Most of Estonia's seven MEPs were non-committal about the prosepct of finance minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) becoming Estonia's next representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA), replacing Juhan Parts, whose term finishes at the end of this year.
Center Party chair and Riigikogu Speaker Jüri Ratas says he finds the joint Baltic States-Polish barring of entry to citizens of the Russian Federation who hold a Schengen Area tourist visa to be justified.
In an inquiry submitted to the European Commission, Estonian MEP Yana Toom (Center/ALDE) claimed that by restricting the entry of Russian citizens, Estonia together with three other EU member states agreed to violating the Schengen Borders Code (SBC).
In an inquiry submitted to the European Commission, Estonian MEP Yana Toom (Center/ALDE) claimed that by restricting the entry of Russian citizens, Estonia together with three other EU member states agreed to violating the Schengen Borders Code (SBC).
Center Party chair and Riigikogu speaker Jüri Ratas has condemned statements made by MP Mihhail Stalnuhhin's comments about the recent removal of a controversial Soviet-era tank monument from the eastern border town of Narva. Stalnuhhin in effect said the Estonian state as personified in the current government pursues a 'Nazi' ideology.