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Martin Helme, EKRE leader:
"We must protest the government both in Riigikogu [parliament] and on the streets!"
"The government of misery of liars must be prevented from their work of destruction!"
#Estoniqa #EKRE #Helme
"Young families, especially families with children, have been declared a new group harmful to society, who can be mocked and ridiculed by the state authorities as well as any red liberal."
"Nobody voted for it. In fact, not even those who enthusiastically supported the liberal camp in order to prevent EKRE from coming to power. But at least they have a good, warm feeling that even though life is getting worse, at least the Ukrainian flag is everywhere in Estonia."
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Hi everybody it's time for a brand-new Estonian Government Crisis And Scandals™ thread!

Proceed cautiously: the thread will be LONG.
#Estonia #Eesti #valitsus #KajaKallas #JüriRatas #EKRE #Keskerakond #SDE #Isamaa #Reformierakond
Background info: Estonia has a government of centre-right Reform party and centre-left Centre party. The government has been in power since January 2020. Opposition consists of conservative Fatherland (Isamaa) party, right-wing EKRE party, and centre-left Social Democratic party. Image
The government had several major disagreements so far that mostly followed a familiar pattern: Centre demands some additional social spending, Reform refuses on the grounds of budgetary constraints, everybody speculates that the govmnt will fall...
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Time for some more #Estonian politics tweeting.

The day before yesterday the news broke that the Finance Ministry, headed by the national-conservative #EKRE party will no longer finance several organizations dedicated to social justice. Image
The organizations are as follows:
- Estonian Women's Union (ENÜ)
- Estonian Women's Studies & Research Center (ENUT)
- Estonian Foundation for Human Rights (EIK).

In February, the current finance minister Martin Helme stated that these institutions are financed illegally. ImageImage
Institutions such as the above mentioned are financed directly by taxes on gambling (hasartmängumaks), the corresponding law stating: "the use of gambling taxes is considered for projects related to medicine, healthcare, families, seniors and disabled people".
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