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Estonia has a predictable policy environment
Estonia stands out for its good governance and strong, transparent institutions
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Estonia has a predictable and consensual policy environment.
Its institutions and governance have allowed successive
governments to put in place a long-term growth strategy
which has credibility and to address the challenges of recent
crises including Covid-19 and Ukraine
Parliamentary elections took place on March 5, 2023, with
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas' centre-right Reform Party
remaining the largest party
• The new coalition, comprising the Reform Party, Estonia 200
and Social Democrats, maintains a prudent policy agenda
driven by the key priority of protecting macroeconomic
stability
• The new government aims to ensure the broad-based security
of the Estonian state, to invest in the competitiveness of the
Estonian economy and in energy security and to implement
green reforms, while modernizing tax policy
Estonian parliament composition
Estonian Reform
Party
38 seats
Social Democratic
Party
13 seats
Source: Riigikogu
Government
65 seats
Estonia 200
14 seats
Isamaa
("Fatherland")
10 seats
Estonian Centre
Party
7 seats
Conservative
Peoples Party of
Estonia
16 seats
Unaffiliated
3 seats
Opposition
36 seats
Estonia is an agile country in making reforms - top performer as measured by OECD's reform responsiveness rate indicator
2017-2018 Responsiveness Rate
Indicator
60
58.3
50
50.0 50.0
40.0 40.0 40.0 41.7 41.7 41.7 41.7 41.7 42.9
40
28.6 30.0 31.3 31.4
30
25.0 25.0 25.0
20.0 20.0 21.4 21.4
20
16.7 16.7 16.7
10.0
8.3
10
0
SVK ISL AUS BEL PRT EU FIN ITA GBR ESP CHE SVN LUX HUN NLD OECD CZE DNK NOR AUT DEU IRL POL SWE LVA
Source: Economic Policy Reforms 2019: Going for Growth, OECD
FRA GRC EST
REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
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