By Plenary Sessions: Jaak Valge
Total Sessions: 77
Fully Profiled: 77
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is sharp and interrogative, focusing on logical arguments and the citation of authorities. The speaker utilizes assessments from third parties (the Chancellor of Justice, the National Audit Office) to highlight the deficiencies of the budget format. The tone is formal and critical, also incorporating a strongly negative characterization—"activity-based nonsense"—presented by a fellow faction member.
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and directly confrontational, accusing the minister of demagoguery, confusing concepts, and "dodging the issue." It employs ironic and emotional language (e.g., "According to Estonian practice, it is actually men of mobilization age who require protection") to underscore the immorality of the situation, while simultaneously relying on concrete figures and definitions.
2025-09-24
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, posing a direct and challenging question that calls into doubt the economic claims made by the previous speaker. A logical appeal is employed, contrasting numerical gain (GDP) with real social impact (standard of living).
2025-09-22
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical, principled, and at times very sharp, combining logical argumentation (labor shortage, healthcare) with strong emotional appeals (reputational damage, a shocking plan). The speaker uses direct questions and accuses the government of treating Estonian citizens like subjects or serfs. He emphasizes that his stance is based on personal principles, not political affiliation.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and direct, posing a question to the Chancellor of Justice to clarify legal details. Although precise legal terminology is used, the argumentation is strongly supported by emotional concern over the infringement of the sense of justice.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal, respectful, and analytical, including addresses to the Chair and the Minister. The speaker employs an unusual conciliatory opening, acknowledging the persuasiveness of the opposing side's argumentation, despite being in opposition themselves. They then proceed to present specific political demands, focusing on the logical question regarding the action plan.
2025-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is critical, insistent, and demands accountability, emphasizing that "arbitrariness continues" and "nothing has changed." A formal address is used, but the content is direct, focusing on criticizing the minister's inaction.
2025-09-08
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is sharply critical, forceful, and confrontational, particularly concerning government policies. The speaker combines logical arguments with extensive use of data, but frames them within a strong national and constitutional context. He uses direct address and rhetorical questions to underscore the validity of his positions and casts doubt on the reliability of the opposing side's data.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The discourse is predominantly critical and combative, employing strong judgments like "gigantomaniacal" and "neocolonialist project." The style is formal, yet it also contains emotional appeals ("Estonian men and Estonian women") and accusations, such as the coalition taking pleasure in violating the rules of procedure. The appeals are a blend of logical arguments (statistics, legal references) and moral/national calls to action (defending parliamentarism and the honor of Estonia).
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
The tone is sharp, critical, and demanding, leveling challenges and accusations against the minister. Strong judgments are employed, such as "strange and even, dare we say, ridiculous," to underscore the absurdity of the policy. The style is predominantly logical and data-driven, relying on statistics, international comparisons (Latvia, Lithuania), and the stance of the Ukrainian president.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is critical and challenging, aimed directly at refuting the minister's claims. The speaker relies on logical arguments, factual data, and expert citations to highlight the illogical nature of the government's actions. A sharp rhetorical question ("Doesn't it seem strange to you...") is employed to underscore the intensity of the opposition.
2025-06-09
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is insistent, sharply critical, and at times combative, especially directed at the Prime Minister, demanding that the person who prepared his answers be given a "dressing down." Both logical arguments (statistics, economic theory) and strong emotional appeals (the decline of society, a situation degrading to statehood) are employed. The address is formal, yet it contains frank and forceful expressions.
2025-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is analytical, data-driven, and concerned, emphasizing logical argumentation supported by statistical indicators. The tone is critical, employing strong phrases such as "a proper free fall," but the approach taken toward the presenter remains respectful and inquisitive.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is critical and argumentative, employing strong language (such as "ridiculous decisions") when describing the activities of the ERJK. However, the approach to the proposals themselves is reserved and logical, questioning the overall expediency of the reform. The address is directed at the rapporteur and maintains a formal tone, yet it incorporates emotional judgments.
2025-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, starting with a polite address and expressions of thanks, but quickly moving on to critical questions. Logical argumentation concerning the definition of politics is employed, along with rhetorical questions designed to cast doubt on the minister's enthusiastic assumptions and the public support for Rail Baltic.
2025-06-02
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session
The rhetorical style is polemical, critical, and strongly fact-driven, accusing the minister of responding based on ideology rather than facts. The tone is urgent, highlighting negative trends regarding the narrowing scope of the Estonian language's usage, and employing strong judgments—for instance, calling short doctoral thesis summaries "ridiculous." The speaker uses quotes from the minister to initiate their arguments and presents detailed comparisons to support their positions.
