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Estonia Turns the Page on Its Flirtation With the Far-Right EKRE

Martin Helme, head of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party, or EKRE, makes a hand gesture that is often associated with white supremacy at an event in Tallinn, Estonia, May 2, 2019 (Aripaev photo by Liis Treimann via AP Images).
Martin Helme, head of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party, or EKRE, makes a hand gesture that is often associated with white supremacy at an event in Tallinn, Estonia, May 2, 2019 (Aripaev photo by Liis Treimann via AP Images).
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On Jan. 13, the government of Estonia fell, after then-Prime Minister Juri Ratas resigned over allegations of corruption and influence-peddling that implicated his Centre Party. The party did not remain out of government for long, however. A few days later, it joined a “grand coalition” government dominated by moderates and headed by Estonia’s first woman prime minister, Kaja Kallas of the center-right Reform Party. The change in government was perhaps more significant for what it means for the far-right Conservative People’s Party of Estonia, which prior to entering Ratas’ government had been treated as a pariah in Estonian politics. Known […]

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