Estonia: Populist opposition party reelects leader

Estonia’s populist opposition Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) has reelected MP Martin Helme as the party’s chairman, ERR reports. He was the sole candidate. The party congress adopted a statement saying that Estonia’s current political system and institutions had retreated from protecting the constitutional ideal of a nation-state. Estonia must reassert its national sovereignty,…

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Estonia: EKRE youth wing quits party, wants to join ERK

The youth wing of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE), Blue Awakening, will quit the far-right opposition party, ERR reports. The organisation decided to begin talks on joining the new right-wing party, Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives (ERK), which was formed mostly by former EKRE politicians. Eino Rantanen, the newly-elected chairman of Blue Awakening, said…

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