By Plenary Sessions: Henn Põlluaas
Total Sessions: 5
Fully Profiled: 5
2025-01-30
Fifteenth Estonian Parliament, fifth session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and insistent, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation and the geopolitical threat. Strong accusations are leveled against the coalition ("steamroller politics," "political spin," "pro-Russian blackmail") and rhetorical questions are posed to call their actual goals into question. The appeal is primarily logical (security and constitutional risks), but it is conveyed using emotionally charged language.
2025-01-28
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and direct, utilizing the forms of address "Esteemed Chairman" and "Dear Minister." The speech is logical and based on a factual reference to a neighboring country's policy, presenting this as a question to the government. Emotional appeals are not used; the focus is on the substance of the policy.
2025-01-27
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is combative and insistent, accusing opponents of missing the core of the issue and normalizing deviation. Strong emotional appeals concerning children's psychological health are used, along with rhetorical questions designed to cast doubt on the opponents' motives.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The speaker employs a sharply accusatory and demanding rhetorical style, utilizing direct questions to challenge the opponent's integrity ("Would you finally honestly admit..."). The argument relies on logic and facts (specifically, car sales data) to highlight the discrepancy between the stated tax goals and the actual reality. The overall tone is combative and critical, leveling accusations against the government for providing incomplete and dishonest reasoning.
2025-01-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The rhetoric is extremely urgent, critical, and cautionary, using strong emotional and historical parallels (the demise of the Republic of Estonia) to underscore the consequences of inaction. The speaker presents logical arguments (the necessary sum, production capacity) and concludes with a confrontational question regarding the "mental reason" for the inaction.