PM loses no confidence vote after coalition crumbles

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence vote on Wednesday after his junior coalition partners deserted him, possibly opening up the path for a traditionally pro-Russian party to gain power. Roivas’ leadership has been increasingly under pressure over administrative reform, economic and social policies and appointments of party members to […]

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence vote on Wednesday after his junior coalition partners deserted him, possibly opening up the path for a traditionally pro-Russian party to gain power. Roivas’ leadership has been increasingly under pressure over administrative reform, economic and social policies and appointments of party members to the board of state-owner companies. Roivas said after the vote, which he lost 63-28, that recent weeks had shown his coalition partners were negotiating behind the back of his center-right Reform Party.