Estonian Politician Who Mocked Finland’s Young New Prime Minister as ‘a Cashier’ Survives No-Confidence Vote
12/17/19
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from TIME Magazine,
12/17/19:
Estonia’s nationalist interior minister narrowly survived a no-confidence vote Tuesday that was triggered by his mocking of neighboring Finland’s young new prime minister and her party.
Members of the 101-seat Riigikogu voted 44-42 to remove Estonian Conservative People’s Party Chairman Mart Helme from his Cabinet post. However, the motion needed an absolute majority of 51 votes to pass.
The move was initiated by the opposition Reform Party.
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