By Plenary Sessions: Urmas Reinsalu
Total Sessions: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
2025-01-30
Fifteenth Estonian Parliament, fifth session, plenary session.
The style of the speech is appreciative and geared towards cooperation, starting with praise for a specific colleague's initiative ("to recognize you, Leo"). The emphasis is on logical and strategic planning, utilizing formal parliamentary language to discuss the necessity of a comprehensive solution.
2025-01-29
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal, factual, and question-focused, addressing the Chancellor of Justice directly. The tone is concerned and critical regarding the government’s actions, relying purely on logical and procedural arguments concerning the rule of law.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is highly combative and dramatic, featuring strong emotional appeals ("Dear Estonian people!") and referencing public indignation. It employs both detailed political arguments and moral condemnation, accusing the government of deceit and the callous dismissal of citizen protests. The tone is frequently accusatory, predicting "judgment" for the government.
2025-01-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and demanding, emphasizing the critical nature of the national defense issue and the fragility of the government's leadership. The speaker poses direct and fundamental questions to the Prime Minister, demanding specific explanations and timelines regarding the implementation of the Commander of the Defense Forces' advice. The appeal is primarily logical and fact-based, focusing on procedural and budgetary inconsistencies.
2025-01-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The speaker's style is extremely critical, urgent, and at times dramatic, using strong language such as "slack and sluggish political leadership," "fudging the issue," and "brazenness." He balances detailed numerical analysis (the budget strategy figures) with emotional and existential appeals (referencing generations of Estonians yet to be born and the example set by Lithuania). The overall tone is combative and accusatory, directed especially at the government.
2025-01-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is passionate, urgent, and confrontational, focusing on highlighting the government's hypocrisy and the destruction of the future. Strong emotional appeals are employed (the stripping away of optimism, the undermining of confidence), and clear promises are made to voters regarding the reversal of poor decisions. The address is formal, yet it contains sharp criticism and mentions of threats.
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
The rhetorical style is insistent, critical, and accusatory, utilizing powerful metaphors such as "cowardice" and "hostage crisis." The speaker makes a strong appeal to logic and the necessity of national security, contrasting this with the coalition's political fear of the government collapsing. The style is formal and focuses on high-level politics.
2025-01-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is urgent, critical, and analytical, focusing on logical arguments and facts, rather than emotions. The tone is demanding and confrontational toward the Prime Minister, accusing the government of ineffective leadership and "relying on marketing tactics." The speaker employs structured criticism, dividing the government's management failures into the areas of organizational, personnel, and financial management.