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Europe and foreign affairs: what each party thinks

2 questions, 14 party positions and 2 complete disagreements (how they are assigned).

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their manifestos, votes and statements. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Reformierakond

Agrees: “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

Disagrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”

EKRE

Agrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

Keskerakond

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

In between: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”

Eesti 200

Disagrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”; “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

SDE

Disagrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”

In between: “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

Isamaa

Agrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

Parempoolsed

Agrees: “The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones”; “The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity”

The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones.

Estonian parties support EU membership but disagree on how much should be decided jointly: some want closer integration, for example in defence or foreign policy, while others want a "union of nation states" with fewer shared powers.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favour, 1 in between and 3 against.

The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity.

Today EU foreign policy decisions, such as sanctions on Russia, need the agreement of every member state, and a single country can block them. Majority voting would be quicker, but Estonia would lose its veto.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 2 in favour, 1 in between and 4 against.

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