By Months: Kristina Šmigun-Vähi
Total Months: 14
Fully Profiled: 14
10.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, respectfully addressing both the presiding officer and the minister. The tone is businesslike, focusing on logical and procedural solutions while strictly avoiding emotional appeals. The speaker begins by acknowledging the minister's previous stance, demonstrating a willingness to engage in dialogue.
06.2025
4 Speeches
The speaker's style is formal, substantive, and procedural, which is typical for a rapporteur of the lead committee. He relies on logical argumentation and detailed facts (dates, procedural decisions, involved parties) and uses official parliamentary language. The tone is neutral and consensual.
05.2025
3 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, informative, and procedural, particularly when providing an overview to the Economic Commission. The tone is pragmatic and emphasizes speed when addressing legal certainty for entrepreneurs. When dealing with social problems, the tone becomes analytical and concerned, describing preventative work as a "highly complex task."
04.2025
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is extremely formal and respectful, repeatedly employing polite expressions when addressing the presiding officer and the ministers. The tone is predominantly inquisitive and seeks clarification, focusing on logical and ethical questions. On one occasion, he/she adds a personal moment of hesitation ("I thought long and hard about whether I should ask this or not"), introducing an emotional nuance when tackling a difficult topic.
02.2025
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is passionate, motivating, and personal, relying heavily on storytelling (childhood memories, hiking with Grandma) and powerful metaphors (the foundation of the pyramid, children as quicksilver). The tone is critical of the ministry’s inaction, yet simultaneously inspiring, urging both the state and parents to take responsibility. The speaker uses direct appeals and simple language, concluding with the message: "Go get moving, go into the woods!"
12.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is extremely formal, neutral, and procedural, characteristic of the reporting provided by a commission rapporteur. The speaker employs a logical approach, presenting a detailed overview of the draft's history and the consensus decisions reached. Emotional or personal appeals are absent; the focus is solely on the communication of facts and procedures.
10.2024
5 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, procedural, and informative, typical of a committee rapporteur addressing the plenary session. The tone is neutral and fact-based, concentrating on communicating the events, discussions, and consensus decisions reached during the Economic Committee meeting. Emotional or personal evaluations are absent; the emphasis is placed solely on logical reporting.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The style is very formal and respectful, addressing the chairman of the session and the Chancellor of Justice directly. The speaker uses a logical and questioning approach, presenting a hypothetical question to illustrate a legal and ethical dilemma. The tone is analytical and neutral.
06.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, concerned, and direct, addressing respected officials. A logical appeal is used, emphasizing a sharp contrast between Estonian promises ("everything is wonderful") and the actual bureaucratic practice, which leads to the abandonment of investments.
05.2024
3 Speeches
The style is formal and analytical, focusing on logical arguments and political justification. The speaker uses official forms of address ("Esteemed Chairman of the Session") and explains decisions based on the need for efficiency and the achievement of strategic objectives. The tone is explanatory and persuasive, stressing that the funding allocated to physical activity and recreational sports will not be reduced.
04.2024
4 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, repeatedly employing polite phrases ("Respected Chair of the Session," "Respected Presenter"). The tone is predominantly constructive but also includes expressions of concern ("the reality is frightening"). The speaker poses short, specific, and application-oriented questions, demanding clarity regarding responsibility and motivation, balancing logical analysis (electricity price) with social concern (child obesity).
03.2024
3 Speeches
The style is formal, respectful, and questioning, always addressing the ministers ("Dear Minister!"). The speaker often presents their proposals in the form of questions, balancing logical arguments (such as electricity price and speed) with value-based and emotional viewpoints (for example, the joy derived from children being prioritized). They use simple and clear language.
02.2024
1 Speeches
The style of the address is highly formal and polite, repeatedly using respectful forms of address ('respected chairman of the session,' 'respected presenter'). The tone is inquisitive and neutral, focusing on gathering information and the logical framing of the issue. Emotional or aggressive elements are entirely absent.
01.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is concerned and direct, utilizing emotional expressions (e.g., "for God's sake," "the soft generation") to highlight the severity of the social problem. The speaker employs specific, real-life examples (such as practicing squats or transporting [something] to another municipality) and raises questions that point to the need for swift legislative intervention. The tone is formal, given that the speaker addresses the respected session chairman and the rapporteur.