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The rhetorical style is combative, urgent, and strongly critical, directly addressing the audience with, "Dear colleagues! Estonian men and Estonian women!" The argumentation is data-driven, using statistics to illustrate the record highs of the economic downturn and migration balance. Ironic comparisons are used (e.g., a minister repeating himself on Vikerraadio at the speed of a DJ, a trombone in a trash band) to discredit the opponent and emphasize the futility of their arguments.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is critical and direct, although the minister is addressed politely at the beginning. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments and data to prove the failure of the education system. Strong language is used to emphasize the gravity of the situation, claiming that the system is "very messed up" and that reforms have been "totally missed."
2025-05-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and analytical, incorporating criticism regarding the level of the debate (specifically calling it primitive). The speaker employs rhetorical questions and refers to international practice, emphasizing logical and procedural argumentation while attempting to achieve consensus on the quality of the debate itself.
2025-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, logical, and data-driven, focusing on presenting facts and highlighting their negative trend. A medical metaphor ("diagnosis," "treatment") is employed to underscore the gravity of the situation, thereby creating the impression that a crisis is at hand. The tone is critical and demands statesmanlike accountability from the minister.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The style is formal, respectfully addressing the head and the minister, yet simultaneously sharply critical regarding the government's actions and the issue of respecting parliament. It employs logical arguments and relies on authorities (the Chancellor of Justice) to underscore the seriousness of the decline in the quality of legal education.
2025-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is questioning, analytical, and skeptical, employing rhetorical questions and logical counterarguments to undermine the opponents' position. The tone is formal yet sharp, emphasizing the importance of rationality and natural processes over ideological choices.
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is confrontational and challenging, aimed directly at the opposition (the Social Democrats), calling their political consistency into question. Rhetorical questions are employed, and the presenter is required to confirm the experts’ viewpoints, which lends the speech an evidence-based, yet sharp, tone. The speaker uses the accusation of "looking in the mirror" to attack the opposition’s previous inaction.
2025-03-18
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical, analytical, and evidence-based, utilizing strong logical connections (e.g., cheap labor hinders innovation). The speaker addresses the listeners directly ("Estonian men, Estonian women!") and poses sharp, challenging questions to the opposing side, including asking the minister about the definition of democracy.
2025-03-17
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaker employs an academic, evidence-based, yet sharply critical rhetorical style, utilizing both logical arguments and emotional appeals (the address "Estonian men, Estonian women," and the citation of Anna Haava's poem). They accuse the minister of demagoguery and logical fallacies, generally maintaining a formal tone while expressing concern over the fate of the language. They emphasize the potential of artificial intelligence development in boosting the competitiveness of Estonian scientific language.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The language used is formal and analytical, taking the form of a parliamentary question and addressing the esteemed Mr. Chairman and Madam Minister. The tone is critical, yet measured, highlighting logical flaws and avoiding emotional appeals, although issues (such as the state of national sciences/humanities) are described acutely. The speaker stresses that they do not wish to be "preemptively negative," but they see clear shortcomings.
2025-02-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is sharply critical, combative, and concerned, accusing the government of abandoning parliamentarism and allowing inclusion to turn into a "façade of democracy." The speaker uses both detailed technical data and strong emotional appeals, warning that Estonia should not be a laboratory and Estonians should not be test subjects. The speech is formal, repeatedly addressing "Estonian men, Estonian women" to emphasize the national interest.
2025-02-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The style is sharp, critical, and populist, combining economic-historical analysis with emotional appeals to stand up for the people. Specific numerical calculations are used (e.g., 57,000 euros per child), and reference is made to the nationalists' protest slogan, "Sigtuna is not far away anymore!"—emphasizing opposition to foreign influence and the government.
2025-01-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal, but the tone is critical, urgent, and ultimately pessimistic ("Sadly!"). Both logical arguments (statistics, references to the Constitution) and emotional appeals (children's mental health, the survival of the nation) are utilized. When criticizing the Minister's response, the tone becomes directly accusatory, leveling charges of "cunning" and sheltering behind strategic partners.
2024-12-09
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and cautionary, employing strong expressions such as "indifference," "terrifying," and "playing with fire." Both logical arguments (data, legal statutes) and emotional imagery (resentment, avalanche) are utilized to underscore the lack of trust. An official tone is maintained to expose the lack of transparency and inconsistencies in government actions, often referencing historical quotes to highlight political hypocrisy.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker's rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and insistent, especially regarding the education law, which is labeled unacceptable. Strong metaphors are utilized, such as "buying a pig in a poke" and the treatment of Estonian children as "tools of integration." The appeal is made both to logic (citing studies and statistical thresholds) and to emotions, emphasizing the threat to national identity.
