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Estonian government could collapse, faces no confidence vote

08 November 2016 04:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Estonia's coalition government could be threatened with collapse this week after two junior coalition partners called on the prime minister to resign on Monday and the opposition called for a vote of no confidence, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The prime minister of the smallest Baltic state, with a population of just 1.3 million, Taavi Roivas has little room to maneuver to save his fractious coalition government.

The government was formed after elections in April 2015 with his center-right Reform Party, Social Democrats, and the conservative-nationalist Pro-Patria and Res Publica Union holding 59 seats in the 101-seat parliament.

On Monday, the Social Democrats and Pro-Patria and Res Publica Union called on the prime minister to resign, saying there was too little trust between the coalition partners and they wanted the formation of a new majority government.

"The Estonian state leadership needs new energy and fresh ideas," the chairman of the Estonian Social Democrats, Jevgeni Ossinovski, said in a statement.

Adding to the prime minister's woes, the opposition called for a vote of no confidence in him, to he held on Wednesday.

Without the support of coalition partners, he cannot survive the vote.