The three coalition parties have agreed on a question for a planned national poll on the definition of marriage. ERR's online news in Estonian reports that the question will be formulated as: "Should marriage in Estonia remain as a union between one man and one woman?".

While the wording is to be debated at the Riigikogu, it is unlikely to change beyond that and is similar to the wording proposed by Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center) last week.

The Riigikogu also has to approve the actual process of the planned vote, originally referred to as a referendum ("Rahvahääletus") but more recently as a plebiscite ("Rahvaküsitlus"), in the wake of discussions as to how binding the vote, a policy which the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) got inserted in the 2019 coalition deal signed with Center and Isamaa, will be. Read more via ERR News