By Plenary Sessions: Rain Epler
Total Sessions: 5
Fully Profiled: 5
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The tone is predominantly confrontational, critical, and self-assured, highlighting his earlier prescience ("Epler was right"). He employs both logical arguments (economic calculations) and personal attacks, criticizing the minister's report as "boring talk" and accusing his Reform Party colleagues of political technology/spin and outright lying. He utilizes Estonian proverbs and irony (e.g., "you break into an open door").
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is sharply critical, at times ironic, and demanding, particularly toward the Prime Minister, who is accused of failing to answer questions and presenting inadequate general figures. It employs both logical argumentation derived from research and emotional assessments, describing the situation as "completely absurd" and the Prime Minister as a man "with a sad and emotionless demeanor." The text concludes with a direct call for resignation due to the weakness of the political leadership.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The speaker’s style is predominantly combative, critical, and sarcastic, accusing opponents (including officials) of lying, misleading, and spouting nonsense. He draws on strong historical parallels (the Soviet Union, Lysenkoism, the nationalization of the 1940s) and uses concepts such as "virtue signaling." His appeals are primarily logical and economic, contrasting physics and mathematics with ideology.
2025-05-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is combative, accusatory, and direct, calling the minister an "adept demagogue" and criticizing the inadequacy of the responses. Logical arguments are employed concerning laws and procedures (discretionary power), but the tone is sharp and politically charged, linking various scandals (cameras, name changes) to the issue of weak leadership.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The tone is predominantly combative, sharp, and accusatory, utilizing strong metaphors ("steamroller," "a knife in the back," "fuzziness"). It appeals to facts and logic, contrasting them with the coalition's "fantasy projects" and "vague rhetoric." It uses procedural questions to control the debate and engages in personal attacks (calling a colleague a "sloppy populist").