Estonia

Mölder, Martin

doi:10.1111/2047-8852.12155

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“…At that time, there was a change of leadership within the EK, the largest opposition party, which had not governed for more than a decade due its controversial party leader, Edgar Savisaar (Lagerspetz and Vogt 2013). When Savisaar was replaced by Jüri Ratas in 2016, the two junior partners left the incumbent government almost immediately to form a new government under Ratas and the EK (Mölder 2017).…”

Section: Government Formation With Radical Right Parties In Estoniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Pariahs or Partners?

Kossack

2023

Edition Politik

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In the past three decades, radical right parties had the opportunity to directly influence political developments from the highest public office in many post-communist Central and Eastern European countries. Oliver Kossack provides the first comprehensive study on government formation with radical right parties in this region. Even after the turn of the millennium, some distinct features of the post-communist context persist, such as coalitions between radical right and centre-left parties. In addition to original empirical insights, the time-sensitive approach of this study also advances the discussion about concepts and methodological approaches within the discipline.

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Section: Government Formation With Radical Right Parties In Estoniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Pariahs or Partners?

Kossack

2023

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“…The previous presidential elections in 2016 ended with somewhat of a disappointmentboth Parliament and the electoral college failed to elect the President and the latter was chosen through a compromise deal between most of the parliamentary parties (Mölder 2017). Presidents can serve for up to two consecutive terms and the President in office, Kersti Kaljulaid, was apparently willing to serve for a second term, but as she failed to secure the support of both coalition partners (she was opposed by the Centre Party) and did not have enough support among the opposition, her candidacy was out of the question.…”

Section: Presidential Electionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estonia: Political Developments and Data in 2021

Mölder

2022

Euro J Political Res Yrbk

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There was one government change and two elections in Estonia in 2021. In January, the Ratas II government, led by the Centre Party and also including the populist Estonian Conservative People's Party and the conservative Fatherland, was replaced by the K. Kallas I government, a coalition of the liberal Reform Party and the Centre Party. Indirect presidential elections were held at the end of August and Parliament elected Alar Karis as the new President of the Republic. Local elections took place in October and did not produce any major surprises. Regular day‐to‐day politics and campaigning were overshadowed by waves of COVID‐19 in spring and autumn, and the onset of an energy crisis at the end of the year.

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“…After the indirect presidential elections of 2016, which were a test of the capacities of parliamentary parties to cooperate (Mölder ), the local elections in autumn 2017 were the first major trial of electoral competition since the 2015 parliamentary elections. As such, they were an introduction to the next parliamentary elections set to take place in spring 2019.…”

Section: Election Reportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The voting age for the 2017 elections was lowered from 18 to 16. The elections also marked the end of a local government reform (see also Mölder ), whereby more than 200 local government units were replaced by 79. The reform had been on the agenda since the late 1990s in order to reduce the number of extremely small local governments.…”

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confidence: 99%