By Months: Mati Raidma
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
09.2025
9 Speeches
The style is highly formal, procedural, and logical, focusing on explaining the content of the bill and the progression of the legislative process. Although the tone is predominantly measured, it emphasizes the "time-criticality" of the issue and the necessity for swift action, citing the war in Ukraine as a challenge. The appeals are primarily logical and fact-based, incorporating repetitions ("repetition is the mother of wisdom") to ensure clarity.
06.2025
1 Speeches
The speech is formal, corrective, and matter-of-fact, emphasizing the facts presented "in the interest of protocol accuracy." The style is logical and procedural, contrasting the correct path (finding a solution) with emotional or ineffective activity (a political race).
12.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, serious, and decisive, emphasizing the gravity of the situation and the necessity of swift action ("essential"). The appeal is primarily logical and data-driven, relying on specific budget figures and referencing the new reality caused by the war in Ukraine. The speaker uses direct calls to colleagues to support the draft legislation.
10.2024
1 Speeches
The style is formal and serious, combining the presentation of historical facts with strong moral and emotional appeals. The speaker uses an urgent tone, stressing the need to react and not tolerate the policy of genocide. The rhetoric focuses on three clear themes: the act of genocide, contemporary persecution, and Crimea's belonging to Ukraine.
09.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is serious, responsible, and pressing, underscoring the importance of crisis resilience and dedication. It employs both emotional appeals (the priceless value of freedom, the time gifted by Ukrainians) and logical, fact-based arguments (specific funding figures and industrial development plans). The address is formal, delivered to the Riigikogu sitting, and repeatedly utilizes the terms "kindlus" (security/fortitude) and "kindlustunne" (sense of security) as the foundational pillars of society.
06.2024
9 Speeches
The speaker's style is highly formal, procedural, and descriptive, typical of a commission rapporteur who neutrally presents the commission's work and decisions. The emphasis is on logical arguments, particularly the principle of cost-basis and the details of the procedural history, while avoiding emotional appeals. Although the fee increase is described as a "difficult decision," the overall tone remains rational and measured.
04.2024
5 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, procedural, and extremely fact-based, focusing on the neutral communication of the commission's discussions and decisions. Although the tone is predominantly professional, a slight impatience is evident in the responses to repeated questions, and the speaker directly indicates that the substance of the question has already been covered. He/She uses precise legal language (e.g., the cost principle, expedited procedure, repeated evidence).
02.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, addressing the esteemed chairman and minister. The tone is concerned and urgent regarding the security situation, employing direct questions to gain clarity on the future of the OSCE. The style is logical and fact-based rather than emotional.