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Estonia 200

Estonia 200 (Estonian: Eesti 200, E200) is a liberal political party in Estonia. Since 2024, the party has been a junior partner in the Michal cabinet.

In 2017, the initiators of the movement began discussing Estonia's future. The movement's formal foundation arguably took place on 2 May 2018, when their manifesto was first published. According to a mid-June 2018 poll conducted by Turu-uuringute AS, 15% of voters were ready to vote for the movement in the 2019 parliamentary elections.[citation needed]

On 30 May 2018, former Põlva County governor Igor Taro was appointed rural area coordinator of the movement. On 7 June, the initiators announced that Henrik Raave would lead Eesti 200, and the following day, the manifesto authors registered it as a nonprofit organisation. Its founders were Raave, Taro, as well as Priit Alamäe, Kristiina Tõnnisson, Indrek Nuume and Kristina Kallas, who was elected council head. On 7 August, news broke that Margus Tsahkna, former leader of the Pro Patria party, was set to join Eesti 200.

On 21 August 2018, the Estonia 200 movement decided to form a party later that fall and participate in the March 2019 parliamentary elections. On 3 November, the day the movement became a party, Kristina Kallas was elected as its first chairperson.

Despite initial optimism, in the 2019 parliamentary election the party managed to garner a mere 4.36% of the vote, falling short of the 5% threshold and therefore failing to get any seats in parliament.

In the 2019 European Parliament election, the party earned 3.66% of the vote, failing to secure any of the Estonian seats in the European parliament.

In the 2021 municipal elections, the party garnered over 6% of the vote nationwide and significant representation in councils of major Estonian cities such as Tallinn, Tartu and Narva.

On 15 October 2022, Lauri Hussar defeated Kristina Kallas in the party's leadership election and became chair.

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