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and interrogative, focusing on the critique of political concepts and legislative procedures. The speaker raises serious questions concerning the process for amending the constitution and the historical errors of integration policy. The style is logical and based on evaluating policy outcomes, rather than emotional appeals.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speech is formal and analytical, focusing on logical arguments and statistical data rather than emotional appeals. The style is questioning and challenging, posing direct questions to the presenter regarding the support for the data and the state's inaction.
2024-11-05
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is analytical, formal, and direct, focusing on logical arguments and economic consequences. The speaker employs both direct challenge (regarding the equation of Europe and the EU) and praise, commending the quality of one presenter's rhetoric and comparing it to the best speeches delivered in the British Parliament.
2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is direct, critical, and demanding, challenging the minister regarding the counterproductivity of his actions. A question format is employed, which inherently contains a strong accusation, and an immediate and clear political declaration is demanded to defuse the tension. The appeal is primarily logical and strategic, focusing on the avoidance of political consequences.
2024-10-22
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and courteous, starting with an acknowledgement of the presenter and expressing a desire for a substantive discussion. The argumentation is logical and relies on historical and regional comparisons. The tone is intellectually inquisitive and critical, aimed at challenging the opposing side's viewpoints.
2024-10-21
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The style is formal, critical, and polemical, drawing heavily upon historical facts, legal definitions, and statistical data. The tone is accusatory and insistent, particularly regarding the Minister of the Interior's responses, which are repeatedly judged to be inadequate and unconvincing. The speaker frequently employs rhetorical questions and analogies (such as the one involving the Bronze Soldier) to underscore their viewpoints.
2024-09-16
The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is sharp, confrontational, and features strong sarcasm, especially concerning the issue of replacing Estonians for the purpose of cultivating national identity. The speaker starts with logical, data-driven criticism (citing percentages) but uses this data paradox as the basis for a politically charged attack directed at the minister and the government.
2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is critical and analytical, relying heavily on statistical data and comparisons. The tone is concerned and urgent, emphasizing the economy's "going south" and the "dire" situation. The appeal is primarily to logic and facts to demonstrate the failure of the government's policies.
2024-07-22
15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu's extraordinary session.
The rhetorical style is analytical, direct, and critical, emphasizing the gravity of the situation and the necessity of a diagnosis ("To begin treatment, a diagnosis must be established"). The arguments rely heavily on logic and statistical data, presenting sharp and accusatory questions to the prime ministerial candidate. The tone is concerned and demanding, pointing to Estonia's decline.
2024-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is overtly argumentative and challenging. It addresses the prime minister directly, casting doubt on his assertions ("I dare to contradict your claim"). The text employs logical arguments rooted in demographic and economic consequences, supporting them with historical facts. The tone remains formal, yet the content is critical and cautionary (warning of Ukraine becoming "the sick man of Europe for centuries").
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The style is direct, critical, and at times confrontational, challenging the session chairman's pontificating tone regarding the use of language. Rhetorical questions are employed ("Why doesn't the Reform Party care...?") and a sincere answer is demanded, combining political criticism with the presentation of specific economic alternatives.
2024-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is predominantly confrontational and cautionary, particularly on economic and immigration issues, where accusatory questions are employed regarding the destructive impact of government policy. The appeals are based on statistics and facts, but conclude with strong, value-based assertions (the destruction of the nation-state). One speech begins with an attempt to be the shortest speaker, avoiding "chatter," but in other speeches, the tone is sharp and highly argumentative.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is critical, analytical, and academic, emphasizing logical arguments, social research data, and historical context. He criticizes the opponents' terminology ("reactionary," "progressivist") as Marxist and considers the draft bill's explanatory memorandum unconvincing and poorly structured. The speaker attempts to maintain a formal tone, but is sharply confrontational at the same time.
2024-05-28
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is direct, challenging, and analytical. The speaker uses rhetorical questions to pressure the opponent and calls into question the adequacy of their political choices. Although the speaker begins politely, the content is sharp and critical, relying on facts and comparisons in the second address as a logical appeal.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The style is formal, data-driven, and persistent, presenting the question directly to the minister following an unsuccessful attempt with the prime minister. The tone is critical and demanding, containing a veiled accusation directed at the prime minister, who either failed to understand the question or feigned ignorance.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The address is formal and respectful, employing standard forms of address for the Deputy Chairman and the rapporteur. The rhetoric is highly logical and data-driven, utilizing statistics (18,000 immigrants versus 2.5 times fewer individuals passing the language exam) to substantiate its position. The tone is one of concern, demanding swift political intervention on the issue of mass immigration.
