TALLINN: Estonia’s centre-left coalition is fighting for survival in a general election Sunday, challenged by its traditional liberal rival but also a far-right party boosted by a backlash from mostly rural regions in the Baltic eurozone state.The largely lacklustre campaign has focused on taxation, tensions over Russian language education for Estonia’s sizeable Russian minority and the rural-urban divide.A survey conducted on Feb 14-20 suggests a very tight race.Prime Minister Juri Ratas’s centrist Centre party received 24.7% support among those surveyed, narrowly trailing the liberal Reform party led by former MEP Kaja Kallas with 25.7%, according to pollster Kantar Emor.The far-right …read more
Source: theSun
