0 >Jüri Ratas (left) and Urmas Reinsalu at a government press conference when they were in office during the last administration. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR
The latest round of government restrictions and a move towards lock-down from Thursday have been met mostly with support from leading coalition and opposition politicians alike. The only areas of criticism come over the timing of the measures, and also the question of whether an emergency situation should be declared.
A certain amount of a grey area in terms of legal powers exists in the matter anyway as well as a Catch-22, when taking the politicians views as a whole; on the one hand, declaring an emergency situation could seem as an admission that measures up until now had failed. On the other, the very way to get some of the stricter measures put in place and, at least in a former foreign minister s view, a clear beacon of leadership in individual terms, is to reinstall such an emergency situation.
The European Commission has presented a proposal to the Council for a decision to grant €230 million in financial support to Estonia under the SURE instrument. The proposal brings overall financial support proposed under SURE to a total of €90.6 billion and covering 19 member states. Once the Council approves this proposal, the financial support […]
Chairman of the Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) Martin Helme, whose party is in the opposition after the Jüri Ratas (Center) government collapsed, told Kroonika magazine (link in Estonian) that in his opinion, Jüri Ratas would be well-suited to be president.
If Ratas candidacy to become the next president should be on the table by autumn, when the presidential elections are set to take place, then it can be considered, Helme said. I believe Jüri would be a great president. He is a real man of the people, but he is also a conciliator that is needed in society at the moment, Helme said.
Estonia celebrated its Independence Day yesterday. The origins of this national day go back to 1918.
Estonia has a population of around 1,300,000 people. It is a member of the United Nations and also joined the European Union in 2004. Estonia is also a member of the OECD, the OSCE, Schengen and the International Labour Organisation. The country had joined NATO in 2004.
Estonia is the only country in the world which has an elected female prime minister and president. Kersti Kaljulaid was elected as the country’s president after the 2016 elections while Kaja Kallas, the leader of the Reform Party, was asked to form and lead a new coalition government at the start of this year.
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