Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was re-confirmed in the post on Wednesday and assured that, despite media speculation that she would be among the contenders for the post of NATO Secretary General, she would be fully focused on this new mandate during which she wants to legalize same-sex marriage. and actually increase the defense budget to 3% of GDP, reports Reuters, quoted by Agerpres.

The Tallinn parliament voted to keep her in office after the liberal Reform party led by Kaia Kallas formed a majority coalition with another liberal party, Estonia 200, and the Social Democratic Party.

His government has already decided to increase the defense budget to 3% of GDP. Kaya Kallas said that to finance this goal, taxes will be increased, given the period of economic downturn.

The first country in Central and Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex marriage

The new executive will legalize same-sex marriage “as soon as possible”, making Estonia the first country in Central and Eastern Europe to adopt such a measure, she promised.

Asked if she wanted the post of NATO secretary general, Kaia Kallas told Reuters: “We have just finished very difficult negotiations on a coalition to form a government. I am the prime minister of Estonia and I am trying to solve all the problems we have here.”

His name was circulated by the press among the potential successors of Jens Stoltenberg in this position. But some diplomats say she is too hard-line on Russia to be in a position to lead NATO, while members of the alliance seek to help Ukraine in its war with Russia without antagonizing Moscow further.

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