TALLINN, Estonia – A populist lawmaker has been elected as speaker of Estonia's parliament as the Baltic country's legislature convened for the first time since March 3 general elections.
Henn Polluaas of the Estonian Conservative People's Party, or EKRE, known for its anti-immigration and euroskeptic stance, was elected Thursday in the 101-seat Riigikogu assembly.
EKRE, which captured 17.8% of the vote to become the country's third largest party, is in talks with the left-leaning Center Party and conservative Fatherland to form a three-way government.
If that succeeds, it would be the first time in recent Estonian history that populists have joined a government.
Without naming EKRE, President Kersti Kaljulaid said the nation has "a crisis of values" and many feel "something is broken in our society."
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