Estonia: Estonia 200 elects Kristina Kallas as new chairperson

Estonia’s liberal Estonia 200 (E200) party, junior partner in the country’s current coalition government, has elected Education Minister Kristina Kallas as its new chairperson, replacing Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, ERR reports. Kallas stressed the importance of values as a “key component” in politics. E200 will now start preparing for upcoming local elections and will strive to attract new candidates into politics, she said. E200 was a “young people’s platform for political participation,” Kallas asserted. Currently, E200’s poll rating stands at below the 5% parliamentary threshold.