Editor: last update 6 June 1998; Europe; index

Estonian Green Party

The email address of the Estonian Green Party (Eesti Rohelised) is valdur@erl.envir.ee

Estonia has proportional representation with a threshold of 5%. The results for the Greens in the election of the parliament (Riigikogu) are:

1. xx-9-1992 2,6% 1/101 seats
2. 5-3-1995 4495 votes 0,8% 0/101 seats

Editor: vmpress@vm.ee

ESTONIAN REVIEW - EESTI RINGVAADE

Volume 8 Number 21, May 17 - May 23, 1998

May 21 - The Centre Party and the Green Party signed a merger agreement on Thursday. Jüri Martin, the Green Party's leader, said the consolidation of political parties was inevitable because of Estonia's small size, and the large numbers of parties had been causing some confusion in the political scene. Edgar Savisaar, chairman of the Centre Party, said unification gave the Centre Party a stronger green characteristic. He said the Greens could start carrying out their ideas by setting up a new body within the Centre Party. "I believe this merger will help us have more variety in our list for the next elections, and every elector can find a suitable candidate in this party," said Mr. Savisaar. The united party will be called the Centre Party, and unification with the Green Party will be by individual applications. The Centre Party expects to get more than a hundred new members from the Green Party. "The Greens realised that they would not be able to achieve the 1,000 members needed for registration, but the initiative for the merger came from both sides," said Küllo Arjakas, the Secretary General of the Centre Party. The Centre Party currently has more than 2,400 members.