The Estonian Centre Party is a centrist, social-liberal, populist political party in Estonia. It is one of the two largest political parties in Estonia and currently has 26 seats in the Estonian Parliament. The party is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
The Estonian Reform Party is a liberal and classical-liberal political party in Estonia. The party is led by Kaja Kallas and has 34 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature.
The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Estonia, currently led by Indrek Saar.
This article gives an overview of liberalism and centrism in Estonia. It is limited to liberal and centrist parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it is not necessary that the party has labeled itself as a liberal party.
Eesti Televisioon (ETV) is the free-to-air national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.
Jüri Ratas is an Estonian politician who is the current leader of the Centre Party and the current Prime Minister of Estonia. During his tenure, the Centre Party has seen a drop in popularity polls, with support hovering around 15% in May 2019, being the lowest score in at least 12 years. His tenure has also seen the national budget of Estonia going into deficit after years of being in surplus.
Pro Patria is a conservative political party in Estonia. It was founded on 4 June 2006 when two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publica Party, merged. Up to the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party held 32 seats out of 101 in the Riigikogu and one of Estonia's six seats in the European Parliament. The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). It has about 8,500 members. The merged party consisted of two separate boards and two party leaders, which was replaced by a unified board and leader in May 2007. The party's prime minister candidate was Mart Laar, who became a chairman of the party.
The Estonian Greens is an Estonian green political party. Founded in 1989, the party held six seats in the Riigikogu from 2007 to 2011. Its objective is to ensure that Estonia's development is environmentally friendly, sustainable, politically stable and economically efficient.
Libertas Estonia was a political party in Estonia. It intended to contend the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas.eu.
The Conservative People's Party of Estonia is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Estonia. It has been described by some sources as belonging to the far-right. Since 2013, its chairman has been Mart Helme, the former Estonian ambassador to Russia. The head of the parliamentary group is Martin Helme. The party's identitarian youth wing, Blue Awakening, organizes frequent nationalist torchlight marches in Estonia. Ideologically, the party is a descendant of the Estonian ethno-nationalist camp. Some political commentators place the EKRE on the right to far-right of the political spectrum, but party representatives reject this and suggest other ways of looking at the left–right axis.
The German-Baltic Party was a political party in Estonia representing the German minority.
The Estonian Radical Democratic Party was a political party in Estonia.
The Estonian Free Party is an Estonian centre-right political party founded in 2014. The chairman of the party is Kaul Nurm. The party gained 8 seats after passing the 5-percent threshold in the 2015 Estonian parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The Reform Party remained the largest party, gaining 4 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.
Kersti Kaljulaid is an Estonian politician who is the fifth and current President of Estonia, in office since 10 October 2016. She is the first female head of state of Estonia since the country declared independence in 1918, as well as the youngest ever President, age 46 at the time of her election.
Artur Talvik is an Estonian politician, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is a member of the Riigikogu and a former member of the Estonian Free Party. He now leads the Richness of Life party.
Estonia 200 is a liberal Estonian political party, which was founded on 3 November 2018. The political movement that preceded the party, first published its manifesto in Postimees on 2 May 2018. The authors of the manifesto were Priit Alamäe, Indrek Nuume, Küllike Saar, Kristina Kallas and Kristiina Tõnnisson. In authors' minds, the aim of Estonia 200 is to bring attention to Estonia's long lasting problems and put forward their solutions and reform ideas.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Estonia for the election of the delegation from Estonia to the European Parliament will take place on May 26, 2019. Due to the United Kingdom's impending withdrawal from the European Union and the redistribution of its European Parliament seats, the amount of elected MEPs from Estonia is increased by one to seven.
Jüri Ratas' second cabinet is the incumbent cabinet of Estonia, in office since 29 April 2019. It is a centre-right coalition cabinet of the Centre Party, far-right leaning Conservative People's Party and conservative Pro Patria.
