18 Facts About Jaak Madison

Jaak Madison was born on 22 April 1991 and is an Estonian politician and a member of the European Parliament, where he is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade.

Jaak Madison was member and deputy chairman of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia until leaving the party in June 2024 and joining Estonian Centre Party.

Jaak Madison has a Bachelor of Laws degree, completed in 2023 at the Faculty of Law at University of Tartu.

Jaak Madison has said that the European Union should return to its original form, that of a union for economic and trade cooperation between sovereign states.

Jaak Madison has said that a federalized European Union is the greatest threat to nation states.

Jaak Madison has claimed that the European Union is already on its way to becoming a federal state, as member states lack many of the features of an independent state.

Jaak Madison has opposed the idea of a European Union Minister for Finance, saying that issues such as government budget and immigration must be left to the member states.

Jaak Madison has argued against qualified majority voting, saying that it deprives smaller countries of decision-making power on issues.

Jaak Madison has said Estonia must withdraw from the border agreement between Estonia and Russia and start new talks on the basis of the Treaty of Tartu.

In 2018, Jaak Madison said that if the border treaty is ratified under the current conditions, Russia could claim that the Treaty of Tartu is no longer legally valid.

Jaak Madison has opposed defense cooperation and security policy with France or Germany, and in favour of cooperation with the other Baltic states, Poland, Hungary, the United States and Finland.

In 2018, in the foreign policy magazine Diplomaatia, Jaak Madison named supporting and keeping in touch with Estonian communities abroad as a key issue for the survival of Estonia, which should not be compromised for realpolitical reasons.

Jaak Madison took this view on the issue of Estonians in Crimea, arguing that the occupation of Crimea by Russia must not mean that Estonia no longer supports Estonians living there.

Jaak Madison stated that Estonia must pursue a value-based foreign policy, which means that any Estonian living anywhere in the world is important to Estonia and we should do everything in our power to keep their ties with Estonia.

Jaak Madison is against the legalization of same-sex cohabitation, the right of same-sex couples to adopt, national facilitation of gender reassignment and abortion outside of certain cases.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry notified the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights that it would not meet with the group because it includes Estonian lawmaker Jaak Madison, leading to the trip's cancelation.

Tallink launched an internal investigation of the incidents, whilst Jaak Madison called the accusations absurd.

Jaak Madison protected the saying, claiming he does not want the Holocaust or concentration camps but an end to the refugee crisis.