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UEF Estonia

Since 1946

For a Federal Europe, sovereign and democratic

UEF Estonia is the Estonian chapter of the Union of European Federalists — people who work, in public and in the open, for a European Federation.

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1946: the first federalist congressToday: federalists marching for Europe

1946: the first federalist congressToday: federalists marching for Europe

Towards the United States of Europe

We exist since 1946, and we stand for one thing

The Union of European Federalists is a supranational, non-governmental political organisation of women and men committed to the struggle for a European Federation — understood as the first fundamental step towards a world federation.

UEF was founded in 1946 in Hertenstein and Paris, by resistance veterans who had concluded that nation states alone could not keep peace on this continent. Eighty years later the argument has not changed: questions of defence, climate, currency and rule of law are already European, while the power to decide them is still trapped in national vetoes.

The Estonian chapter, UEF MTÜ, carries that work into Estonian politics and Estonian language. We are volunteers: we read, we publish, we ask elected representatives uncomfortable questions, and we organise in public.

A federal constitution

Treaty reform in a federal direction: end the veto, give the Parliament full legislative power, make the budget answerable to citizens.

European sovereignty

A common defence and a common foreign policy, decided democratically rather than by the largest capital in the room.

Democracy you can reach

European decisions explained in Estonian, with the names and votes of the people who took them.

What the Estonian chapter does

Monthly meetups in Tallinn, open to anyone who turns up. A book club that reads federalist and European texts in English and Estonian. Street actions on 9 May and around elections.

And our main ongoing work: polling Estonian parties and individual politicians on where they actually stand on European federalism, and publishing the answers.

Part of a European movement: We are a member section of UEF Europe and work alongside JEF, the young European federalists. Members talk internally on CitizenOS.

Next meetup

Action

Launch: where Estonian parties stand on European federalism

Online, open to everyone

We publish the first round of our survey of Estonian parties and MPs, and invite them to respond in public.

Events and meetups

Our actions

We put the federal question to Estonian parties and politicians, one dossier at a time, and publish what they answer.

Sort by
Where Estonian parties stand on European federalism
PartyRiigikogu seatsStanceWhat we base it on
Eesti 20014FederalistHas publicly argued for deeper integration and qualified-majority decisions.
Reformierakond37SupportiveStrongly pro-EU and pro-enlargement; cautious on transferring further competences.
Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond15SupportiveSupports a social Europe and treaty reform in a democratic direction.
Keskerakond16MixedPositions vary by dossier; no consolidated line on federalism.
Isamaa8ScepticalEmphasises national sovereignty and the intergovernmental method.
EKRE10OpposedOpposes further integration and campaigns against transfers of competence.
Method & Other work

Events and meetups

Everything we organise is open unless it says otherwise.

  • Meetup

    Tallinn meetup: a European Defence Union, seen from Estonia

    Tallinn city centre (venue confirmed by email)

    Open discussion on Article 42 TEU, shared capabilities and what a federal defence would mean for Estonian security policy.

    Register

  • Book club

    Book club: the Ventotene Manifesto and after

    Tallinn, hybrid — link shared with members

    First session of the reading group. We read the Manifesto together, then map its claims onto the Union of 2026.

  • Action

    Launch: where Estonian parties stand on European federalism

    Online, open to everyone

    We publish the first round of our survey of Estonian parties and MPs, and invite them to respond in public.

  • Action

    Europe Day street action

    Freedom Square, Tallinn

    Flags, leaflets and conversation on Freedom Square for 9 May.

  • Assembly

    Founding assembly of the Estonian chapter

    Tallinn

    Statutes adopted, board elected, and the chapter's first work programme agreed.

Book shop and book club

The reading list of the chapter. Every title links to a shop that stocks it.

The book club

From our feeds

A preview of what we post. Nothing is embedded from Instagram or LinkedIn, so no third party watches you here.

Join, or fund the work

Membership of UEF MTÜ is open to anyone living in Estonia who shares the federalist aim. Donations pay for print, venues and travel.

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