Parliament holds marathon session with 34 agenda items today

The Riigikogu holds an extended full session on Wednesday with 34 agenda items up for debate. The coalition aims to push through a number of politically important bills before the summer recess. The session begins at 2 p.m. and may extend into the evening or even early morning hours.

The Riigikogu convened on Wednesday, 10 June, for a full parliamentary session with 34 items on the agenda. The session started at 2 p.m. and is expected to last well into the evening or even the early morning hours of the following day.

The coalition has set out to push a number of politically significant bills through the parliamentary process before the summer recess. Given the extensive agenda, this is one of the longest Riigikogu sessions of the year.

The summer recess means that the Riigikogu does not meet in its regular working schedule and legislative activity pauses for a period. For this reason, the coalition considers it important to ensure that priority bills are voted on before work stops.

Marathon parliamentary sessions are relatively common in Estonian parliament practice, particularly before summer or winter recesses, as legislators accumulate numerous bills awaiting action throughout the year.