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Volt Europa | |
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| Abbreviation | Volt |
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| Treasurer | Christophe Quirynen |
| Founded | 29 March 2017 |
| Headquarters | City of Brussels, Belgium |
| Membership (December 2022) |  23,316 |
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| Political position | Centre[5] to centre-left[6] |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| Colours | Purple [7] |
| European Parliament | 1 / 705 |
| Bulgarian National Assembly | 1 / 240 |
| Italian Municipal Councils | 18 / 90,861 [8][9] |
| Dutch Senate | 2 / 75 |
| Dutch House of Representatives | 2 / 150 |
| Dutch Provincial Councils | 11 / 572 |
| Dutch Municipal Councils | 20 / 8,863 |
| Portuguese Parish Assemblies | 1 / 27,019 |
| German Municipal Councils | 68 / 95,873 |
| Cyprus House of Representatives | 1 / 56 |
| Website | |
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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.
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,[10] migration, economic inequality, terrorism, welfare, and the impact of the technological revolution on the labour market.[11] 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,[12][10] 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.[13]
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.[7]
- ^ Stagni, Federica (6 December 2018). "Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe". Italics Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b Teffer, Peter (27 May 2019). "'Pan-European' Volt and DieM25 manage one MEP each". EU Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Essler, Brett (7 November 2019). "Just Do It: How two SIPA alumni founded a new European political party—and won". School of International and Public Affairs. Columbia University. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Boucart, Théo (31 May 2019). "Germany: Faithful Reflection Of European Electoral Tendencies?". The New Federalist. Young European Federalists. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Forthomme, Claude (28 February 2019). "Volt Europa: An Electric Jolt to Wake Up Europe". Impakter. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Visual Identity". Volt Europa. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Amministratori locali e regionali in carica". Governo italiano Ministero dell'Interno. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Elected Volters throughout Europe". Volt Europa. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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