There is no time to assess the functioning of the current support measures, while the need to develop more universal energy subsidies is urgent, Center Party leader and Riigikogu speaker Jüri Ratas says.
25 members of the Riigikogu from three parties have formed a support group to protect Estonia's interests within the European Union's climate package. The aim of the group is to develop proposals for Estonia's position on the package.
The current Reform-Center coalition is coming apart at the seams, opposition party Isamaa's leader Helir-Valdor Seeder said Friday. Seeder said that parliament should as a result look at options for a new alignment, amid soaring energy prices and attempt to mitigate their worst effects.
Isamaa Party representatives organized a picket on Thursday in front of Stenbock House prior to a government cabinet sitting to express support for an electricity market reform and to demand specific steps from the government in solving the energy crisis.
In addition to compensating all household consumers for their electricity bills, the Center Party has proposed the state cover 50 percent of all gas bills for consumers and to compensate legal entities for the electricity network fee in full.