“Ukraine” marked the general elections in Estonia

Members of the country’s 101-seat parliament, which has more than 900,000 voters, will be determined in elections involving 9 political parties.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, national security and socioeconomic issues, especially the cost of living, became the main issues of election campaigns.

The center-right Reform Party, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, was recognized in Europe during the war as Ukraine’s most outspoken supporter.

Known for his international calls for sanctions on Moscow, Kallas wants to sit in the prime minister’s seat for a second time.

Polls predicted the party of Kallas, 45, who became prime minister in 2021, would receive the most votes in the election.

However, in the 2019 elections, the far-right populist EKRE party, which entered the country’s political mainstream as the third-largest party, with around 18 percent of the vote, challenged Kallas in the election campaign.

EKRE leader Martin Helme accused Kallas of weakening Estonia’s defense by supplying weapons to Ukraine and blamed the current government for high 19 percent inflation in the country.

The current government in the country of 1.3 million people, which joined NATO and the European Union after leaving the Soviet Union in 1991, was formed with Kallas, as well as the conservative Motherland Party and the Social Democrats. .

The uncertain results of the elections are expected to be announced early tomorrow. (AA)