By Months: Margit Sutrop
Total Months: 16
Fully Profiled: 16
10.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, directly addressing the Minister and the Chair. The tone is analytical and concerned, balancing positive news (growth in funding) with a serious framing of the issue regarding future decline and its consequences. The appeals are primarily logical and data-driven, while simultaneously highlighting the social emergency (7,000 recipients of subsistence benefits).
06.2025
10 Speeches
The style is highly detailed and formal, particularly in commission reports, where the focus is on procedural steps and proposed amendments. On the topic of end-of-life, the tone is passionate and compelling, combining ethical arguments (autonomy, beneficence) with an emotional appeal to support dying with dignity and prevent suffering. It makes extensive use of references to laws, ethical principles, and expert opinions.
05.2025
3 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal and deferential, always addressing ministers and the presiding officer (e.g., "Esteemed Minister!"). The speaker poses questions analytically and logically, seeking specific justifications and data (for instance, the rationale behind a legislative amendment, or the allocation of funds to specific professional fields). Emotional appeals are absent; the focus remains strictly on facts and procedures.
04.2025
7 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal, analytical, and persuasive, addressing the presiding officer and ministers with due respect. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments, ethical principles (beneficence, non-maleficence), and a detailed description of the legislative process to establish credibility. When addressing sensitive subjects (such as death), the style remains empathetic yet pragmatic, aiming to break down taboos.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The speech is formal and logic-based, utilizing extensive data and references to legislation and policy documents. At the same time, the tone is also cautionary and urgent, particularly when defending academic freedom and stressing the necessity of reducing bureaucracy. Both domestic Estonian examples (MindTitan, University of Tartu) and international parallels (USA, New Zealand) are employed to reinforce the arguments.
02.2025
9 Speeches
The speaker's style is formal, analytical, and oriented toward addressing questions, especially when speaking in the Riigikogu chamber and during committee reports. The tone is one of concern when discussing the protection of scientific autonomy from political interference, with the aim of making the system "bulletproof and watertight." Many technical terms are used, along with references to specific paragraphs of the draft legislation, emphasizing a logical and procedural approach.
01.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly formal and procedural, focusing on the specifics of drafting the bill and reporting on the committee's work. The tone is smooth, positive, and consensual, highlighting successful collaboration and logical argumentation. References are made to specific sections of the law and committee protocols, which underscores the level of expertise.
12.2024
21 Speeches
The style is formal, detailed, and argumentative, focusing on a comprehensive overview of the work of the Cultural Committee and the substantive explanation of the proposed amendments. The speaker combines logical appeals (citing provisions of the constitution, law, and voting results) with value-based rhetoric (the welfare of children, the importance of Estonian-language education), while generally maintaining an optimistic tone and emphasizing compromise.
11.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker's style is predominantly formal, explanatory, and procedural, especially when presenting draft legislation. The tone is balanced and analytical, emphasizing logical arguments and data, but becomes urgent when discussing topics related to national security (aggressor states) and social problems (school dropout). He/She also uses metaphors, expressing the desire to play "the role of the locomotive" in politics.
09.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is very formal and respectful, repeatedly using the addresses "Esteemed Chairman! Honourable Minister!" The speaker is appreciative and supportive, thanking the minister for the initiatives. He or she presents logical and detailed questions, focusing on the clarity and practical aspects of policy implementation.
06.2024
2 Speeches
The style is formal and respectful (when addressing the Chair and the Minister), but the content is critical of the Ministry of Finance. It employs both logical, data-driven argumentation (TAI costs) and an emotional tone expressing personal concern ("very sad," "this truly affects me very personally") regarding the issue of Georgia. The questions are detailed and aimed at obtaining specific solutions or clarifications.
05.2024
9 Speeches
The style is predominantly formal, analytical, and argumentative, especially in the context of commission reports. When introducing the policies of the Reform Party, the tone is persuasive and emphatic, utilizing both logical arguments (such as cost savings achieved by optimizing the school network) and emotional appeals (like calling the tax hump "historical injustice" and "robbery").
04.2024
7 Speeches
The style is highly formal, analytical, and procedural, especially in committee reports, where detailed overviews of the course of discussions are presented. The tone is measured and detailed, focusing on logical arguments, the standpoints of the ministries, and facts. It employs rhetorical questions to challenge the opposing side regarding its lack of a comprehensive approach and emphasizes the issue of the dignity of the state language.
03.2024
6 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, addressing the ministers politely and thanking them for their presentations. Systemic problems are described using intense language, such as "catastrophic" (referring to the shortage of teachers and psychiatrists), which lends an urgent quality to the tone. The speaker relies primarily on logical and evidence-based arguments, presenting specific data and statistics.
02.2024
10 Speeches
The speaker's style is highly formal, analytical, and rich in detail, particularly when referencing the discussions of the Culture Committee, where he provides precise dates and lists the participants. The tone is generally serious and professional, but it turns critical when he accuses the opposition of "denigration and slander" directed at universities. The arguments are predominantly logical and rely on data and procedural rules.
01.2024
7 Speeches
The style is formal, analytical, and argumentative, balancing historical examples (the Unipiha school) and statistical facts. The tone is generally objective and calls for reforms, yet it remains non-confrontational, emphasizing the necessity of accepting demographic changes. Quotes from experts (Erli Aasamets) and poetry (Hando Runnel) are utilized to illustrate the themes.