2024-05-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is formal, combative, and skeptical, employing pointed questions and historical references to underscore its positions. The speaker balances logical arguments (statistics, KAPO reports) with powerful accusations (disinformation, lack of administrative competence). He utilizes irony and cynicism to cast doubt on official hypotheses, concluding with the suggestion of a hypothetical motion of no confidence.
2024-05-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Rhetorical style is formal and analytical, focusing on logical questions and data. Statistical evidence (Skytte Institute) is used, and critical questions are posed regarding the arguments of e-voting propagandists. The speaker employs a rhetorical device, temporarily assuming the persona of a coalition member of parliament to emphasize their support for a specific critical viewpoint.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is sharply critical and inquisitive, calling into question the minister's priorities and competence. Logical arguments and factual data (OECD statistics, quotes from the minister) are employed to substantiate the claims made. The tone is urgent, highlighting the crisis in the education system and stressing the unethical nature and expense of foreign visits.
2024-05-02
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaking style is formal, analytical, and interrogative, utilizing historical analogies and rational arguments to challenge the opposing side's viewpoints. He addresses the presenter, emphasizing their Master's degree and rational thinking, in order to pose a question regarding the prioritization of security threats. The tone is critical, yet maintains official courtesy.
2024-04-30
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session.
The style is analytical, critical, and advisory, while maintaining formal courtesy (addressing the minister respectfully). The rhetoric relies heavily on logical arguments and quantitative data, rather than emotions, and includes a repeated recommendation to account for inflation. The speaker is consistent in their position but asks not to be considered vexatious.
2024-04-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and data-driven, utilizing statistics to support a logical argument. The tone is concerned and urgent, highlighting the severity of the issue through intense phrasing ("exceptionally sharply," "an exceptionally large rise"). The speaker addresses the session chair and the prime minister courteously, maintaining an official tone when presenting the question.
2024-04-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is sharply critical and penetrating, aimed particularly at institutions and the coalition. It balances logical arguments (international examples, cost analysis) with a strong emotional conviction. Formal language is employed, even while presenting radical claims, such as the impending end of Estonian parliamentarism. The speaker frequently uses rhetorical questions and underscores the importance of trust as the "core" of democracy.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is analytical and persuasive, relying heavily on statistical data and census figures to explain the slow pace of language acquisition. It employs rhetoric that emphasizes significance (e.g., "a small step... a giant leap for mankind") and expresses concern about the slow improvement of the situation. The tone is generally factual, but includes criticism directed at the government and integration data.
2024-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and confrontational, employing rhetorical questions (e.g., concerning hypocrisy) to accuse the opponent. The speaker relies heavily on logical arguments and data (statistics and quotations) to underscore the gravity of their positions. The tone is formal, but the content is accusatory.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is sharply critical and combative, especially regarding education policy, employing strong emotional appeals (labeling the policy a "crime" and "unethical"). The arguments are supported by logical and historical examples, as well as demographic forecasts, balancing emotionality with facts. The speaker uses irony, referencing the absence of coalition members and the consideration of holding remote sessions.
2024-04-01
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly confrontational, accusatory, and forceful, emphasizing the critical nature of Estonia's demographic situation. Ministers' replies are repeatedly dismissed as "muddling" and "incompetent talk," highlighting a lack of respect for the people's representatives. Both emotional appeals and detailed statistical facts and historical examples are utilized to support the arguments.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is analytical, rigorous, and critical, offering the minister three concrete recommendations. The address is logic-driven and relies heavily on data and methodological standards, but also includes sharp ideological accusations directed at the government (e.g., "ideological haze," "disastrous immigration policy"). It begins with formal courtesy, which is then replaced by substantive sharpness.
2024-03-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is direct and demanding, posing a sharp question to the minister regarding the taking of concrete steps. The tone is suspicious and concerned, emphasizing a strong doubt about the fabrication of a crime. The appeal is primarily logical and ethics-based, focusing on the avoidance of retaliation.
2024-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.
The tone is urgent, sharply critical, and at times confrontational, particularly concerning the government and the committee chairman. It employs strong emotional judgments ("catastrophically low," "empty talk, hypocrisy") and extensively supports these claims with statistical data and academic references. The style is direct, aiming to highlight the opposing side's incompetence and lack of political will.
