Party comparison

EKRE vs Eesti 200: how alike are they?

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

EKRE

National conservatism, Euroscepticism

46 %

overall agreement

Eesti 200

Liberalism, centrism

In brief

How do EKRE and Eesti 200 differ?

EKRE and Eesti 200 are far apart on most issues. EKRE fully supports defining marriage in the Constitution as a union between a man and a woman, which Eesti 200 fully opposes; Eesti 200 fully supports a climate law with binding targets, requiring churches to cut their ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and keeping internet voting, and EKRE opposes all three. Eesti 200 fully supports defence spending of at least 5% of GDP, military aid to Ukraine and using frozen Russian assets to fund it, and EKRE disagrees. On immigration and Europe, EKRE wants no increase in the immigration quota and the EU to hand powers back to member states, while Eesti 200 supports easier hiring of workers from outside the EU and dual citizenship with EU and NATO countries. They agree that all schooling should switch to Estonian by 2030.

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

Language and integration

Churches in Estonia should be required to cut their ties with the Moscow Patriarchate.

EKRE Strongly against

In 2025 its MPs voted against the church law reform requiring ties with the Moscow Patriarchate to be cut; its leader said it violates freedom of religion.

Eesti 200 Strongly in favour

In 2025 its group voted for the church law reform requiring the Estonian Orthodox Church to cut its subordination to the Moscow Patriarchate, and voted for it again after the presidential veto.

Energy and environment

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

EKRE Strongly against

Its 2024 European manifesto calls the EU green transition ideological extremism and rejects compulsory measures to reach carbon neutrality; in 2026 its MPs voted to reject the climate law.

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.

Values and society

The Constitution should define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

EKRE Strongly in favour

After same-sex marriage was legalised, it proposed a referendum on defining marriage in 2023; in 2017 it backed defining marriage in the Constitution as the union of a man and a woman.

Eesti 200 Strongly against

In 2023 its group voted unanimously for the law opening marriage to two adults of any sex, as its programme that year proposed; it defends an equal right to marry for everyone.

Values and society

Access to abortion in Estonia should be restricted.

EKRE Strongly in favour

Its 2023 manifesto wants to reduce abortions without medical grounds and stop funding them with taxpayers' health money; its principles say it does not support abortion.

Eesti 200 Strongly against

Estimated position: it defends everyone's right to decide about their own life and said in 2023 that restricting abortion endangers women's health; there is no later statement.

Government and democracy

Internet voting should be kept in elections.

EKRE Strongly against

In November 2025 its council demanded that internet voting be abolished as unreliable; in 2023 its parliamentary group had already tabled a bill to end it.

Eesti 200 Strongly in favour

In 2024 its group voted for the law updating internet voting, in 2025 it did not back a proposal to suspend it, and its 2023 programme wanted voting by mobile phone too.

Economy and taxes

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

EKRE Strongly in favour

In 2026 its parliamentary group tabled a bill to cut VAT on food from 24% to 9%; its 2023 manifesto proposed cutting it to 5%.

Eesti 200 Against

In 2025 and 2026 its MPs did not back proposals to cut VAT on food to 9 %: they voted neither for nor against, and the proposals were rejected.

Common ground

Where they agree

Economy and taxes

To reduce the budget deficit, public spending should be cut rather than taxes raised.

Both: In favour

Pensions, family and welfare

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

Both: Against

Defence and security

Women should also do compulsory military service.

Both: Against

Language and integration

All schooling should switch to Estonian by 2030, including in schools where most pupils speak Russian.

Both: Strongly in favour

Energy and environment

Estonia should build a nuclear power plant.

Both: In favour

Energy and environment

The amount of forest felled in Estonia each year should be reduced.

Both: In between

By issue

Agreement by issue

Economy and taxes 58 %

Pensions, family and welfare 69 %

Defence and security 44 %

Europe and foreign affairs 50 %

Migration 25 %

Language and integration 50 %

Energy and environment 50 %

Values and society 25 %

Government and democracy 25 %

Regions and rural life 50 %

Detail

Question by question

Economy and taxes 58 %

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

Pensions, family and welfare 69 %

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

Defence and security 44 %

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

Europe and foreign affairs 50 %

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

Migration 25 %

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

Language and integration 50 %

Question	EKRE	Eesti 200
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.	Strongly against	In between
People who work with customers should be required to speak Estonian, with higher fines if they do not.	Strongly in favour	In favour
Churches in Estonia should be required to cut their ties with the Moscow Patriarchate.	Strongly against	Strongly in favour
Estonian citizens should be allowed to also hold the citizenship of another EU or NATO country.	Against	Strongly in favour

Energy and environment 50 %

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

Values and society 25 %

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

Government and democracy 25 %

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

Regions and rural life 50 %

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

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