The Estonian President Arnold Rüütel yesterday caused political turmoil in the country by refusing to announce a key voting reform on the European elections.
The present law works on a system of closed lists - which means that the person on the top of the list gets elected.
Last month, however, the Estonian Parliament approved, by a large majority, a bill under which an open list system would be used - which would allow the candidate with the most votes to get elected.
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