In Estonia, the government alliance between the Reform Party and the left-wing Center Party broke up at the beginning of June.
(Photo: AP)
Tallinn Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has formally submitted her resignation to form a new government in the Baltic EU and NATO country. The 45-year-old informed the parliament in Tallinn of her decision on Thursday and presented her resignation request to President Alar Karis.
According to the Estonian constitution, Kallas’ move automatically leads to the resignation of the entire government, which has been going about its business for more than a month without a parliamentary majority. Until the confirmation of a new government, she will remain in office.
According to the State Chancellery, Kallas also suggested that the Riigikogu parliament, which was on its summer break, hold an extraordinary meeting on Friday. Parliament is then to vote on the new governing coalition of the Reform Party, which she leads, with the Social Democrats and the conservative Isamaa party. The tripartite alliance, which previously formed a government, has a majority of 55 of the 101 seats.
In Estonia, the government alliance between the Reform Party and the left-wing Center Party broke up at the beginning of June. This was preceded by disputes, power struggles and a political blockade that lasted for weeks. Kallas had therefore terminated the two-party coalition that had existed since January 2021 and dismissed the seven ministers of the Center Party.
Top jobs of the day
Find the best jobs now and
be notified by email.
The economically liberal Reform Party, the Social Democrats and Isamaa had agreed on a coalition at the end of last week after lengthy negotiations. Each of the three parties is to receive five ministerial posts in the new government, whose appointments should be decided on Thursday evening. The coalition agreement is to be signed on Friday.
President Karis, who immediately ordered Kallas to form a government again after Kallas resigned and must appoint the new cabinet, announced that he intends to meet all the designated ministers. “I hope that the new government can start work as early as next week,” he wrote on Twitter.
More: What the EU is doing with Lithuania is playing into Putin’s hands