The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia has become the last country to see its political landscape reshaped by the surging popularity of a far-right populist party that has capitalized on anxieties about national survival in an age of globalism. Her party said before the election it would not consider the Estonian Conservative People’s Party, or EKRE, as a potential governing coalition partner. The far-right party nevertheless captured a larger platform for its positions, some of which critics see as homophobic and racist. The Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi roots, won 62 seats in the 349-member parliament on Sept. 9, making it the third-largest party. Compared to those issues, tax issues are just meaningless.”EKRE was formed in 2012 through a merger of an agrarian and a populist party.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 11:48 UTC