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Defence and security: what each party thinks

4 questions, 28 party positions and no 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: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Disagrees: “Women should also do compulsory military service”

EKRE

Disagrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Women should also do compulsory military service”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Keskerakond

Agrees: “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”

Disagrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Women should also do compulsory military service”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Eesti 200

Agrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Disagrees: “Women should also do compulsory military service”

SDE

Agrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Disagrees: “Women should also do compulsory military service”

Isamaa

Agrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Disagrees: “Women should also do compulsory military service”

Parempoolsed

Agrees: “Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas”; “Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year”; “Women should also do compulsory military service”; “Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine”

Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Estonia has sharply increased military spending: the government has committed to spending at least 5% of GDP on defence, one of the highest figures in NATO.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.

Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year.

Estonia is one of the countries that gives Ukraine the most military aid relative to the size of its economy. The government has committed to keeping it at no less than 0.25% of GDP a year.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 6 in favour, 0 in between and 1 against.

Women should also do compulsory military service.

In Estonia military service is compulsory for men; women can do it voluntarily. In a 2026 Defence Ministry survey, 6% said it should also be compulsory for women.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 6 against.

Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine.

After the invasion of Ukraine, the EU and other countries froze assets of the Russian state and of sanctioned individuals. There is a debate about whether they should be used to help Ukraine or to rebuild it.

Of the 7 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.

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