By Plenary Sessions: Marek Reinaas
Total Sessions: 26
Fully Profiled: 26
2025-10-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is analytical, yet simultaneously motivating and optimistic, combining statistical facts with a strategic vision. The speaker employs combative and proactive language, stressing the necessity of shifting the competitive "posture" from merely avoiding loss to actively pursuing victory. The tone is formal and centers on strategic policy.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal, factual, and informative, focusing on procedural details and facts, such as committee meeting dates and consensus decisions. Logical explanations are used to justify the technical necessity of the draft legislation. Specific, large-scale examples, such as the Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel and Chinese state subsidies, are used to illustrate the impact of the law.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker's rhetorical style is interrogative and slightly accusatory, utilizing rhetorical questions to challenge the motives and behavior of others. Strong expressions are used, such as "a strange, not to say striking story," and an answer is sought to the question of whether this constituted "parliamentary bullying."
2025-06-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is analytical, persuasive, and at times defensive, particularly when addressing accusations regarding the involvement of the minister and the Competition Authority. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments (rule of law, economic efficiency) and party ideology, employing formal and procedural language. He urges support for the legislation, emphasizing its benefits for both consumers and businesses.
2025-06-16
XV Riigikogu, V Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, detailed, and procedural, focusing on the delivery of facts and Commission decisions to the plenary session. The speech is logical and neutral, devoid of emotional appeals; the objective is to explain the decisions that have been made and the subsequent schedule.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, factual, and extremely detailed, focusing on logical appeal and the presentation of procedural facts (dates, lists of organizations, voting results). The tone is justificatory and confident, repeatedly emphasizing the "more than democratic" nature of the bill's procedure.
2025-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.
The style is structured and formal, adhering to the points typical of an expert report (Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, etc.). The tone is analytical and informative, emphasizing logical arguments and the use of data. It employs metaphors (e.g., "Competitiveness is not a sprint, but a marathon") and conveys moderate optimism regarding the adaptability of the Estonian economy, while also expressing concern about productivity and demographics.
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is direct, explanatory, and fact-focused, with the goal of clarifying and correcting a previously presented inaccuracy. The tone is neutral and logical, stressing the necessity of knowing the correct fact ("Just so the fact is known").
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The style is strictly formal, neutral, and procedural, with the aim of providing the Plenary Session with an objective overview of the commission's deliberation. A logical appeal is utilized, concentrating on facts, specific issues, and decisions reached by consensus, thereby avoiding emotional judgments.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is dual: analytical and procedural on the topic of legislation, acknowledging procedural errors. However, when engaging with opponents, the style is sharp and confrontational, repeatedly emphasizing the opponent’s mathematical incompetence and numerical errors. Appeals are primarily logical and data-driven, stressing that "mathematics is not bad" and "numbers generally do not lie."
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaker’s rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and objective, which is typical for a committee rapporteur. They focus on the detailed description of facts and the progression of the discussion, accurately quoting the responses of the minister and officials, as well as the questions posed by other deputies. The style is logical and evidence-based, avoiding emotional or personal appeals.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The style is predominantly formal, objective, and procedural, especially when reporting on the committee's work and decisions. The argumentation is strongly logic-based, emphasizing the divergence between the oversight and the objective of the bill. When addressing the Minister, a questioning and clarification-seeking tone is employed to gain clarity regarding complex digital concepts.
2025-02-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is direct, demanding, and challenging, centered on demanding concrete solutions. Irony and sharp observations are employed, for instance, the reference to complaining as a competitive sport. The speaker also begins with a personal reference to a colleague's past athletic achievement before transitioning to an analytical policy question.
2025-02-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is courteous and respectful, beginning with the acknowledgment of the Foreign Minister's presentation ("Honorable Foreign Minister, thank you!"). The speech is formal and focuses on a logical framing of the issue, moving from general security matters to a specific economic question.
2024-12-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The style is analytical and optimistic, highlighting the need to find the budget equilibrium point and realize the ideas put forth by Eesti 200. The address itself is formal and logical, concentrating on the complexity inherent in solving key issues (security, economy, finance). It also includes a direct, yet brief and sarcastic political attack aimed at the Isamaa party, specifically casting doubt on their mathematical competence.
2024-12-09
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is constructive and formal, focusing on logical reasoning (solidarity) and describing the details of the process. The speaker uses moderately emotional language, emphasizing personal effort ("having spent so many hours grinding away") and expressing satisfaction with the achieved result. The tone is appreciative toward those who signed the agreement and hopeful regarding the full support of the draft bill.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is balanced and good-humored, emphasizing personal courtesy and smiling even toward the opposition. However, the stance on political issues is firm and logic-based, relying on mathematical inevitability to justify one's voting behavior.
2024-11-07
15th Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and protocol-driven, emphasizing reliance on facts and the summaries of the committee session ("I am reading the minutes of the committee meeting"). The tone is neutral and impartial, avoiding emotional arguments and personal viewpoints. When responding to questions concerning personal opinion or the party's approval rating, light humor and self-discipline are employed.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical and logic-based, repeatedly focusing on the question of "why" behind every expenditure. Although the tone is generally factual and agrees with the conclusions of the National Audit Office, strong criticism is employed to describe the poor metrics used in budget planning ("absurd," "brainless"). He uses metaphors (the rearview mirror) and strives to be concise.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical and persuasive, focusing on logical argumentation and the recurring metaphor of the "balance point." Rhetorical questions are employed (e.g., "Why are we doing this?"), and the tone is optimistic regarding the positive impact of the budget. The speaker also uses a humorous introduction (the roof of Jõgeva church) but quickly transitions to a formal and substantive discussion.
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly formal, neutral, and factual, characteristic of a commission rapporteur's report. The discourse is logical and detailed, focusing on the presentation of facts (session dates, the absence of amendments) and consensus-based decisions. Emotional or persuasive appeals are entirely absent.
2024-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The speech is very formal, neutral, and extremely brief, focusing solely on the communication of facts and procedural decisions. A direct and matter-of-fact tone is employed, which is appropriate for the role of the rapporteur. The rhetorical style is informative and devoid of emotional appeals.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaker's style is formal, descriptive, and analytical, fitting the role of a commission rapporteur. He/She employs a logical structure, detailing the sequence of events and the substance of the debate, including references to an "intellectually interesting debate" and a "dull" discussion. Although he/she notes that the discussion was emotional, his/her own tone remains neutral and fact-based.
2024-05-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The rhetorical style is formal and inquiry-based, centering on the evaluation of policy and the verification of its consistency. The tone is analytical and neutral, deliberately avoiding emotional appeals and instead focusing on the logical connection between the action plans and the minister's overall strategy. The address itself is brief and direct, delivered during the plenary session in the form of a question.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and strictly procedural, focusing on the communication of facts and dates. The address is a brief and specific report on the commission's work, avoiding emotional appeals.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and procedural, serving the purpose of providing an overview of the Finance Committee’s work and decisions. Logical appeals are utilized, and it is emphasized that the debate held within the committee was "short and intense, but important."