By Plenary Sessions: Mart Maastik
Total Sessions: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The tone is critical and inquisitive, focusing on the illogicality and insufficient planning of the government's actions in both taxation and the energy sector. Formal language is used in addresses (Mr. Chairman, Esteemed Minister), and views are presented through direct and rhetorical questions, emphasizing the logical inconsistency.
2024-05-29
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, information briefing
The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and directly confrontational, faulting the government for hypocrisy and the use of party discipline to avoid unpopular topics before the elections. It references both media debates (ETV) and the demonstration taking place in front of Toompea to emphasize the current relevance and urgency of the issues.
2024-05-28
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical, logical, and cautionary, grounded in facts (the special audit of Eesti Energia, the costs of Auvere) and technical concerns (noise regulations). The tone is particularly worried about the health of coastal residents, warning that establishing industrial parks without sufficient studies would amount to "human experimentation." The speaker uses the metaphor of "Brownian motion" to characterize the government's activities.
2024-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical, argumentative, and occasionally ironic, employing strong language (e.g., "exorbitantly expensive," "irreplaceable loss," "mystical climate"). The speaker combines logical, data-driven criticism (costs, line charges) with emotional appeals (the taxpayers' pockets, environmental destruction). The climate issue is referred to as a "mantra," and the reckless haste with which things are being done is criticized.
2024-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, press briefing
The style is formal (an address to the Prime Minister), but the tone is sharp, critical, and urgent, emphasizing the resulting confusion and losses. Both logical arguments (a list of specific stalled projects) and rhetorical questions and folk wisdom (a proverb) are employed to underscore the state's responsibility. A compliment regarding the Saaremaa dialect is also used at the beginning of the speech.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is confrontational and critical, particularly when casting doubt on the motives of opponents. An emotional appeal is employed, referencing the historical burden of serfdom, and sharp rhetorical questions are posed to highlight the opposing side's uncertainty or hidden agendas. The address maintains a formal tone (with appeals directed to the presiding officer) but is sharp in substance.
2024-05-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is confrontational, skeptical, and accusatory, employing sarcasm ("the hero of our time") and sharp rhetorical questions. The speaker demands honesty and concrete evidence from the minister, casting doubt on both political motives and personal credibility. The tone is formal (addressing the presiding officer and the minister), but the content is intensely adversarial.
2024-05-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session.
The tone is critical, interrogative, and demanding, particularly regarding procedural matters, where he criticizes both the respondents and the presiding officer. He employs analogies (banking as car sales) and self-deprecating humor ("I am just an ordinary soldier") to underscore his core substantive point. His arguments are predominantly logical, focusing on exposing the irrationality of unfair economic processes and bureaucracy.