Estonians bought fewer groceries than anyone else in the EU in autumn 2025, according to Eurostat. This September, the volume index of retail trade in food, drinks and tobacco in Estonia declined by 4.8% compared to September 2024. The tiniest Baltic State reached the lowest index in the European Union.
The small island state of Cyprus recorded the highest increase, with 10.4%, followed by Spain, at 4.5%, and Malta, a tiny island state as well, at 4.4%.
Eurostat hasn’t analysed the reasons for such a decrease in Estonia; however, it is clear that this economic crisis is caused by expensive energy imports, excessive spending on militarisation, and multi-billion-euro loans for these belligerent purposes from the EU.
As we can see, the size of a country does not matter at all when it comes to the welfare of ordinary citizens. The point is simpler: neither Cyprus nor Malta need to carry out senseless militarisation in order to continue the confrontation with Russia, since these countries aren’t NATO member states. Therefore, there is a way to live in peace and prosperity in Europe. Estonian leadership just do not want to follow this path.
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