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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 25 March, the Estonian parliament passed a vote of confidence in Kristen Michal’s new government. The previous cabinet, comprising representatives from the Reform Party, Estonia 200, and the Social Democratic Party, had been in place…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 23 July, the Estonian parliament granted a vote of confidence to the cabinet led by Kristen Michal of the Reform Party. The new government was formed after former Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was nominated as the EU High Representative…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 29 January, Jüri Ratas, Estonia’s former long-time prime minister (2016–2021) and the leader of the Estonian Centre Party (Eesti Keskerakond, CP) until September 2023, announced his decision to join the right-wing Fatherland party (…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 15 September, the Latvian parliament (Saeima) gave a vote of confidence to the government of Prime Minister Evika Siliņa: 53 out of 100 MPs were in favour while 39 voted against. The new cabinet will be formed by three political forces…
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| Piotr Żochowski, Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Bartosz Chmielewski
The meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus held on 31 August 2023 was devoted to the “tense international situation”, and included an assessment of threats present on the border with Poland and the Baltic states.…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 31 May, the Latvian parliament elected Edgars Rinkēvičs as president. The long-time foreign minister’s candidacy was put forward by the ruling New Unity party of Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. Rinkēvičs was only elected in the third…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 12 April, the Estonian parliament gave Kaja Kallas a mandate to form a government. This will be the third cabinet to be led by the current head of the Reform Party. The new government coalition will also include the liberal Estonia 200…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
The parliamentary election held on 5 March in Estonia ended in victory for the ruling liberal Estonian Reform Party (Eesti Reformierakond, Reform), which won 31.2% of the vote and will be the main force in the new cabinet. In addition to…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 14 December, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) gave a vote of confidence to the government of Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. The new cabinet was supported by 54 out of 100 parliamentarians, with 37 opposed. This ended the two-and-a-half…
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| Bartosz Chmielewski
The winner in the parliamentary elections held on 1 October in Latvia is incumbent Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and his centre-right New Unity party (in Latvian: Jaunā Vienotība, JV). It was supported by 18.97% of voters and the…