Estonia: the Reform Party wins the legislative elections with a comfortable lead

Members of the Reform Party and supporters of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (center), March 5, 2023 in Tallinn, Estonian capital.

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According to the first results, the Estonian Reform Party (ERE) led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas came out on top in the general elections on Sunday 5 March, where the turnout was 63.7%.

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The Estonian Reform Party easily won, beating the nationalist conservative People's Party of Estonia (Ekre) by 21 seats, which lost two MPs in Parliament.

A few days before the election, the polls predicted a much more tense fight.

Prime

was able to impose herself by reacting in a firm and determined manner to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

In this country bordering Russia, war worries and questions of defense and security have dominated.

ERE's slogan was “

 ”.

The Estonians renewed their confidence in him by giving him more than 30,000 votes, an absolute record.

Eesti 200, or Estonia 200, another liberal party created five years ago, entered parliament with 14 deputies.

He could be the new ally of the Reform Party, which now has an embarrassment of choice to form the new coalition.

Shortly before the election, Parliament agreed to increase

to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP).

It will have to tackle

.

In 2022, the economy was in recession.

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