Kallas, who heads the centre-right Reform Party, proposed to convene an extraordinary sitting of the parliament on Friday, where she is to ask for a mandate for her new government coalition with conservative Isamaa and opposition Social Democratic Party. [EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ]
Euronews: Estonian PM Kallas resigns to form new government
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigned on Thursday in order to form a new government coalition in the Baltic country. She will convene an extraordinary sitting of the parliament tomorrow to ask for a "mandate for the new government coalition" with the small conservative Fatherland "Isamaa" party and the opposition Social Democratic Party. Kallas said in a statement that in order to form a new government, the current executive needed to resign. The three parties together will have a 55-seat majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu legislature.
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WNU Editor: Like what happened in Italy yesterday (link here), I doubt a new government if it is formed will last long.
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