The Republican Party is a political party in Estonia, founded in 1999. The chairman of the party is Kristjan-Olari Leping, a lecturer of economic theory at the pärnu college of the University of Tartu

University of Tartu

The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia; it is the biggest and highest-ranked university in Estonia...

. The party is of neo-conservative, new rightist

Nouvelle Droite

Nouvelle Droite is a school of political thought founded largely on the works of Alain de Benoist and GRECE .-Etymology and history:...

 and national conservative orientation; it identifies itself as close to Pro Patria Union

Pro Patria Union

The Pro Patria Union was a conservative political party in Estonia. The party was founded on 2 December 1995 by merging the Estonian National Independence Party and the National Coalition Party Pro Patria .On April 4, 2006, representatives of the Pro Patria Union and the representatives of Res...

 and Reform Party of Estonia, but more radical. The organization is also strongly euroskeptic.

On 19 May 2005 the party had 1080 members. The party has participated only in local election (in Pärnu). The members are mostly younger people, esp. college students. The party was more active during the pre-2003 period, in the course of debate over EU membership. The Republicans cooperated with other minor parties that opposed the EU entry (Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party

Estonian Left Party

Estonian Left Party was a left socialist political party in Estonia.-History:In June 1988 Communist Party of Estonia , i.e. the Estonian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, chief Karl Vaino was replaced by the reform-minded Soviet Ambassador to Nicaragua Vaino Väljas, the former...

, Estonian Independence Party

Estonian Independence Party

The Estonian Independence Party is a nationalist political party in Estonia. The party, founded in 1999, is a successor to the Estonian Future Party. One of the principal aims of the party is the withdrawal of Estonia from the European Union. The party is currently without parliamentary...

, Estonian Christian Democrats

Estonian Christian Democrats

The Party of Estonian Christian Democrats , formerly known as the Estonian Christian People's Union is a political party in Estonia, which is not represented in the Riigikogu . The party has 2,167 members. Its chairman is businessman Aldo Vinkel...

).

Further reading

• Extreme-right parties in contemporary Estonia Andres Kasekamp - Patterns of Prejudice, 1461-7331, Volume 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401 – 414
• http://www.ut.ee/teaduskond/Sotsiaal/Politoloogia/EUref/Estonia-1.pdf DECIDING ON EUROPE: THE EU REFERENDUM IN ESTONIA. Vello Pettai and Piret Ehin, editors

See also

• Estonian Independence Party
  Estonian Independence Party
  The Estonian Independence Party is a nationalist political party in Estonia. The party, founded in 1999, is a successor to the Estonian Future Party. One of the principal aims of the party is the withdrawal of Estonia from the European Union. The party is currently without parliamentary...
  
  
• Libertas Estonia
  Libertas Estonia
  Libertas Estonia was a political party in Estonia. It intended to contend the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas.eu.-Estonian Blue Party :...