By Months: Urmas Reinsalu
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
10.2025
22 Speeches
The speech is predominantly confrontational, accusatory, and demanding, especially towards the government and the chair of the session. The speaker employs sharp questions and demands specific figures, emphasizing a logical and fact-based approach (e.g., concerning administrative expenditures). Provocative language is used ("new reds," "management noise"), and the session chair is called to order, with references made to dignity and inappropriate conduct.
09.2025
85 Speeches
The speaker’s style is predominantly combative, sharp, and insistent, often utilizing dramatic language and irony (e.g., "after me, let the flood come," "botch/shambles," "Münchhausen trick"). He balances emotional appeal (the suffering of the people, the crisis of confidence) with logical argumentation, relying on facts, figures, and expert assessments. A recurring element is the accusation that the government is lying and guilty of inaction.
06.2025
75 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and penetrating, employing strong emotional judgments (e.g., "the height of shamelessness," "lying politics," "bungling/incompetence"). In their argumentation, the speaker relies extensively on data and statistics, combining this with appeals to "the Estonian people" and the perceived lack of democratic legitimacy. Rhetorical questions are used repeatedly, and the government is warned about the negative consequences of its policies.
05.2025
63 Speeches
The style is highly combative, critical, and accusatory, emphasizing the chaos and incompetence of the government's activities. It employs powerful phrases such as "lying politics," "sheer folly," "bluff," and "a crime against the Estonian state." The focus is on logical and factual criticism, delivered with an emotionally charged tone, repeatedly demanding specific answers and figures from the ministers.
04.2025
43 Speeches
The speaking style is predominantly combative, sharp, and insistent, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation and the government's responsibility. Strong emotional and moralizing expressions are used (e.g., "Carthage must be destroyed," "a lying law," "Pol Pot society"), combining them with detailed economic data and statistical comparisons. The speaker maintains a formal demeanor but is aggressively interrogative, repeatedly using additional time to expand upon their arguments.
03.2025
61 Speeches
The speaker employs a highly combative, critical, and dramatic style, frequently resorting to irony and sarcasm ("Allow me to laugh!", "balalaika"). They back up their assertions with extensive data and expert assessments (from officials and analysts) to build the narrative of government failure. The tone is overwhelmingly urgent and demanding, stressing the necessity of immediate action to prevent Estonia from losing valuable time.
02.2025
26 Speeches
The speaker's style is predominantly confrontational, formal, and forceful, using strong accusations and dramatic language ("energy chaos," "tax mess," "point of void"). He balances logical appeals (presenting data and analyses) with emotional appeals, referencing the hardships faced by the elderly and the dishonesty of state leaders. The speeches are long, detailed, and include repeated direct challenges to the Prime Minister and ministers, demanding rational explanations.
01.2025
58 Speeches
The style is predominantly combative, critical, and forceful, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation and the government's inaction ("powerless leadership," "a state of confusion"). Many factual and numerical arguments are used, alongside strong emotional and metaphorical expressions (e.g., "dismal record," "hostage crisis," "hypocrisy"). The speaker repeatedly employs rhetorical questions and accuses opponents of dishonesty ("falsification, twisting, and dodging").