Estonia - April 2023

About a month after the elections, the center-right Reform Party government has started its third term in Estonia, after securing a coalition deal with the centrist Eesti 200 Party and the Social Democratic Party. The Reform Party will lead seven ministries, including defence and finance. Eesti 200 and the Social Democrats will each have three ministerial portfolios. Prime Minister Kallas has been one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine and has said that security and defence will be the new government’s main priorities, including the defence expenditure increase to three per cent of the country’s GDP. Other priorities will be socio-economic issues, especially reducing fiscal deficits. Kallas is Estonia’s first female prime minister and she has held the position since 2021.

Sources: Associated Press, Politico, Riigikogu