Volt Europa
European federalist political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Volt Europa (frequently abbreviated as Volt) is a pro-European and European federalist political party (often self-referring as a "movement"), which is organized as a pan-European umbrella for subsidiary parties of the same name and branding in all EU member states and several non-EU states, including Albania, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Despite its organisation, Volt does not yet meet the requirements to register as a European political party.
Volt Europa | |
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Abbreviation | Volt |
President | Francesca Romana D'Antuono (IT), co-president Mels Klabbers (NL), co-president |
Founded | 29 March 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-29) |
Headquarters | Boulevard Bischoffsheim n° 39 boîte 4 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
Youth wing | Volt Violet |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left[5] |
European Parliament group | Greens/EFA (since 2019) |
Colours | Purple [6] |
European Parliament | 5 / 720 |
European Council | 0 / 27 |
European Commission | 0 / 27 |
European Lower Houses | 3 / 6,312 |
European Upper Houses | 2 / 1,498 |
Website | |
volteuropa | |
Volt sets out to align its members' political positions across Europe; as such, it presented a common, pan-European manifesto for eight member states to the European Parliament elections in May 2019. The organization aims to find European, supranational solutions on issues such as climate change, defense, energy,[7] migration, economic inequality, terrorism, welfare, and the impact of the technological revolution on the labour market.[8] As such, the party is strongly in favour of European integration, with the stated goal of creating a supranational European superstate. Further, it endorses the formation of a European army, joint European debt and taxes, nuclear energy including the construction of new nuclear power plants,[9][7] and stronger economic solidarity between the EU member states.
While using the slogan "Neither left, nor right" in its early days, Volt can be considered as centrist or centre-left in the general European context, with a strong focus on European unity and integration. In local and national elections, Volt ran on a platform of "evidence-based policy" and the sharing of best practices between EU member states and municipalities.[10] Volt was officially founded on 29 March 2017. In March 2018, the first national subsidiary party was founded in Hamburg, Germany. Volt has since established local teams in all EU member states, as well as in Albania, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, and is registered as a legal party in most of these countries.[6]