Estonia's new Finance Minister Annely Akkermann (Reform) is a proponent of an activities-based state budget and intends to pursue a more conservative fiscal policy.
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.
France and Germany pledged on Friday to act together to protect households and companies from soaring energy prices, while also using fiscal policy to fight record high inflation.