By Months: Riina Solman
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
42 Speeches
The rhetorical style is often combative, passionate, and insistent, especially concerning child safety and demography, employing powerful emotional appeals (e.g., the ball brought from Israel). Numerous rhetorical questions are directed at the ministers ("Why are we afraid of our judiciary?"). The tone is highly critical of the government's competence and value-based policies, accusing them of "breaking their word" and engaging in "sleight of hand."
11.2024
33 Speeches
The tone is combative and moralistic, employing strong emotional appeals to emphasize the cynicism and injustice of the government's actions toward vulnerable groups. Figurative expressions are used ("steamroller," "illusionists," "hostage"), and the speaker demands a responsible and personal explanation, rather than a technical response. The speaker is formally polite but demanding, praising the ministers for their honesty but criticizing their actions.
10.2024
45 Speeches
The rhetoric is largely confrontational and critical, utilizing strong emotional appeals (a sense of security, negligence) and moralizing judgments about the government's actions ("cynicism," "breaking their word"). The speaker accuses opponents of demagoguery and obfuscation while simultaneously demanding concrete data and a clear vision, thereby balancing emotionality with the demand for facts. He also employs personal attacks, accusing ministers of verbally assaulting female politicians.
09.2024
18 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly critical and insistent, especially concerning socio-political issues, where emotional terms such as "inciting class antagonism," "reckless," and "shameful" are employed. The speaker repeatedly uses the metaphor "politics is the art of signals" and emphasizes constitutional principles and the preservation of dignity throughout their arguments. Furthermore, they personally admonish the ministers to provide political input and to oversee bureaucratic operations.
07.2024
11 Speeches
The speaker adopts a sharply confrontational and passionate style, frequently employing rhetorical questions to challenge the government's actions. While the emphasis relies heavily on emotional appeal, channeled through vulnerable target groups, the speaker simultaneously presents logical arguments highlighting the contradiction between the government's words and deeds. The government's slogan, "Certainty," is labeled a marketing element that, in reality, signifies "Uncertainty."
06.2024
11 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and passionate, especially directed toward members of the government (e.g., Annely Akkermann), who are directly accused of lying and obfuscation. Strong emotional appeals are utilized (e.g., "wicked fairy tale character," "taken away from children"), while simultaneously supporting the claims with concrete data and statistical sources. The tone is urgent and concerned, emphasizing the need to stand up for the democratic world order and listen to experts.
05.2024
12 Speeches
The style is sharp, aggressive, and critical, employing strong judgments (e.g., "hypocritical," "a masterclass in demagoguery," "in breach of promise"). Emphasis is placed on both emotional appeals (betraying families with children, offending the feelings of believers) and logical argumentation, relying on demographic data and studies. The speaker uses rhetorical questions to highlight the unreasonableness and unethical nature of the government's actions.
04.2024
11 Speeches
The speaker's rhetoric is predominantly combative, critical, and emotionally charged, especially on social welfare topics, where strong accusations like "incitement to hatred" and the "shaming" of families are employed. He/She uses emotional appeals, citing letters from parents of devastated large families to emphasize the harmful nature of the government's actions. The style is formal, but often sharp, employing rhetorical questions and ironic remarks directed at the ministers.
03.2024
24 Speeches
The tone is predominantly critical, accusatory, and insistent, particularly on family policy issues, where the government's actions are described as "delivering blows" and "harassing" families. It employs strong emotional appeals, emphasizing the plight of large families and cancer patients, alongside sharp personal attacks targeting the ministers' lack of empathy. The style is formal, but it also includes accusations regarding the prime minister's "whining" and "lying."
02.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is predominantly combative and critical, employing strong emotional appeals, particularly when detailing the situation of large families and rural inhabitants. Sharp language is used to criticize the actions of ministers, accusing them of rudeness, concealing plans, and engaging in demagoguery. The speaker repeatedly stresses the injustice and irresponsibility of the government's actions.
01.2024
10 Speeches
The tone is critical, insistent, and occasionally accusatory, particularly concerning the government's inaction (security, teachers' strike) and the raising of costs. It utilizes both emotional appeals (the car tax causes "resentment") and logical arguments, focusing on concrete areas for savings and the effects of bureaucracy. The style is formal and concentrates on the details of policy.