Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, remained the most popular political party in June 2026 with 23.5% support, which was largely unchanged from 24% in May 2026, according to Emor’s latest poll, ERR reported. The Estonian Centre Party came in second with 21.5% (21%) support, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SDE) with 16.2% (17%) and…
Estonia’s most popular choice for prime minister is Urmas Reinsalu, chairman of the national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, according to a new Norstat poll for the Institute for Societal Research (YI), ERR reports. In the survey, 27% of respondents preferred Reinsalu for prime minister in June 2026, followed by Mihhail Kõlvart, chairman of the opposition Estonian…
The Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, will convene for an extraordinary session on 2 September 2026 to elect the country’s next president, ERR reports. The only candidate named so far is former interior minister Mart Helme, who was nominated by the opposition Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE). Incumbent President Alar Karis has not yet announced…
Estonia’s northeastern border city of Narva now has two rival city council chairmen and two rival mayors, ERR reports. Earlier, the opposition Estonian Centre Party and populist Plan B movement gained a majority in the city council and decided to convene a city council meeting on their own, given that the incumbent chairman, Mihhail Stalnuhhin,…
Estonian President Alar Karis will announce whether he plans to run for a second term in office just after Midsummer Day, which is on 24 June 2026, ERR reports. Urmas Reinsalu, chairman of the national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, said that the leadership council of the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, would not move forward with any…
Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, had 26.7% support in Norstat’s poll conducted in May 2026, ERR reports. The opposition Estonian Centre Party came in second with 21.7%, followed by two other opposition parties — the Social Democratic Party with 14.3% and the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia with 13.7%. Support for the ruling Estonian Reform…
Estonia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation of the leadership of the Narva city council over suspected embezzlement, ERR reports. The investigation is looking at possibly illegal payouts to the chairman of the city council, Mihhail Stalnuhhin, and his deputy, Jana Kondrasova. Earlier, city councillors Aleksei Jevgrafov and Jaan Toots of the Estonian…
Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland (Isamaa), had 24% support in May 2026, which was down from 25% a month earlier, according to Emor’s latest poll, ERR reports. The Estonian Centre Party (Keskerakond) came in second with 21% (22%), followed by the Social Democratic Party (SDE) with 17% (17%) and the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia…
The leader of Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland (Isamaa), Urmas Reinsalu, is the country’s most popular candidate for prime minister, according to a Norstat poll done in May 2026 for the Institute for Societal Research (YI), ERR reports. The survey showed that 27% of respondents would prefer to see Reinsalu as prime minister, followed by…
