Tallinn Mayor Peeter Raudsepp Survives No-Confidence Vote

The Tallinn City Council voted on Tuesday on a no-confidence motion against Mayor Peeter Raudsepp, but the motion failed to garner sufficient support. Raudsepp himself characterized the situation as a smear campaign.

The Tallinn City Council decided at its Tuesday session not to pass a vote of no-confidence against Tallinn Mayor Peeter Raudsepp. The no-confidence motion did not secure enough support to remove the mayor from office.

Raudsepp himself commented sharply on the proceedings, calling the entire process a smear campaign. According to the mayor, the no-confidence motion lacked substantive grounds and was instead driven by political motives.

The no-confidence vote is one of the sharpest tools available to the opposition in Tallinn city politics. This attempt to remove the mayor from office ended in victory for his supporters, who managed to maintain the necessary majority in the council.