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I want to continue contributing to Estonia's future, particularly in the areas of defense, security and foreign policy.

If I can continue working in national defense and security, then I may continue in politics. If not, I don't have to.

My own reflection told me that we no longer have any common ground.

We don't have a presidential election; we have a competition for a top public office.

Det är klart att när det går så dåligt för ett parti som ändå ingår i det här blågula laget, då finns det en risk för att en röst på Liberalerna blir bortkastad.

It is clear that when it goes so badly for a party that is still part of this blue-yellow team, there is a risk that a vote for the Liberals will be wasted.

Man får rösta på något av de andra partierna i det blågula laget, så att deras förhandlingsposition blir så bra som möjligt efter valet.

You can vote for one of the other parties in the blue-yellow team, so that their negotiating position becomes as good as possible after the election.

Jag förstår också att det finns sverigedemokratiska väljare som är väldigt skeptiska till vårt samarbete med borgerligheten och har farhågor kring att vi ska bli ett borgerligt parti.

I also understand that there are Sweden Democrats voters who are very skeptical of our cooperation with the bourgeoisie and have fears that we will become a bourgeois party.

Our priority is to protect the health of the public, particularly vulnerable groups, and to ensure that daily life and essential services can continue as normally as possible.

– En viktig del i vår politik är att få fart på svensk ekonomi och få fler i arbete, då kommer det in mer pengar till statskassan.

- An important part of our policy is to get the Swedish economy going and get more people to work, then more money will come into the state treasury.

– Det kan vara ett ganska smart sätt att hålla ihop ett samhälle, att även den som är rik får en cancerbehandling, och barnbidrag för barnen när de är små.

- It can be a quite smart way to hold a society together, that even the rich get cancer treatment, and child benefits for their children when they are small.

Seen in this light, it is very difficult to justify.

It puts us all in danger. The threat to human life in our region is real and continues to grow. This must stop.

There is very lively behind‑the‑scenes discussion in Reform Party about removing the current prime minister from his position.

I predict this is only the beginning of the coalition's collapse.

I do not see a single reason why the Social Democrats should go and support the state budget.

The fact that we now have a government that fell into minority over the summer should not be a surprise.

But we also need to put this in the big picture … there is also a massive wider European agenda, which is really important to us, and Britain is really important to that agenda too.

Yes, there are some really important technical questions that we have got to get right.