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Member of the European Parliament · Estonia ECR

Jaak Madison

MEP for Estonia · European Conservatives & Reformists · Eesti Keskerakond · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Jaak Madison (ECR, Estonia) has declared 3 lobby meetings this term - rank 632 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 12 other MEPs.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 70 of 84 in the ECR group, a place shared with 2 other members.

100% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

3
declared meetings
current term
3
records since 2016
full dataset
100%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
632/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 12 others
70/84
rank in ECR
tied with 2 others

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Compared with the averages

Jaak Madison, this term
3
Parliament average
100
ECR average
64

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 1 in Jan 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJanuary 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkMarch 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJanuary 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkMarch 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%01202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
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Sep 20240-
Oct 20240-
Nov 20240-
Dec 20240-
Jan 20251100%
Feb 20250-
Mar 20251100%
Apr 20250-
May 20250-
Jun 20250-
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251100%
Oct 20250-
Nov 20250-
Dec 20250-
Jan 20260-
Feb 20260-
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
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Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 1 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Jaak Madison meets most

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

This list counts this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Consumer & retail (2), Agriculture & food (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
25 Sep 2025Eesti Põllumajandus-Kaubanduskoda⁠↗MemberCAP, MFF
18 Mar 2025Philip Morris International Inc.⁠↗MemberOverview of the nicotine market (update)
29 Jan 2025Philip Morris International Inc.⁠↗MemberOverview of the nicotine market

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Jaak Madison held the seat, 606 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

83%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
533
final texts voted on
of 606
77%
voted with the ECR majority
on 511 final texts
118
differed from ECR
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Jaak Madison606 final votes
51%25%13%12%
For 307Against 150Abstained 76No vote recorded 73

With and against the group

On the 511 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Jaak Madison also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the ECR majority39377%
Voted differently11823%

Final texts where Jaak Madison differed from the ECR majority

DateTextTheir voteECR majority
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
21 October 2026The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 A10-0272/2026 · Nils Ušakovs and Michalis Hadjipantela · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the pilot project on European Schools Alliances B10-0436/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora A10-0241/2026 · Hélder Sousa Silva · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive… A10-0242/2026 · Sandra Gómez López · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0379/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0380/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
16 September 2026An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy A10-0221/2026 · Romana Jerković · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
16 September 2026Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU)… A10-0216/2026 · Adnan Dibrani · Commission proposalForAbstained

108 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.