Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica
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| Leadership | Tõnis Lukas, Taavi Veskimägi |
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| Founded | 4 June 2006 |
| Political Ideology | Conservatism |
| International Affiliation | Christian Democrat and People's Parties International and International Democrat Union |
| European Affiliation | European People's Party and European Democrat Union |
| Euro. Parliament Group | EPP-ED |
| Colours | Blue |
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| Website | http://www.isamaajarespublicaliit.ee/ |
| Politics of Estonia Political parties in Estonia Elections in Estonia |
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Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (in Estonian: Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit) is an Estonian political party. It was founded on 4 June 2006 when two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publica merged. The party currently holds 32 seats out of 101 in the Riigikogu and one seat in the European Parliament. It has about 8,500 members. The merged party currently consists of two separate boards and two party leaders, which will be replaced by a unified board and leader in May 2007. The party's stated goal is to win the majority in the next general election in 2007. Party's prime minister candidate is Mart Laar.
[edit] Pre-foundation
Prior to the merger, there was an extreme drop in public support for Res Publica after the government led by Juhan Parts was forced to step down, and Pro Patria had also been relatively marginalized after the fall of their own governing coalition. There was also concern among conservatives about splitting the vote between two parties with largely similar ideologies and being unable to oppose the much more cohesive left wing electorate, which was mostly rallied behind the Centre Party. On April 4, 2006, representatives from the Pro Patria Union and Res Publica decided to merge the two parties, which took place officially on June 4th, 2006. Although originally the name For Estonia (Eesti Eest) was considered for the newly formed party, it was rejected and the provisional name has been used to date.
On October, 15, 2006, the parties were officially joined as Partey Union of Fatherland and Res Publica (Erakond Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit).
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| Political Parties in Estonia | |
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| Represented in the Riigikogu: |
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (32) | Reform (22) | Centre (22) | People's Union (14) | Social Democratic (9) | independent members (2) |
| Represented in the European Parliament: |
Social Democratic (3) | Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (1) | Centre (1) | Reform (1) |
| Other parties: | |
| Historical parties: |
People's Party of Republicans and Conservatives | Pro Patria | Res Publica | Estonian Coalition Party | Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party |
