Welcome to Estonia! This was the banner slogan under which the country’s confederation of employers’, Eesti Tööandjate Keskliit’s annual conference was held at the beginning of March and which focused on the hotly debated political issue of immigration. For Estonia’s employers, a shortage of manpower is currently the most pressing problem for the country’s development. This is why the confederation has called for a national debate on a new immigration policy, a call that is in line with employers’ positions in a majority of the Nordic region’s countries.
Welcome to Estonia! For Tiit Kuuli from the construction sector, and the employers’ confederation’s new president it would be difficult to find a more controversial topic than immigration. “Emotions are running very high and opinions are extremely polarized. It’s hard to imagine having a rational discussion. Nevertheless, we as leaders of the employers’ body have a duty to get involved in the debate because we can see the reality of the situation (…). Our annual conferences always raise tough,
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