According to a fresh poll commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, 66 per cent, or two in three Estonian citizens are of the opinion that Kaja Kallas should step down as the prime minister of Estonia, in the wake of the scandal involving her loan to her husband’s company that has business interests in Russia; major Estonian newspapers have also called Kallas to resign and say that the prime minister undermines the country’s democracy.
Two and half years ago Liberal Citizen Foundation (Salk) was established. Already back then one of their goals was to influence the Estonian parliament elections of 2023, so that liberal forces would get majority. And they succeeded. Eesti Ekspress talked to more than 50 people about what Salk has done and how they have affected Estonian policy.
Most of the political parties represented at the Riigikogu have reported their third quarter 2022 (Q3 2022) financials to the Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee (ERJK).