According to the summer economic forecast of the Ministry of Finance, Estonia's economy will grow by 2.7 percent next year, while a 2 percent real decline in the gross domestic product (GDP) is predicted for this year.
At a sitting of the the state budget control select committee of the Estonian parliament on Tuesday, Auditor General Janar Holm said in light of the recent presidential office funding issue, that the budget of constitutional institutions should be transferred from the executive's jurisdiction to the parliament to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
The state budget control select committee of the Estonian parliament is to discuss the funding of the Office of the President at an extraordinary public sitting on Tuesday morning.
Analyzing the passing of bills through votes of confidence, Estonian Chancellor of Justice Ulle Madise said that this practice must definitely not become a choice of convenience and that the move is only constitutional if state affairs would otherwise become tangled, and there is essentially no other way out.
Estonia has received approval from the North Atlantic Council to use over 40 million euros in NATO joint funding, with most of the funds going towards developing infrastructure for hosting allies.