A vote of no-confidence in Pärnu city government's deputy chair has failed, by just one vote. The councilor, Helle Kullerkupp (EKRE), had in December posted on social media, attacking a rural municipality for flying the European Union flag.
Fourteen deputies from the opposition Isamaa and Reform parties on Pärnu city government, along with one Social Democratic (SDE) councilor, signed the motion on December 17.
Kullerkupp had posted a photo of the EU flag side-by-side with the Estonian flat at Saarde municipality, east of Pärnu, adding the text: "Shame on you, Saarde municipality leaders. Did [Estonian] freedom fighters give their lives for a federal Europe? Even the flag law is not sacred to you. Take down this foreign flag of enslavement immediately."