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Estonian government in crisis as coalition crumbles
After weeks of political deadlock
04 June, 11:15 (ANSA-AFP) - TALLINN, JUN 4 - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja
Kallas on Friday called for talks on a new government after her
ruling coalition fell apart, urging unity because of security
concerns over neighbouring Russia. Kallas spoke to reporters
after President Alar Karis accepted her request for ministers
from the Centre party, including Foreign Minister Eva-Maria
Liimets, to be removed from the government. The dismissal of the
Centre party follows weeks of political deadlock, including a
vote on an education bill in which the coalition partner voted
against the government and with the far-right EKRE opposition
instead. "It's honest to say that this agreement is over and
we're going to form a new coalition," Kallas said. Kallas's
Reform party has proposed to begin coalition talks with the
right-wing Isamaa conservatives and the Social Democrats. The
Centre and Reform parties have alternated in government over the
nearly three decades since Estonia broke free from the crumbling
Soviet Union. (ANSA-AFP).
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