Opposition Isamaa is gaining in support on the Social Democratic Party (SDE), also in opposition, according to a recent survey. Meanwhile, while the top three parties, the Reform Party, the Center Party and the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) remain relatively stable in support compared with previous weeks, the combined support for the two coalition parties, Reform and Center, is the lowest since the partnership entered office in January.
Half of the eight local municipality governments in Ida-Viru County could end up as absolute majority governments for electoral lists and parties running in the districts. However, coalition discussions must now begin in the cities of Narva and Kohtla-Järve and the municipalities of Lüganuse and Jõhvi.
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Tallinn City Council will look into the decision-making processes which granted the land rights for the Porto Franco real estate development after reports of corruption were published by the media.
An audit will be led by Chairman of the Audit Committee Anto Liivat (SDE) and the members of the Committee Priidu Pärna (Isamaa) and Helve Särgava (Center). It was proposed by the Social Democratic Party, Isamaa and Reform Party and was unanimously supported by all members of the Audit Committee.
Liivat said: We are trying to answer the question of whether the measures of the city s corruption prevention strategy are effective enough.
A businessman currently detained under corruption suspicions enveloping a Tallinn real estate development was able to negotiate a far better land deal with the capital's government than the asking price had been. A security service investigation into the project led to the resignation of Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister last week.