Estonian parliament to debate budget and healthcare funding

Estonia’s parliament is scheduled to hold the second reading of the 2027 state budget bill and hear a report on healthcare funding at its Wednesday sitting, ERR reports. The session begins at 2 p.m. and will be streamed live on the ERR website.

The sitting is due to open with the third readings of three bills, followed by the budget debate. Auditor General Janar Holm’s presentation on the use and preservation of state assets in 2025 and 2026, titled “Healthcare under pressure: capacity to cope,” is scheduled after the budget’s second reading. The time of the presentation is not known.

The Social Democratic Party has proposed suspending the second reading of the 2027 budget bill. It says the government has failed to address important concerns in Estonian society while preparing the budget and that a compromise is needed for the bill to pass.