Estonian Prime Minister Resigns

Update (1405 EST): The Estonian President Karis has accepted the Prime Minister's resignation, saying it is completely within the spirit of the constitution, then immediately added her name to the candidate list for Prime Minister after Kallas announced she had reached a coalition with the aforementioned parties.

Estonian Prime Minister Kallas has confirmed her resignation to local Estonian media, after weeks of government turmoil when she fired cabinet members of the Centre Party, lingering from PM Ratas' time in office which ended in January of 2021 over corruption probes. She now seeks to form a majority with Estonia's Social Democrats and the nationalist Pro Patria party.

" I made this proposal myself, because if I simply appointed new ministers, there would be a lot of noise and dissatisfaction," said Kallas, adding that the Riigikogu must be convened for this.