Estonia's coalition government collapses
STORY: Estonia's coalition government collapses
DATELINE: June 4, 2022
LENGTH: 00:02:05
LOCATION: Tallinn
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas holding press conference
2. various of city view of Tallinn center
3. various of night view of Tallinn
STORYLINE:
Estonia's governing coalition led by center-right Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform Party) broke up on Friday after Kallas dismissed all seven ministers from the junior coalition partner Center Party due to a dispute over welfare policy.
President Alar Karis has released the seven ministers from office, as proposed by Kallas, the presidential office said.
Until a new coalition is formed, Reform Party members of the government shall substitute for the dismissed ministers, the government said in a press release.
Kallas' Reform Party holds 34 seats in the country's 101-member Parliament (Riigikogu) and could continue as a minority government without the Center Party, which has 25 seats. Kallas said she wanted to engage in
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