The support gap between the coalition Reform Party and the opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has more than halved, to six percentage points, between August and September, according to a recent survey.
Businesses switching to a proposed universal electricity service will, unlike their domestic counterparts, incur a fine in doing so, IT and Foreign Trade Minister Kristjan Järvan (Isamaa) says, ahead of a bill to roll out the service to companies and which is being expedited.
Support for Reform Party leader Kaja Kallas as prime minister is unchanged on last month, according to a recent survey, while that of interior minister and Social Democrats (SDE) leader Lauri Läänemets as hypothetical prime minister has risen.
Support for the coalition Reform Party has continued to ebb in the past week, while, conversely, that of the opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has been rising, according to a recent survey.
Opposition MPs have questioned consensus reached by the Reform/Isamaa/SDE coalition during its state budget talks held on Friday, saying that support is not provided in key areas at a time of record inflation. Conversely, a senior Swedbank economist has questioned where extra support may come from in the context of a shrinking tax base.