The Estonian Centre Party is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia,and it is currently led by Mihhail Kõlvart.
The Estonian Reform Party is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party has been led by Kaja Kallas since 2018. It is colloquially known as the "Squirrel Party",referencing its logo.
The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party. The SDE has been a member of the Party of European Socialists since 16 May 2003 and was a member of the Socialist International from November 1990 to 2017. It is orientated towards the principles of social-democracy,and it supports Estonia's membership in the European Union. From April 2023,the party has been a junior coalition partner in the third Kallas government.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016.
Marianne Mikko is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Parliament of Estonia for the Social Democratic Party,part of the Party of European Socialists. Mikko was born in Võru.
Roberts Zīle is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance,a free market national conservative right-wing populist political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament,he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group;he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau. He was formerly vice-president of the now defunct Union for a Europe of Nations group.
Alain Lamassoure is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He was a member of Les Républicains,which is part of the European People's Party,and was the chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets from July 2009 until June 2014.
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland,he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2011–2015.
Pierre RenéHubert Marie van der Linden is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.
Raffaele Costa is an Italian politician. He was the president of the Province of Cuneo from June 2004 to June 2009. He was previously a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies representing the Italian Liberal Party and later Forza Italia between 1976 and 2003,and was also a member of the European Parliament of the European People's Party until June 2004.
Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius was a Lithuanian economist and politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania from February to November 1996. He previously served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour from 1993 to 1994,and after being prime minister,was a member of the Seimas from 1996 to 1998,and later Minister of Health from 1998 to 1999. Formerly a member of the Communist Party of Lithuania,following independence he joined the newly formed Democratic Labour Party.
Martin Padar is an Estonian judoka,who has competed in the men's half heavyweight (–100 kg) and later in the heavyweight (+100 kg) category. A 2009 European champion,he has also competed at two Olympics,the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.
Katrin Saks is an Estonian politician and journalist. From 1999 to 2002,she was Minister of Population Affairs in the cabinet of Mart Laar. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2010. In October 2006 she became Member of the European Parliament,replacing Toomas Hendrik Ilves,who had been elected President of Estonia. She lost her seat in the 2009 European election,but shortly regained it,when on 7 April 2014 she replaced Ivari Padar who became Estonian Minister for Agriculture,until in July she was succeeded by Marju Lauristin following the 2014 European election. As of 2011,she is a director of Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School.
Pascal Canfin is a French politician of La République en marche (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. In the 2019 elections for the European Parliament,he was elected in the list of Renew Europe group and serves as chair of the Environment,Public Health and Food Safety Committee;following his initiative,the European Parliament declares in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency". He was re-elected in 2024.
Algirdas Butkevičius is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania,serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is the former Governor of Stockholm County from 1 February 2018 to 28 February 2023 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.
Taavi Rõivas is an Estonian politician,former Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016 and former leader of the Reform Party. Before his term as the Prime Minister,Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. On 9 November 2016 his second cabinet dissolved after coalition partners,Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party,sided with the opposition in a no confidence motion. At the end of 2020,Rõivas announced quitting politics,and resigned from his parliament seat.
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party,gaining four seats for a total of 34 and the Conservative People's Party had the largest gain overall,increasing their seat count by 12 to a total of 19 seats.
Indrek Saar is an Estonian actor and politician. He has been the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2019 to 2022 and the Minister of Culture of Estonia from 2015 to 2019.
An election for the Members of the European Parliament from Estonia as part of the 2024 European Parliament election took place on 9 June. Early voting took place from 3 June to 8 June.
