By Plenary Sessions: Anti Poolamets
Total Sessions: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
2024-02-22
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The style is analytical and critical, using a concrete and vivid example (Rakvere's "tragicomical campaign") to illustrate a legislative problem. Emotional terms like "tragicomical" and "outrage" are used to emphasize the seriousness of the irresponsibility, but the argumentation is aimed at finding logical solutions.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is pressing, anxious, and confrontational, employing strong emotional comparisons (e.g., a feeling like 1985, free fall). It balances the historical narrative (the language incantation/charm) with legal argumentation (adherence to the law, sanctions). The speaker uses sharp rhetorical questions and phrases such as "legal cacophony" and "legal nihilism."
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is sharply accusatory and confrontational, employing strong moral appeals and repeated rhetorical questions (e.g., "Are you going to return it?"). The speaker contrasts the government's inaction regarding the donor with a hypothetical EKRE scandal to highlight double standards. The tone is formal, yet emotionally charged and demanding, emphasizing the need for "cleanup work."
2024-02-20
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is serious, urgent, and historically charged, utilizing powerful emotional appeals that link Estonia's past with Ukraine's current situation. The speaker employs numerous historical narratives and parallels to clarify Russia's actions, and sharply criticizes the "pharisaical" interpretation of international law. He/She maintains a formal tone but utilizes powerful imagery, such as "a race against time" and "scars of violence."
2024-02-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is confrontational, accusatory, and insistent, using dramatic imagery ("a sad reality is in the basement rooms") to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. The speaker employs rhetorical questions to demand that the Foreign Minister and the Social Democrats set an example and return the donations.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is sharp, polemical, and nationally idealistic, employing powerful metaphors (e.g., "migration pumps," "diploma laundering," "Lumumba University") and references to literary classics. The tone is urgent and critical, emphasizing the decline of national identity and education. Both statistical data and emotional appeals are utilized to underscore the dramatic nature of the situation.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is sharply critical, accusatory, and forceful, utilizing strong moral and emotional language ("vile business," "horrible," "the golden ages of money laundering"). The speaker appeals to justice and ethics, emphasizing that "swindlers are getting rich" at the expense of other entrepreneurs. The assertions are grounded in specific media sources (Eesti Ekspress) and financial data to highlight the scale of the situation.
2024-02-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is direct, concerned, and critical, especially concerning the government's actions. Logical appeals are used, bringing forth specific examples (the Jõhvi sports hall, strawberry growers) and posing challenging questions to the prime minister. The tone is formal, yet it contains an emotional charge, describing the situation as "completely out of hand."