Kaja Kallas wins the Estonian elections again and will seek a coalition to support Ukraine

He reform party of the outgoing Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas won the parliamentary elections this Sunday with the 31.2% of the votes, representing 37 of the 101 seats of the Riigikogu. In this way Kallas, ruler anti putinEuropeanist and admired by Pedro Sánchezwill lead the Baltic country’s next coalition, which should ensure it remains one of the most staunchly pro-kyiv governments in Europe.

“The expectation of the voters is that the Reform Party will lead the new government. That is clear. We’ll have to discuss everything else. We’ve already talked about what our candidates have taken away from conversations with voters, their expectations. tomorrow we will meet to talk about our options,” Kallas told ETV last night.

The main opposing force, the Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE)is located in second place when adding the 16.1% of support and 17 seatsreflecting concern among some voters about the rising cost of living after Russia’s war with Ukraine.

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In third position was the center-left formation of the Center Party, with 15.3% and 16 seats. the liberal Eesti 200, created in 2018, obtained 13.3% of votes and 14 seats, while the outgoing coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and Isamaa, 9 and 8, respectively, with 9.3% and 8.2% of support, according to the final vote count .

In this way, the Reformist Party thus wins 3 seats compared to previous elections, while EKRE loses 2; the Center Party, 10; the SDE, 1, and Isamaa, 4. If Kallas, of 45 yearsmanages to form a government that works, will consolidate the pro-European orientation of the Baltic country.

Kallas declared that the elections left his party in a strong position to form a coalition government that would maintain its call to put pressure on Russia. ANDhe Reformist Party could put together a 53-seat coalition with the Center Party or a 60-seat alliance with Eesti 200 and the Social Democrats.

Estonia, Russia’s western neighbor with a population of 1.3 million of inhabitants, it would also stay the course of embracing more green energy and continue to accept refugees from Ukraine.

the reformist party He already won the 2019 elections without being able to form a government. On that occasion, she found herself pushed out of power by a coalition of three smaller parties. It collapsed in 2021, allowing Kallas to create his coalition and take command of the country.

Throughout the campaign, the opposition EKRE has promised to drastically cut the energy bill opposing the transition to green energy and stop accepting new Ukrainian war refugees. The party also criticized the scope of Kallas’s policy of send arms to Ukrainestating that it did not take into account the country’s own defense needs.

Thus, Estonia has shown its willingness to continue supporting Ukraine by not choosing the EKRE option that advocated limiting aid to the Government of Volodimir Zelenski. Participation was 63.7%in line with the previous elections, and with 51% of the votes cast online, including that of Kallas herself.