On 3 March, Estonian citizens will go to the polls to elect the country’s next parliament. Estonian citizens living abroad can cast their votes in advance from 16-21 February.
If you want to get an overview of the Estonian political landscape and different parties’ views on healthcare, education, economics, transport, immigration, foreign policy and security etc. – join us for a debate at the Club of Different Rooms with candidates from six major political parties!
The debate is held in English and will cover topics that are relevant to the future of Estonia.
The debaters are:
Keit Pentus Rosimannus (Reform Party)
Mailis Reps (Centre Party)
Riina Sikkut (Social Democrats)
Urmas Reinsalu (Pro Patria)
Kristina Kallas (Eesti 200)
Kaspar Kurve (Green Party)
The debate will be moderated by Joao Rei and Silver Tambur (Estonian World).
The audience is encouraged to ask questions, both on Slido and to a microphone.
The seats will be limited, on a first-come-first-served basis!
The doors and the bar will open at 6:30 PM. The event will start at 7:00 PM sharp.
Tickets: 2-5 euros (cash)
Speakers
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Kaspar Kurve
Estonian Green Party
Kaspar Kurve is the vice chairman of the Estonian Green Party. He is a liberal, pro-European, pro social justice and minority rights. He is optimistic about technological progress and its potential effects on the state and society and he has obviously also a green mindset.
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Keit Pentus Rosimannus
Reform Party
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is a passionate liberal, who cares a lot about Estonian environment and who is known for strong standpoints, when it comes to Estonian foreign affairs. She was first elected to Estonian parliament in 2007 and has been re-elected in 2011 and 2015. She has been serving in three Estonian governments as a cabinet member: from 2011-2014 as the minister of environment and from 2014-2015 as the minister of foreign affairs.
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Kristina Kallas
Eesti 200
Kristina Kallas is the leader of the new political party, Eesti 200. Since 2015, she has worked as the director of the Tartu University Narva College. Kallas completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Tartu, obtained a Master’s degree from the Central European University, and a PhD from the University of Tartu in the field of political science.
Kallas has worked as a senior policy analyst in the Institute of Baltic Studies in Tartu and a lecturer at the University of Tartu, focusing on minority issues and the migration, nation state and integration policy. She is the head of the council of Estonian Integration and Migration Foundation.
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Mailis Reps
Centre Party
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Riina Sikkut
Social Democratic Party
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Urmas Reinsalu
Isamaa
