The Green Party has presented a petition to the Riigikogu calling for amendments to a law which would see same-sex relationships granted legal recognition. The Greens want to reaffirm their support for all families on International Family Day. All Estonian families have a constitutional right to equal treatment. It is time for the state to finally recognize this, Greens chair Züleyxa Izmailova said.
The petition was signed by a little over 35,805 people, and says the Family Law Act should be amended to define marriage as a union of two adults, regardless of gender.
While the Registered Partnerships Act, colloquially known as the cohabitation act, passed a Riigikogu vote in October 2014, its implementing acts necessary to make it fully enter into force have foundered ever since.
The practice pumping hazardous liquids such as oil and liquefied gases from ship-to-ship (STS) off Estonia's inland maritime coastline should be prohibited, the government said Thursday.
A survey conducted by Turu-uuringute on behalf of daily Eesti Päevaleht (EPL â link in Estonian) shows that the residents of Tallinn would like to see Mihhail Kõlvart (Center) continues as Mayor of Tallinn.
47 percent of survey respondents would like to see Kõlvart as the mayor for another four years, Social Democratic Party (SDE) MP Raimond Kaljulaid came in at second with 11 percent, followed by Reform MP Kristen Michal at 7 percent. Züleyxa Izmailova, head of the Estonian Greens, received 2 percent of the respondents support.
Survey results show that Kõlvart s strong general support comes from his popularity among Tallinn residents of other nationalities, the daily wrote. Kõlvart s popularity among Estonians is two times lower than among Tallinn s non-Estonians but he is still the most popular choice for Estonian respondents as well.
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The Reform Party increased its lead, while the Conservative People s Party (EKRE) overtook Center for second place. The ratings of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and Isamaa are nearing the 5 percent election threshold, the aggregate average of results from three pollsters suggests.
Based on the February polls of Norstat Eesti, Turu-uuringute AS and Kantar Emor, the arithmetical aggregate average puts the ruling Reform Party on top with 30 percent, up 2 points from January and 4 points from December of last year. Forming Estonia s ruling coalition has benefited Reform s rating.
The opposition EKRE rose to second place in February with an aggregate average of 20 percent. It was 16 percent in January and 15 in December. This means that EKRE have managed to boost their rating despite being sent to the opposition.