Tallinn mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) has so far failed to get the capital’s coalition to work together effectively, Prime Minister and Reform Party chair Kristen Michal said.
Michal made his remarks amid an ongoing rift in the capital’s government, between his party and its partners, SDE, Isamaa and Eesti 200, ostensibly over scrapping kindergarten fees.
Speaking to ETV’s “Esimene stuudio,” Michal said: “It seems to me that the problem in Tallinn really begins with the mayor’s ability to hold the team together. You don’t see the prime minister – at least not me – going around editorial offices complaining that I can’t perform my job or can’t lead because [someone] is stopping me, or that I can’t hold my team together. Where needed, coalition partners can even be replaced.”
He added Ossinovski “should make an effort to ensure that all coalition partners are involved in this team.”
Asked whether Reform might form a coalition with the Centre Party in Tallinn before the local elections, Michal avoided a direct yes or no, instead saying there were no such plans at the national level.
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