Estonian Entrepreneurs Party ( Estonian Eesti Ettevõtjate Erakond ) - Estonian right-wing political party of the years 1990-1994 . Founded by Tiit Made , she relied on radical nationalist circles, co-operators and private entrepreneurs. She acted from the standpoint of national conservatism and economic liberalism , and actively participated in the process of restoring independence . Since 1994, it has been integrated into the Center Party , partly into the Reform Party .
| Estonian Business Party | |
|---|---|
| ect. Eesti Ettevõtjate Erakond | |
| Leader | Tiit Made |
| Founding date | March 2, 1990 |
| Date of dissolution | December 21, 1994 |
| Headquarters |  Estonia , Tallinn |
| Ideology | national conservatism , economic liberalism , anti-communism , anti-Sovietism |
| Seats in the lower chamber | 1 ( election 1992 ) |
Content
Nationalism and business
The singing revolution of 1988 stimulated the movement for national independence in the Estonian SSR . The economic side was the intensive development of cooperation, and soon private business. These trends were combined by economist Tiit Made , one of the authors of the IME republican cost accounting program. In the recent past, Tiit Made, a member of the CPSU , an official of the State Planning Committee of the ESSR and a member of the Soviet embassy in Sweden , positioned himself as a radical Estonian nationalist and at the same time the leader of the cooperative movement [1] .
The establishment of the Estonian Entrepreneurs Party ( Eesti Ettevõtjate Erakond , EEE ) was held in Tallinn on March 2, 1990 [2] . Tiit Made was elected chairman of the party. The EEE program document noted that “with a developed left flank of Estonian politics, the right flank is not sufficiently developed” - and a corresponding application was made.
Party Program
The EEE program combined extreme economic liberalism and integration into the economic space of Baltoskandia with the restoration of Estonian industrial traditions - rural farms, small enterprises, workshops and shops in the city. The primary task of the party was to achieve full national independence and state sovereignty of Estonia. In general, party doctrine was based on conservative nationalism [3] .
Some ambiguities in the program and the lack of clear analogues in the West are fully compensated by a strong financial base - the party was created on the basis of the Association of Cooperators, then transformed into the Estonian Central Union of Entrepreneurs, and T.Made became the chairman of the party and the president of the Union.
Dmitry Furman [1]
EEE actively participated in the movement to restore the independence of Estonia , acted under the slogans of extreme anti-Sovietism and anti-communism .
Fusion with Centrists
At the first in 1992 parliamentary elections in independent Estonia , the Party of Entrepreneurs received 10953 votes - 2.39% [4] . Tiit Made was elected as a personal candidate [2] , but the party list was not passed. The limitations of the EEE electorate and the weakness of the organizational and political apparatus became apparent.
In the fall of 1994, the Estonian Center Party proposed the Entrepreneurs Party to become members. EEE management accepted the offer. In November, Tiit Made and Edgar Savisaar signed a corresponding document. The union took place on December 21, 1994 [5] . Most of the party members joined the Center Party, others subsequently joined the Reform Party [6] . The independent existence of the EEE ceased.
Programmatic influence
Tiit Made in 1995 participated in the creation of the liberal-centrist Development Party . Released from the party in 1998 . Among the reasons for the exit, along with “excessive liberalism” in national and ethnic issues, Made called the insufficient attention of the party to the problems of private entrepreneurship [7] .
According to some estimates, despite the electoral failure and the short duration of the EEE, the Entrepreneurs Party program had a significant impact on the economic policies of independent Estonia [3] .