Estonia in crisis as PM resigns over party corruption allegations

A corruption scandal involving his Centre party has forced the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, to resign. The biggest losers, however, could be the far-right EKRE party, which looks set to be frozen out of any new government.

Estonia’s prime minister, Jüri Ratas, handed in his resignation to the Baltic country’s president early on January 13 after a corruption scandal forced a raft of key officials in his Centre party to quit overnight.

The move automatically prompts the resignation of Estonia’s three-party coalition government, which also includes the Christian Democrats (Isamaa) and the far-right Conservative People’s party (EKRE).

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