The Estonian government of Prime Minister Kristen Michal has won a vote of no confidence in the country’s parliament, the Riigikogu, ERR reports. Altogether 34 out of the 101 MPs voted in favour of the motion, which was signed by the opposition Fatherland, Estonian Centre Party, and Conservative People’s Party of Estonia as well as nine independent MPs. The opposition Social Democratic Party (SDE) and several independent MPs did not sign the motion and abstained in the vote. Fatherland chairman Urmas Reinsalu noted that Michal’s two-party coalition would now remain in power with SDE’s support. Earlier, SDE chairman Lauri Läänemets said that the three other opposition parties had failed to present a plan for how to form a new functioning government, ERR reported. He argued that a government crisis would be very bad in the current security situation. The no-confidence motion accused the government of undermining public trust and failing to address Estonia’s challenges, ERR reported. In response, Michal touted Estonia’s economic recovery, insisting that the opposition had painted a picture of the country that was “unrecognisable in real life.”
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