strong value-based framework, particularly when addressing the choice between East and West. He adopts a critical tone when pointing out hypocrisy in Estonian and EU politics and criticizes the minister's potentially condescending attitude toward the opposition. The speaker emphasizes logical arguments (a shared value space, preserving the role of the language) and poses specific questions regarding the control of implementation.
05.2024
23 Speeches
The rhetorical style is insistent and critical, employing powerful language such as "fraud," "catastrophe," and "criminal" to characterize the government's actions. The speaker appeals to national self-assurance and constitutional obligation, stressing the necessity of swift action and deeming any delay "surrender." He balances these emotional calls with concrete legal statutes and historical precedents (e.g., previous austerity budgets).
04.2024
23 Speeches
The style is formal, yet urgent and at times combative, using strong expressions (e.g., "miserable existence," "fiasco," "genuine predicament") to criticize the government's actions. The appeals are primarily logical and highly detailed, focusing on the deadlines for draft legislation and the injustice of the financing models. The speaker demands concrete steps and a response, rather than merely "dealing with" the problems, and repeatedly uses rhetorical questions to underscore their viewpoints.
03.2024
19 Speeches
The speaking style is predominantly formal, but the tone, especially concerning educational topics, is urgent and critical, emphasizing the danger that government inaction poses to Estonian society. They employ both logical arguments (referencing legislation and budgetary processes) and emotional appeals (discussing the destruction of teachers' trust and the future of children). The speaker actively addresses the arguments of the opposing side (Jevgeni Ossinovski), defending their faction's past actions.
02.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker’s rhetorical style is urgent, alarmist, and highly confrontational, employing powerful metaphors such as "opening Pandora's box" and "the vortex of decline." The appeals are primarily emotional and security-focused, warning of social conflicts and the enormous costs associated with uncontrolled immigration. Both logical arguments (wage pressure, PISA results) and strong value-based warnings are presented.
01.2024
17 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, yet simultaneously forceful, particularly regarding the teachers' strike, which is described as causing stress across society. Specific numbers and political terminology are used, but the tone directed at the government is sharp, accusing them of "bungling" and irresponsible policy. It appeals to both logic (funding structures) and emotion (teachers' frustration, children's well-being).