Party comparison

Eesti 200 vs Parempoolsed: how alike are they?

We compare the documented positions of Erakond Eesti 200 and Erakond Parempoolsed on the 38 questions in the test, issue by issue.

Eesti 200

Liberalism, centrism

73 %

overall agreement

Parempoolsed

Economic liberalism, centre-right

In brief

How do Eesti 200 and Parempoolsed differ?

Eesti 200 and Parempoolsed take the same position on many statements: both fully support switching all schooling to Estonian by 2030, keeping internet voting and defence spending of at least 5% of GDP, and both fully oppose a higher income tax rate for people who earn more, faster pension rises paid for with higher taxes, much larger benefits for large families and free public transport. Their biggest difference is a climate law with binding targets, which Eesti 200 fully supports and Parempoolsed fully opposes. Parempoolsed also fully supports healthcare relying more on people’s own responsibility, bringing the standard VAT rate back down from 24% even if spending has to be cut, EU foreign policy decisions by majority vote and compulsory military service for women, and Eesti 200 disagrees with all four; Eesti 200 supports harsher penalties for inciting hatred, which Parempoolsed fully rejects.

This summary is based on the parties’ documented positions on the test statements; the source of each position is on the party’s page. Updated 17/10/2026.

Differences

Where they clash most

Energy and environment

Estonia should pass a climate law with binding targets for cutting emissions.

Eesti 200 Strongly in favour

In 2026 its council declared that Estonia needs a climate law and its leader urged passing it now; in June its group voted against rejecting the government's climate bill.

Parempoolsed Strongly against

It wants the climate law not to be passed, the Climate Ministry closed and EU climate targets renegotiated; in 2026 it proposes repealing the statutory renewable-energy targets.

Economy and taxes

The standard VAT rate should be brought back down from 24%, even if public spending has to be cut.

Eesti 200 Against

Its 2025 coalition agreement sets VAT at 24 % to fund defence, and in 2026 its leader called cutting taxes while raising family benefits a populist idea.

Parempoolsed Strongly in favour

It proposes cutting the standard VAT rate from 24% to 20% within one parliamentary term, paid for by freezing public spending at 2026 levels and cutting the public sector.

Pensions, family and welfare

Healthcare should rely more on people's own responsibility, for example through higher patient co-payments.

Eesti 200 Against

Its 2023 programme says no one should go without care for lack of means and that people who paid taxes are entitled to state support for treatment; it does not propose higher co-payments.

Parempoolsed Strongly in favour

It wants more personal responsibility in healthcare: moderate co-payments under clear rules, a personal health account and a bigger role for private insurance, while protecting children, the elderly and the chronically ill.

Defence and security

Women should also do compulsory military service.

Eesti 200 Against

Its coalition agreement encourages women to do military service voluntarily; its 2023 programme offered civil defence training to all men and women.

Parempoolsed Strongly in favour

It wants to extend compulsory military service to all citizens, including women; in 2026 its chair called for women's defence duty to be written into law.

Europe and foreign affairs

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

Eesti 200 Against

In 2026 its foreign minister defended keeping unanimity in EU foreign policy so that decisions on small states' vital interests are not taken without them, while being open to faster decision-making.

Parempoolsed Strongly in favour

In 2023 it backed majority voting in foreign policy and crisis response; it would keep unanimity only for changing the EU's founding principles or extending its powers.

Values and society

Inciting hatred against a group of people should be punished more severely.

Eesti 200 In favour

In 2023 its group voted against rejecting the government's hate speech bill; its programme that year called for widening the definition of hate speech.

Parempoolsed Strongly against

It opposes further hate-speech rules: it says hate speech is already a crime and needs no extra regulation, and political debate must not be criminalised; it does want tougher penalties for defamation.

Common ground

Where they agree

Economy and taxes

People who earn more should pay a higher rate of income tax.

Both: Strongly against

Economy and taxes

VAT on food should be cut, even if the state collects less money.

Both: Against

Pensions, family and welfare

Pensions should rise faster, even if taxes have to go up to pay for it.

Both: Strongly against

Pensions, family and welfare

Families with three or more children should receive much larger benefits than families with one or two children.

