Isamaa

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Isamaa
fatherland
Logo of the IRL
Party leader Helir-Valdor Seeder
Party leader Helir-Valdor Seeder
Secretary General Tiit Riisalo
founding June 4, 2006
Headquarters Paldiski mnt. 13
10137 Tallinn
Alignment Conservatism ,
national conservatism ,
Christian democracy
Colours) blue
Parliament seats
12/101
( Riigikogu , 2019 )
Number of members 8,598 (2018)
International connections International Democratic Union (IDU),
Christian Democratic International (CDI)
MEPs
1/7
( 2019 )
European party European People's Party (EPP)
EP Group EPP
Website isamaa.ee

Isamaa ("Fatherland") is a conservative party in Estonia . It was created in 2006, initially under the name Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit (IRL; "Fatherland and Res Publica Union"), from the merger of the conservative Res Publica party of former Prime Minister Juhan Parts and the Christian - national conservative Fatherland Union (Isamaaliit) by Mart Laar , who was also Prime Minister.

She is a member of the International Democratic Union , the Christian Democratic International and the European People's Party . The party's youth association is Isamaa Noorteühendus ResPublica . The party's affiliated foundation is the Pro Patria Institute (koolituskeskus Pro Patria) . The party chairmanship has been held by Helir-Valdor Seeder since May 13, 2017 .

Predecessor parties

Isamaaliit (Fatherland Union)

The forerunner of the Fatherland Union was the Rahvuslik Koonderakond "Isamaa" (National Coalition Party "Fatherland"), an amalgamation of four Christian Democratic and conservative parties, which were mainly shaped by dissidents and opposition to Soviet rule in Estonia. She won 22.0% of the vote and 28 of the 101 seats in the parliamentary elections in 1992, whereupon her top candidate Mart Laar became prime minister. In 1994, however, the parliament expressed mistrust and he was replaced by the social democrat Andres Tarand . The coalition party joined the Eesti Rahvusliku Sõltumatuse party (Estonian National Independence Party) in 1995 , which had 10 seats in parliament. The Fatherland Union was founded, its first chairman was Toivo Juergenson . In the 1995 elections, the IL fell to 7.9% and 8 seats.

In 1998 Mart Laar took over the chairmanship again and in the 1999 elections the Fatherland Union was again successful with 16.1% and 18 seats. Laar became Prime Minister for the second time until he resigned from party and government office in 2002. Tunne Kelam became the new party chairman , while Siim Kallas from the Reform Party took over government. 2003 was elected again. The Isamaaliit lost again significantly, especially in favor of the Res Publica. She could only win 7.3% of the vote and 7 seats.

The last party leader Tõnis Lukas, who took office in 2005, led the party into the merger with Res Publica. It ceased to exist on June 4, 2006.

Erakond Res Publica

The Res Publica movement in Estonia emerged in 1989 as a group of young conservatives and business liberals who were closely connected to the Union of the Fatherland. In 2001 it was founded as a party under the name Ühendus vabariigi eest - Res Publica ("Estonian Republican Union - Res Publica"), Juhan Parts took over the party chairmanship. In 2003 it took part in the parliamentary elections for the first time and promptly became the second strongest force with 24.6%, with 28 of the 101 parliamentary seats it was even able to catch up with the largest parliamentary group, the Center Party . It then formed a center-right government with the liberal reform party and the Agrarian People's Union under the leadership of Parts. He resigned in 2005 after a vote of no confidence was issued against his Justice Minister. The Res Publica then left the government. In 2005, the then 31-year-old Taavi Veskimägi took over the party chairmanship. On June 4, 2006 the merger with the Patriotic Union took place.

Development since the merger

The united party could only hold part of its voters in the parliamentary elections in 2007 and came with 17.9% to 19 of the 101 seats in the Estonian parliament ( Riigikogu ). As a result, it formed a three-party coalition under the leadership of the Reform Party and together with the Social Democratic Party. After the resignation of the Social Democrats on May 21, 2009, government work was only continued together with the Reform Party. In the 2009 European elections , the IRL managed to win one of six Estonian seats in the European Parliament .

After the 2011 general election , the IRL had 23 seats in the Riigikogu (20.5% of the vote). Since both partners emerged stronger from the election, the coalition with the reform party, in which the IRL provided six ministers this time, could be continued. In March 2014, however, this cooperation broke up and the IRL left the government. In the European elections in the same year, the IRL was able to defend its one seat.

In the 2015 parliamentary elections , the IRL suffered heavy losses, also due to spin-offs and new foundations in the conservative camp. It only reached 13.7% and was able to send 14 members to parliament. However, since the previous coalition partners, the Reform Party and the Social Democrats, had to accept a loss of votes, the three-party government consisting of the Reform Party, Social Democrats and IRL was reissued after the election. After this collaboration failed again in November 2016, a coalition government consisting of the Center Party, Social Democrats and IRL was formed.

In 2018 the party decided to shorten its name to Isamaa ( Pro Patria in English ).

Election results

Results in the parliamentary elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2007 98,347 17.9%
19/101
 3.
2011 118.023 20.5%
23/101
 3.
2015 78,699 13.7%
14/101
 4th
2019 64,239 11.4%
12/101
 4th
Results in the European elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2009 48,492 12.2%
1/6
 4th
2014 45,765 13.9%
1/6
 3.
2019 34,188 10.3%
1/7
 5.

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