The protection of Estonian companies must be transparent and must not depend on donations made to a political party, Andrei Korobeinik (Center Party) writes.
Funding the mitigation measures of the electricity crisis agreed upon by the government on Thursday would be right to use from the government's reserves as it is a bad time to make a supplementary budget, Riigikogu's finance committee member Aivar Sõerd (Reform) said. Finance minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus had already said that a supplementary budget, like the two issued in response to the Covid pandemic, would not be forthcoming.
On Monday, the draft marriage referendum bill will undergo its first reading in the Riigikogu and the opposition parties intend to vote it out. This would fail if every member of the coalition voted against it, but there are several members who have already said they will not agree to a future referendum. ERR s Estonian language portal examined how sceptical coalition members intend to vote on the draft.
The governing coalition of the Center Party (25 members), EKRE (19 members) and the Isamaa (12 members) has 56 votes in total in the Riigikogu, giving them a majority to pass legislation when needed.
No vote is required for the draft marriage referendum bill to pass the first reading, but the opposition can propose to vote the draft out of procedure and the Riigikogu. Chairman of the Social Democratic Party Indrek Saar and leader of the Reform Party Kaja Kallas have told ERR their factions will make a proposal to do so.