By Months: Jaak Valge
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
6 Speeches
The political stance is fiercely opposed to the current refugee policy, which grants broad international protection to Ukrainian men of draft age. The core issue is one of values: protection should be afforded to genuine victims of war (women and children), not those who are evading their country's mobilization. The speaker stresses that such a policy erodes Ukraine's defensive resolve and sends the wrong message to potential deserters.
09.2025
28 Speeches
The political focus is heavily centered on the fight against mass immigration, which is viewed as fundamentally opposed to the nation-state and the constitution. Other critical issues include the demographic crisis, requiring systemic and funded solutions from the government, as well as scandals related to public trust and corruption (Slava Ukraini). A strong, value-based opposition stance is maintained, criticizing the government's activities as irreversibly changing the composition of the population.
06.2025
22 Speeches
The political focus is heavily centered on national identity, demographics, and a shift in the economic paradigm. The speaker forcefully opposes mass immigration and the Anglicization of higher education, viewing these trends as a threat to the Estonian language and society. Economically, he calls for abandoning expansive growth and concentrating instead on higher value-added jobs, citing the positions of academics. The policy framework is predominantly value-based (national survival) and results-oriented (the decline in productivity).
05.2025
10 Speeches
The speaker adopts a strongly oppositional stance, centering their focus on sharp criticism of the government's economic policy and immigration. These policies are viewed as violating the principles of the market economy and leading to economic decline. A secondary key focus involves the defense of the Estonian language within universities and the overall deterioration of the quality of the education system. The political framing employed is performance-based, highlighting the failure to achieve the objectives of the "Estonia 2035" strategy (specifically, the decline in productivity and competitiveness).
04.2025
6 Speeches
The political stance is clearly conservative and meritocratic, strongly opposing gender quotas and the over-regulation imposed by the European Union, which undermines competitiveness. Key issues include national dignity and historical memory, with sharp criticism leveled at the chaotic state of the Defense Forces Cemetery and the inaction of the Ministry of Defence. The critique targets both governmental procedures and value-based politics, demanding rationality and quality.
03.2025
13 Speeches
The political position focuses strongly on national identity and the status of the state language, opposing mass immigration and the Anglicization of higher education. They adopt a strong, value-based approach concerning government policy, asserting that the influx of cheap labor impedes economic innovation and shrinks the Estonian linguistic space. They also advocate for eliminating the voting rights of Russian citizens and individuals with undetermined citizenship in local elections. Their overall framework is predominantly value-driven and highly critical of the government's inaction.
02.2025
9 Speeches
The political position is strongly nationalist and conservative, focusing on the protection of the Estonian language and national studies, as well as the restoration of economic sovereignty. The speaker opposes the excessive profits made by foreign banks and is demanding the implementation of a solidarity tax. Furthermore, there is powerful resistance to the massive offshore wind farm planned for the Saaremaa coast, which is viewed as a threat to the local environment. These positions are largely value-driven and aimed at criticizing the government's activities.
01.2025
7 Speeches
The speaker positions himself as a staunch national conservative, focusing on national sovereignty, security, and the demographic crisis. He forcefully opposes the colossal offshore wind farm project near Saaremaa, demands stricter border control, and criticizes the government for supporting the unnatural family and allowing rampant, uncontrolled immigration. The political framework is value-driven and condemns the government's actions, accusing it of left-wing globalism and deceit.
12.2024
8 Speeches
The political stance is strongly oppositional, focusing on national and conservative values. They most vehemently oppose the draft bill for transitioning to Estonian-language instruction, arguing that it threatens the linguistic environment of Estonian children, as well as studies into phosphate mining. The political framework is clearly value-based, stressing demography and the necessity of ending mass immigration. The government is also criticized for its passivity regarding the record-low birth rate.
11.2024
9 Speeches
The political position is strongly opposed to the government's tax policy, deeming it harmful and unnecessary for the economy. The focus is on national survival, emphasizing support for the traditional family and addressing the birth rate crisis, which is a constitutional mandate. Other important issues include protecting the voting rights of Estonian citizens and ensuring transparency regarding phosphorite mining plans, for which ministerial answers are being demanded. The overall stance is primarily value-driven (family, nation) and results-driven (focusing on the decline in the economy and birth rate).
