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Opposition Social Democratic Party (SDE) say they may support former prime minister Jüri Ratas (Center) at Thursday's vote on the next Riigikogu speaker and deputy speakers. ....
Reform has exceeded the 35-percent mark in support, according to a recent poll, while the opposition Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) has surpassed its former coalition partner Center. The two coalition parties, Reform and Center, picked up 53.2 percent of support, according to the survey conducted by pollsters Norstat on behalf of NGO the Institute for Social Research (MTÜ Ühiskonnauuringute Instituut), while the three opposition parties, EKRE, Isamaa and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) found 31.5 percent support. Of parties not currently represented at the Riigikogu, Eesti 200 saw 12 percent support in Norstat s survey. Reform, whose leader is Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and who entered office in late January, have seen an upward trend in support since then, and passed the 35-percent mark this past week for the first time since December 2019. ....
0 > Leaders of the four largest political parties in Estonia. From left, Martin Helme (EKRE), Kaja Kallas (Reform), Jüri Ratas (Center), Kristina Kallas (Eesti 200). Source: Priit Mürk/ERR, collage by JJ Oidermaa Support for the coalition Reform party has leveled off after growing for several weeks, while the opposition Conservative People s Party (EKRE) has actually overtaken the other coalition party, Center, a recent opinion poll found. The two coalition parties, Reform and Center, picked up 53.9 percent support in the latest survey, conducted by pollsters Norstat on behalf of the NGO the Institute for Social Research (MTÜ Ühiskonnauuringute Instituut), while the three opposition parties – The Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE), the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and Isamaa – between them polled 31 percent s-worth of support. ....
Justice minister Maris Lauri (Reform) has rejected a bill from the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDE), which would give more powers to the political parties financing watchdog, and aims to make party finances more transparent, saying that her ministry is developing its own bill this year. Strengthening the supervision of party funding is one of the priorities for the government, Lauri said, noting that January s coalition agreement between Reofrm and Center detailed this, making SDE s bill redundant. The watchdog, the Political Party Funding Supervision Committee (ERJK), has been used as a battleground by political parties in recent months, not least when the Center Party tabled a bill to remove the body altogether, and place its functions under the remit of the National Audit Office (Riigikontroll). ....
The Reform Party increased its lead, while the Conservative People s Party (EKRE) overtook Center for second place. The ratings of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and Isamaa are nearing the 5 percent election threshold, the aggregate average of results from three pollsters suggests. Based on the February polls of Norstat Eesti, Turu-uuringute AS and Kantar Emor, the arithmetical aggregate average puts the ruling Reform Party on top with 30 percent, up 2 points from January and 4 points from December of last year. Forming Estonia s ruling coalition has benefited Reform s rating. The opposition EKRE rose to second place in February with an aggregate average of 20 percent. It was 16 percent in January and 15 in December. This means that EKRE have managed to boost their rating despite being sent to the opposition. ....