2024-03-12
15th Riigikogu, 3rd plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, beginning with an extended historical narrative (the 1934 coup d'état) to underscore the topic's relevance. The tone is passionate and critical of the governing coalition, balancing logical arguments (thresholds, international experience) with repeated emphasis on the democratic maturity of the people. He/She uses quotes (Jüri Raidla) and rhetorical questions to highlight the politicians' distrust of the populace.
2024-03-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The speech is combative, critical, and urgent in tone, emphasizing the seriousness of the demographic situation. The style is logical and data-driven, drawing a historical comparison to the end of the Soviet era to highlight the worsening of the current situation. The speaker offers direct and repeated factual corrections to the prime minister’s assertions, thereby calling into question the competence of his advisors.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is largely critical, demanding, and concerned, particularly regarding immigration and integration policies, where the failure of existing measures is emphasized. Logical arguments, statistical data, and historical comparisons (e.g., the English Parliament) are employed to support their positions. Direct questions and rhetorical challenges are favored to energize the discussion and criticize the opponents' lack of understanding ("What would you call the politicians who fail to grasp this?").
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is analytical, critical, and data-driven, relying heavily on statistics and fine legal distinctions. The tone is formal yet confrontational, particularly when the speaker demands that the presiding officer correct the minister for the use of inaccurate data. Hypotheses are employed that are grounded in numerical data, thereby emphasizing the logical appeal.
2024-02-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and grounded in logic, utilizing statistical data (specifically, the sharp rise observed in 2022 and 2023) to support its claims. The tone is serious and investigative, posing a loaded question designed to help the minister uncover the actual underlying causes. Instead of relying on emotional appeal, the emphasis is placed on analyzing facts and causal relationships.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The style is analytical, structured, and consistent, repeatedly employing the model: draft provision, government reaction, speaker’s counter-reaction. The tone is critical of the government's inaction, particularly regarding the absence of the promised "comprehensive solution," which has been awaited for two years. Extensive use of quotes and data lends the presentation an academic and logical character, while the criticism directed at the government is intense and accusatory ("utterly pointless," "shameful").
2024-02-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is urgent and cautionary, emphasizing that Estonia is "at a crossroads" due to mass immigration and that the situation is "disastrous." The speaker relies heavily on statistical data and facts to construct a logical appeal, but also employs a strong emotional framework, citing the failure of integration and the rise of social problems (e.g., criminogenic factors, HIV).
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speech is extremely brief, formal, and direct, utilizing polite forms of address ("Dear Chairman," "Dear colleagues"). The style is focused on quickly introducing the draft's objective, being informative rather than emotional.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and heavily data-driven, relying on logical arguments and statistical comparisons. The tone is critical and concerned, particularly regarding systemic errors and ideological bias within the scientific community. The focus on details ("The devil often lies in the details") and the citation of authoritative sources lend the discourse a distinctive academic-critical tone.
2024-01-22
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is formal and aims for constructiveness ("to contribute constructively"), yet its content is sharply critical and demanding. The speaker employs logical appeals, relying on comparative data and posing direct questions regarding the lack of analysis. The tone is official, addressing the esteemed Chairman and Minister.
2024-01-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, utilizing addresses to the Chairman and the Minister. The first speech is analytical and interrogative, focusing on logical data and demanding statistical correlations. The second speech is brief and explanatory, emphasizing the clear and rational motive behind the economic measure.
2024-01-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is ideological, forceful, and direct, framing the issue of the monument as a matter of national security and identity. Strong emotional terms are employed ("barbarically razed," "a mockery"), and questions are answered confidently, sometimes ironically, while savoring the "sincere questions."
2024-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative, direct, and critical, casting doubt on the objectivity of government data. Both logical arguments and direct accusations are employed, such as calling the minister a politically correct leftist politician who refuses to link the increase in crime to mass migration.
2024-01-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical and critical, emphasizing the speaker’s own rationality in contrast to the government’s alleged irrationality. The form of a question is employed to expose the ideological motive underpinning the opposition’s inaction. The tone is formal and accusatory, focusing on logical appeal and the debunking of standard arguments.
2024-01-10
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is formal, but the tone is cautionary and urgent, highlighting the severity of the economic crisis. The speaker employs logical argumentation, drawing upon historical narrative and a chain of causal connections to illustrate the repercussions of poor political decisions. Admonitory language is used, stating that only a fool fails to learn from their mistakes.
2024-01-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, conveying moderate skepticism toward the information presented by the ministers ("I dare to harbor a little doubt"). The speaker employs logical appeals, demanding specific research findings, standard formulas, and models to underpin the decisions. He often starts with praise ("very commendable") before pivoting to a sharp counter-question.