Estonian Free Party (2024)

Not to be confused with Estonian Free Party.
Free Party Come To Your Senses
Vabaerakond Aru Pähe
LeaderMärt Meesak[1]
Founded26 May 2024 (2024-05-26)
Preceded byParty for the Future
Membership (2024)654[2]
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Populism
Soft Euroscepticism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Blue
Riigikogu
0 / 101
European Parliament (Estonian seats)
0 / 7
Website
www.vabaerakond.ee

The Free Party, formally Free Party Come To Your Senses (Estonian: Vabaerakond Aru Pähe) due to legal barriers prohibiting adopting the adoption of the name of a previously or presently existing party,[3] is an Estonian centre-right political party formed after the rebranding of Party for the Future on 26 May 2024, effectively presented as a revival of the former party of the same name.[4]

Political positions

The Free Party describes itself as centre-right and endorses the construction of a nuclear power plant in Estonia. The party considers people's sexual orientation to be "their free choice" but not "a privilege". It endorses deregulation as to avoid a market of "subsidy-dependent entrepreneurship". It supports Estonian membership in NATO and the European Union but is critical of "uncritical adoption of EU directives" and wants Estonia to be exempt from the trade bloc's CO2 quota. It considers Russia to be Estonia's only existential threat.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ https://www.vabaerakond.ee/juhtimine-kontaktid Erakonna esimeesMärt Meesak
  2. ^ "e-Äriregister" (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Vabaerakond tuleb tagasi! | Vabaerakond". vabaerakond.ee. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. ^ ERR (2024-05-16). "Tulevikuerakonna tegijad hakkavad Vabaerakonda tagasi tooma". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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