Both: Strongly against

Defence and security

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

Both: Strongly in favour

Migration

Estonia should make it easier to hire workers from outside the EU when companies cannot find staff.

Both: In favour

By issue

Agreement by issue

Economy and taxes 71 %

Pensions, family and welfare 75 %

Defence and security 69 %

Europe and foreign affairs 38 %

Migration 100 %

Language and integration 85 %

Energy and environment 65 %

Values and society 70 %

Government and democracy 75 %

Regions and rural life 88 %

Detail

Question by question

Economy and taxes 71 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
People who earn more should pay a higher rate of income tax.	Strongly against	Strongly against
VAT on food should be cut, even if the state collects less money.	Against	Against
The annual car tax should be abolished.	In between	In favour
A tax on expensive property should be introduced so that taxes on work can be lowered.	In between	Strongly against
The standard VAT rate should be brought back down from 24%, even if public spending has to be cut.	Against	Strongly in favour
To reduce the budget deficit, public spending should be cut rather than taxes raised.	In favour	Strongly in favour

Pensions, family and welfare 75 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
Pensions should rise faster, even if taxes have to go up to pay for it.	Strongly against	Strongly against
Families with three or more children should receive much larger benefits than families with one or two children.	Strongly against	Strongly against
Healthcare should rely more on people's own responsibility, for example through higher patient co-payments.	Against	Strongly in favour
University education should be free for all students.	Against	Strongly against

Defence and security 69 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
Estonia should keep defence spending at 5% of GDP or more, even if that means cuts in other areas.	Strongly in favour	Strongly in favour
Estonia should keep giving Ukraine military aid worth at least 0.25% of GDP every year.	Strongly in favour	In favour
Women should also do compulsory military service.	Against	Strongly in favour
Frozen Russian assets should be used to fund Ukraine.	Strongly in favour	In favour

Europe and foreign affairs 38 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
The EU should hand powers back to member states rather than take on new ones.	Against	In favour
The EU should be able to take foreign policy decisions by majority vote, without needing unanimity.	Against	Strongly in favour

Migration 100 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
Estonia should make it easier to hire workers from outside the EU when companies cannot find staff.	In favour	In favour
The annual immigration quota should not be increased.	Against	Against

Language and integration 85 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
All schooling should switch to Estonian by 2030, including in schools where most pupils speak Russian.	Strongly in favour	Strongly in favour
It should be easier for people who have lived in Estonia since before 1991 to obtain Estonian citizenship.	In between	Against
People who work with customers should be required to speak Estonian, with higher fines if they do not.	In favour	In favour
Churches in Estonia should be required to cut their ties with the Moscow Patriarchate.	Strongly in favour	In favour
Estonian citizens should be allowed to also hold the citizenship of another EU or NATO country.	Strongly in favour	In favour

Energy and environment 65 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
Estonia should build a nuclear power plant.	In favour	Strongly in favour
Estonia should keep producing electricity from oil shale in the long term.	Against	In between
Estonia should pass a climate law with binding targets for cutting emissions.	Strongly in favour	Strongly against
More wind farms should be built on land, even if local residents oppose them.	In favour	In favour
The amount of forest felled in Estonia each year should be reduced.	In between	Against

Values and society 70 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
The Constitution should define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.	Strongly against	Against
Access to abortion in Estonia should be restricted.	Strongly against	Strongly against
Tougher punishments reduce crime more than prevention and rehabilitation do.	Against	In between
Euthanasia should be allowed for terminally ill people who ask for it.	In favour	In between
Inciting hatred against a group of people should be punished more severely.	In favour	Strongly against

Government and democracy 75 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
Internet voting should be kept in elections.	Strongly in favour	Strongly in favour
The President of the Republic should be elected directly by the citizens.	Against	Strongly against
Citizens should be able to trigger a binding referendum by collecting signatures.	In between	Strongly against

Regions and rural life 88 %

Question	Eesti 200	Parempoolsed
The state should keep small village schools open even if they have few pupils.	In between	Against
Public transport should be free throughout Estonia.	Strongly against	Strongly against

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