10.2024
8 Speeches
The speaker focuses on national security, the preservation of Estonia's historical continuity (citing the Lihula monument case), and the transparent utilization of the country's mineral resources (phosphorite). He expresses strong opposition to the government's actions, particularly the interior minister's policy concerning international protection for Ukrainians of mobilization age. His stance is strongly value-driven, emphasizing Estonian identity and the continuity of the state. He also supports implementing an extraordinary tax on banks to improve the nation's economic situation.
09.2024
4 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on criticizing the coalition's procedural violations (disregarding house rules) and the actions of the Minister of the Interior. The main issues are the mass granting of international protection to Ukrainian men of mobilization age, which is viewed as undermining Ukraine's defense capabilities, and the importance of honoring the memory of those who fought for Estonian independence in terms of maintaining national defense will. The framing of the narrative is primarily procedural and value-based (historical memory, national identity).
07.2024
4 Speeches
The political position is strongly anti-government, centering on the failures of economic policy and immigration. Key issues include the economic recession, declining productivity, and uncontrolled immigration, which have caused Estonia to fall further behind its neighbors and the EU average. The criticism is primarily results-oriented, highlighting the negative consequences of the government's actions since 2021. The speaker is a firm opponent of new taxes, such as the proposed motor vehicle tax.
06.2024
10 Speeches
The political focus is sharply aimed at protecting the nation-state and the well-being of the Estonian people, in direct opposition to the government's economic and immigration policies. The speaker firmly opposes the influx of cheap labor, viewing it as destructive to both the economy and the nation, and demands the implementation of a bank solidarity tax as an alternative to raising taxes. These positions are strongly value-driven, emphasizing national interests and the protection of children.
05.2024
19 Speeches
The dominant themes are security, opposition to mass immigration, and criticism regarding the government’s actions and credibility. The politician strongly opposes mass immigration and demands that banks' excess profits be taxed instead of worsening the situation for pensioners. His framework is predominantly value-driven and critical of the government's activities, calling into question the trustworthiness of both education policy and the security agencies. He sharply criticizes the government's inability to resolve the education crisis and the degradation of parliament.
04.2024
51 Speeches
The political focus is on demographic issues (low birth rate) and opposing mass immigration, which is viewed as the greatest threat to Estonian national security and the preservation of the language. The speaker strongly opposes the government's leftist social and immigration policies, emphasizing a value-based approach and criticizing the government's actions as incompetent and irresponsible. He also questions the reliability and transparency of e-elections, considering this practice to be undermining the very core of democracy.
03.2024
26 Speeches
The political position is characterized by a strong focus on the demographic crisis, particularly the low birth rate and mass immigration, which are viewed as contrary to the goals of restoring independence. Another main theme is the crisis of representative democracy, for which the proposed solution is referendums initiated by the people at the local and national levels. Criticism directed at the government is intense and performance-driven, asserting that the demographic situation is worse now than it was at the end of the occupation era. The speaker is a strong opponent of the car tax, viewing it as discriminatory against rural areas and large families.
02.2024
28 Speeches
The political platform is staunchly national-conservative and value-driven, centered on the threats posed by mass immigration and the ongoing demographic crisis. Key priorities include restricting immigration and boosting the birth rate through student loan forgiveness, viewing Estonian children as strategically paramount. The political framework is sharply critical of the government's "neoliberal" ideology and its corresponding inaction, particularly regarding education and immigration policies.
01.2024
37 Speeches
The speaker's position is strongly conservative and nationalistic, focusing on the defense of Estonian identity, language, and sovereignty. He sharply opposes the government's economic policy (tax hikes, inflation) and immigration policy (mass migration, the permanent establishment of refugees). The political framework is strongly values-based (symbols of occupation, the Estonian language) and results-based (economic decline, low productivity).