The Guardian: Estonia’s PM, Kaja Kallas, secures election win with pro-Ukraine stance
Her Reform party secured 31% against far-right’s 15% but Kallas must now form a coalition to govern
The Reform party of Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, secured first place in Sunday’s parliamentary election, a result that should ensure Tallinn remains one of Europe’s most staunchly pro-Ukraine governments.
Results with 98% ballots counted showed the far-right EKRE party in second place, with 16.1% versus 31.5% for Kallas’ liberal group, reflecting concerns among some voters over the rising cost of living in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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WNU Editor: Estonian PM Kallas' liberal Reform Party won 37 out of 101 seats — three more than the last election in 2019 — after results were announced in the early hours of Monday morning.
The right-wing nationalist EKRE party came in second with 17 seats, down two seats compared to the last election.
Meanwhile, the Center Party, traditionally favored by Estonia’s sizable ethnic-Russian minority, came in third with 16 seats.
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1 comment:
At least they are a better party than the Democrat Party of the US.
From Reuters:
* Biden did deliver a eulogy for Byrd on July 2, 2010.
* Byrd recruited 150 people in West Virginia to form a chapter of the KKK
* Byrd was unanimously named “exalted cyclops”
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