By Months: Reili Rand

Total Months: 10

Fully Profiled: 10

10.2025

13 Speeches

The tone is critical yet formal, employing strong emotional appeals (children's welfare, inequality) alongside logical arguments (inflation, budgetary choices). It repeatedly uses rhetorical questions to underscore the significance and responsibility inherent in the state's value choices. The style is rather combative, especially when criticizing the government's budget priorities.
09.2025

56 Speeches

The tone is predominantly critical and pressing, expressing "bewilderment" at the government's "blind optimism" and concern regarding regional decisions (e.g., the Hiiumaa education reform). The style combines emotional appeals (a message of values, seeing with the heart) with logical and fact-based arguments. The speaker frequently employs rhetorical questions to challenge the ministers' decisions and inaction.
06.2025

30 Speeches

The rhetorical style is critical and insistent, highlighting social justice and value-driven choices. It employs strong accusations (e.g., "hypocrisy," "false claims," "demagoguery") and combines logical argumentation (administrative burden, GDP) with an emotional appeal aimed at supporting families and vulnerable groups. It characterizes unqualified workers in youth work as a "security threat" to underscore the importance of the issue.
05.2025

32 Speeches

The rhetorical style is critical and insistent, especially in debates concerning regional policy and social issues, where strong value-based appeals (equality, justice) are employed. The speaker balances fact-based criticism (project readiness, cost overruns) with emotional expressions (outraged, a tragic refrain). Direct accusations are utilized (hypocrisy, dull complacency/unfeeling self-assurance), and concrete answers are demanded from the ministers.
04.2025

17 Speeches

The style is passionate and persuasive, employing both personal narratives ("you are young and you are a woman") and fact-based arguments (studies, directives). The tone is often critical and at times confrontational, particularly when condemning the "crude approach" of conservative colleagues. Rhetorical questions are utilized, and emphasis is placed on the systemic importance of the issues, rather than minimizing them as mere bureaucracy.
03.2025

10 Speeches

The speaker adopts a style that is passionate, substantive, and occasionally confrontational, particularly when tackling social issues. They express disappointment and offense regarding the ridicule directed at them by colleagues. The presentation utilizes a powerful mix of logical arguments (data, laws) and emotional appeals (the ferry link being described as a "lifeline," moral obligation). The delivery is formal and detailed when introducing the history of the legislation.
02.2025

1 Speeches

The tone of the address is formal, serious, and urgent, emphasizing the critical importance of maritime security as a cornerstone of Estonian freedom and economy. Both logical arguments (the necessity of clarifying legal norms) and emotional appeals are employed, linking the sea with the food supply and freedom. The style is analytical, focusing on the justification of legislative solutions and the need to act decisively.
06.2024

1 Speeches

The rhetorical style is critical and at times aggressive, labeling the opposing side's claims as "absurd" and essentially "devoid of substance." The argumentation is logical and procedural, focusing on deficiencies in the process of making crucial decisions (specifically, the absence of a risk assessment). The tone is formal and appropriate for a parliamentary debate.
05.2024

1 Speeches

The rhetorical style is highly formal and courteous, utilizing addresses specific to the Riigikogu ("Honorable Speaker of the Riigikogu," "Esteemed Rapporteur"). The tone is appreciative and constructive, focusing on the logical framing of the issue in order to find a concrete solution within the legislative assembly.
04.2024

1 Speeches

The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, addressing the esteemed Chairman of the Session and the Minister. The tone is constructive, expressing satisfaction with the joint regulation, but also includes an element of urgency due to the long-term delay of the positive credit register. The appeal is primarily logical and procedural.