By Months: Kalev Stoicescu
Total Months: 15
Fully Profiled: 15
10.2025
2 Speeches
The style is formal and respectful (e.g., "Honorable Minister"), but simultaneously, the speaker clearly conveys significant worry and urgency. The rhetoric relies on logic, drawing a comparison between the increased funding for military defense and the deficiencies in civil protection, all to justify the necessity of taking extraordinary measures.
09.2025
17 Speeches
The tone is predominantly serious, formal, and urgent, stressing the "critical nature" and the necessity of taking action amid an ambiguous threat environment. It employs powerful metaphors (Russia as a "predator") and issues repeated appeals for political and societal unity. The style in the commission's reports is highly procedural and detailed, referencing specific dates, the officials involved, and decisions reached by consensus.
06.2025
4 Speeches
The style is formal and neutral when describing the procedures of the Riigikogu, emphasizing consensus-based decisions and adherence to legal procedures. However, the tone becomes extremely urgent and emotional when addressing security and the influence of the Moscow Patriarchate. Strong metaphors and direct accusations are employed, linking the Moscow Patriarchate to the FSB and Putin's criminal regime, and referring to Bishop Daniel's activities as the "ridiculous" dissemination of Moscow propaganda.
05.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, substantive, and procedural, particularly when presenting the decisions of the National Defence Committee. However, the tone becomes urgent and resolute when addressing security threats and the necessity of repelling the "onslaught of aggressor hordes." The speaker balances logical arguments (historical skepticism, the actions of neighboring states) with a powerful national will to defend.
04.2025
1 Speeches
The address is formal, respectful, and analytical, employing salutations such as "Esteemed Chancellor of Justice" and "Thank you." The style is logical and centered on specific questions, aiming to illuminate the complex relationship between state rights and individual responsibility. Emotional appeals are absent; the focus remains strictly on legal and economic nuances.
03.2025
2 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and matter-of-fact, focusing on logical and procedural arguments. He/She uses straightforward but measured phrases (e.g., sanctions are not a "silver bullet") and expresses serious concern about the security situation ("peace is likely still far off"). The appeals are based primarily on legislative details and facts, rather than emotions.
02.2025
8 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, decisive, and insistent, particularly concerning security issues, stressing the need for immediate action. Strong and emotionally charged terms are employed when describing Russia ("serial aggressor," "axis of evil states," "barbaric aggression"). The appeals are primarily logical, grounded in the constitution and international law, but they also include existential warnings.
01.2025
9 Speeches
The speaker's style is formal and analytical, particularly in the section concerning the National Defence Committee report, where he extensively quotes minutes, legal advisors' opinions, and the positions of various ministries. In personal addresses, the tone shifts to being businesslike yet forceful, employing memorable metaphors (e.g., "the hen should cluck when the egg is laid") and emphasizing the struggle for survival and the necessity of keeping pace with the developments of the allies.
12.2024
8 Speeches
The speech is generally resolute and businesslike, particularly when presenting bills, but turns emotional and combative when criticizing the opposition. He uses logical argumentation to explain the necessity of international cooperation (a two-way street), but also expresses shock and indignation over the actions of his opponents. The necessity of maintaining stoic calm and steadfast resolve under conditions of psychological warfare is emphasized.
11.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal, factual, and procedural, making it suitable for the rapporteur of an executive committee. The tone is neutral and logical, focusing on facts, dates, and legislative steps (e.g., the scheduling of sessions and consensus-based decisions). Emotional or personal appeals are avoided; instead, emphasis is placed on the technical and strategic necessity of the operations.
10.2024
3 Speeches
The style is formal and serious, combining historical and moral appeal (when describing the genocide of the Crimean Tatars) with specific data and political rationale (defense expenditures). Strongly condemnatory metaphors are used to describe Russia's actions ("bloody dictator," "cockroaches"). On the topic of defense spending, the tone is rather confident and emphasizes the value provided to taxpayers.
09.2024
5 Speeches
The style is formal and argumentative, combining logical appeals (specific funding percentages and legislative plans) with emotional and patriotic calls ("We are NATO itself"). The tone is predominantly urgent and decisive, especially concerning security topics, but concludes on an optimistic note, emphasizing the importance of the will to defend and calling for less complaining.
05.2024
5 Speeches
The style is formal and substantive, employing both logical argumentation and powerful metaphors (such as "icebreaker" and "war machine"). The tone, particularly on security and economic matters, is urgent and critical, demanding quicker action from allies and the government. When posing questions, the speaker uses a rhetorical technique, comparing Estonia's situation with the practices of neighboring countries (specifically Finland and Sweden's nuclear energy policies).
03.2024
1 Speeches
The style is formal and serious, utilizing the addresses "Esteemed Chair of the Session" and "Dear colleagues." The rhetoric is strongly moralizing and critical of the Russian regime, describing it as inhumane. The speaker balances political justification (the correct decision) with emotional descriptions (the unfairness of elections and the horrors of state governance).
02.2024
3 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and serious, but becomes extremely emotional and condemnatory when describing Russia’s crimes, using phrases such as "barbaric Russia" and "the monster named Putin." The speaker balances logical arguments (the development of defense capabilities) with strong moral appeals for justice. The speech concludes with powerful emotional exclamations ("Slava Ukraini!").