{"id":4302,"date":"2025-03-12T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/estonian-premier-dismisses-coalition-partner-amid-ratings-decline\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:29:34","slug":"estonian-premier-dismisses-coalition-partner-amid-ratings-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/estonian-premier-dismisses-coalition-partner-amid-ratings-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian Premier dismisses coalition partner amid ratings decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal stopped the coalition with the Social Democratic Party due to the decline in his government\u2019s approval ratings. This decision leaves Michal&#8217;s center-right Reform Party governing alongside the economically liberal Estonia 200, together holding a slim majority of 52 seats in the 101-member parliament.  <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">The recent polls showed that only 14% of voters support the three governing parties. This is the lowest value since 2004. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">The reason to stop the coalition was inability to agree on tax policies, labor and environmental rules. Michael announced that he canceled the increase of corporate tax. \u201cWe want to make things easier for the economy,\u201d Michal told, adding \u201cwe won\u2019t compromise on security.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">After more than 2 years of recession, Estonian economy started to grow in the last quarter. Amid this context, the state has announced a tax increase to fund defending spendings. Estonia has agreed to spend 5% of the GDP on defense, one of Trump\u2019s key demands of allies.  <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">\u201cIf the prime minister\u2019s hand is shaking just because of domestic ratings, how will he hold his nerve when the Trump administration starts presenting us with ultimatums?\u201d Social Democratic Party Chairman Lauri Laanemets said in a statement. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='Maria Kuznetsova' src='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-Moi-2-96x96.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-Moi-2-192x192.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/author\/marie\/\" target=\"_self\">Maria Kuznetsova<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\">Secr\u00e9taire de redaction<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal stopped the coalition with the Social Democratic Party due to the decline in&hellip;","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-4302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-society","8":"tag-articles-en","9":"cs-entry","10":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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