The ruling Reform-Center government coalition does not intend to make any changes to the amendments to the Aliens Act recently vetoed by President Alar Karis, and intends to pass them as-is, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said. Center MP Tõnis Mölder confirmed the same.
Five members of the Narva regional board have quit EKRE in the past month, led by its chairman, following EKRE support for draft legislation banning May 9 demonstrations and relevant statements by party leaders.
Incitement should be equated to corruption in political culture as it is corruptive behavior at its core: robbing someone of their sense of security to convert it into rhetorical "credit" that buys Riigikogu mandates at elections, Meelis Oidsalu says in Vikerraadio's daily comment.
In widely condemned remarks made during a sitting hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech to the Riigikogu, MP Mart Helme (EKRE) claimed on Wednesday that HIV and other infectious diseases are going to "return" to Estonia, brought in by war refugees from Ukraine, many of whom may get involved in prostitution here.