Doubling Down: Estonia's Center Party Gamble On Mihhail Kõlvart – Analysis – Eurasia Review eurasiareview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurasiareview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the September 2023 Center Party leadership elections, members chose Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart over former Health Minister Tanel Kiik as party chair.
Opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) leader Martin Helme has strongly criticized commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) Lt Gen. Martin Herem, calling him an extension of the Reform Party and not fit for the position.
Former Education and Research Minister Mailis Reps (Center) has not yet decided whether to call Center Party leader and former Prime Minister Jüri Ratas to the courtroom as a witness during an ongoing trial, in which she stands charged of misusing ministry funds.
Former education minister Mailis Reps says the Reform/Center coalition which broke up in early June would have remained intact had she been in the cabinet, daily Postimees reports, adding that it was her party, Center, which had been dragging its heels.