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| name = Volt Europa |
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| abbreviation = Volt |
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| foundation = {{Nowrap|{{start date and age|df=y|2017|3|29}}}} |
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| logo = Logo Volt Europa.svg |
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| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Federalisation of the European Union|European federalism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://italicsmag.com/2018/12/06/volt-wants-fix-europe-editorial/|title=Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe|last=Stagni·Interviews·6 December|first=Federica|last2=2018|date=6 December 2018|website=Italics Magazine|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>}}<br/>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Teffer |first1=Peter |title='Pan-European' Volt and DieM25 manage one MEP each |url=https://euobserver.com/eu-election/145021 |website=EU Observer |accessdate=27 February 2020 |date=27 May 2019}}</ref><br/>[[Social liberalism]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nordsieck |first1=Wolfram |title=European Union |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |accessdate=27 February 2020 |date=2019}}</ref><br/>[[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Essler |first1=Brett |title=Just Do It: How two SIPA alumni founded a new European political party—and won. |url=https://sipa.columbia.edu/news/just-do-it |website=School of International and Public Affairs |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=27 February 2020 |date=7 November 2019}}</ref> |
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| president = [[Francesca Romana D'Antuono]] ([[Italy|IT]]),<br />co-president<br />[[Mels Klabbers]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]),<br />co-president |
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| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boucart |first1=Théo |title=Germany: Faithful Reflection Of European Electoral Tendencies? |url=https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/germany-faithful-reflection-of-european-electoral-tendencies?lang=en |website=The New Federalist |publisher=[[Young European Federalists]] |accessdate=27 February 2020 |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> to [[centre-left]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Forthomme |first1=Claude |title=Volt Europa: An Electric Jolt to Wake Up Europe |url=https://impakter.com/volt-europa-electric-jolt-wake-up-europe/ |website=Impakter |accessdate=27 February 2020 |date=28 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| headquarters = [[Belgium]] |
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| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|2017|3|29}} |
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| website = {{URL|volteuropa.org}} |
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| headquarters = Boulevard Bischoffsheim n° 39 boîte 4<br />1000 [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |
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| country = European Union |
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| think_tank = |
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| leader1_title = Co-Presidents |
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| youth_wing = Volt Violet |
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| leader1_name = Valerie Sternberg<br />Reinier van Lanschot |
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| ideology = {{Nowrap|{{ubl |
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| leader3_title = Treasurer |
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|[[Federalisation of the European Union|European federalism]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Federica|last=Stagni|url=https://italicsmag.com/2018/12/06/volt-wants-fix-europe-editorial/|title=Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe|date=6 December 2018|website=Italics Magazine|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> |
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| leader3_name = Mihaela Sirițanu |
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|[[Pan-European identity|Pan-Europeanism]]<ref name="euobserver.com">{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Treffer|title='Pan-European' Volt and DieM25 manage one MEP each |url=https://euobserver.com/eu-election/145021 |website=EU Observer |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=27 May 2019}}</ref> |
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| colours = {{color box|{{Volt Europa/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Purple |
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|[[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Brett|last=Essler|title=Just Do It: How two SIPA alumni founded a new European political party—and won. |url=https://sipa.columbia.edu/news/just-do-it |website=School of International and Public Affairs |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=7 November 2019}}</ref> |
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| europarl = [[Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens/EFA]] (elect) |
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|[[Social liberalism]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck |title=European Union |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=2019}}</ref> |
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| seats1_title = [[2019 European Parliament election in Germany|European Parliament]] |
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|[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="euobserver.com"/> |
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| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|705|hex=purple}} |
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| position = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name="tpm">{{cite web |url=https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/is-paneuropean-party-volt-the-future-of-eu-politics |title=Is pan-European party Volt the future of EU politics? |date=12 June 2024 |first=Julia |last=Kaiser |website=[[The Parliament Magazine]] |quote=Boeselager was first elected to the EP in 2019 as Volt’s first and – for a long time – only MEP. [...] The centrist party that he co-founded in 2017 was created to build “a counter-model to these right-wing populists who always say that we should go back to the nation state.”}}</ref><ref name="dw_c">{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-young-german-voters-abandoning-the-greens/a-69354030 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |title=Why are young German voters abandoning the Greens? |first=Tim |last=Schauenberg |date=13 June 2024 |quote=The German Volt was the first national branch of the centrist pan-European party to be founded in 2017.}}</ref> to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Forthomme |first1=Claude |title=Volt Europa: An Electric Jolt to Wake Up Europe |url=https://impakter.com/volt-europa-electric-jolt-wake-up-europe/ |website=Impakter|date=28 February 2019|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>}} <!--Longstanding consensus is not to include a political position here. Do not change without talk page consensus.--> |
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| europarl = {{nowrap|[[Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens/EFA]] (since 2019)}} |
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| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Volt Europa}}|border=darkgray}} Purple <ref name="Visual Identity">{{Cite web|title=Visual Identity|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/visual_identity|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Volt Europa}}</ref> |
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| seats1_title = [[European Parliament]] |
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| seats1 = {{Composition bar|{{wikidata|property|P1410|P194=Q8889}}|{{wikidata|property|Q8889|P1342}}|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}}} <!-- Values derived from Wikidata; do not manually edit --> |
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| seats2_title = [[European Council]] |
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| seats2 = {{Composition bar|{{wikidata|property|P1410|P208=Q8886}}|{{wikidata|property|Q8886|P1342}}|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}|width=80%}} <!-- Values derived from Wikidata; do not manually edit --> |
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| seats3_title = {{nobr|[[European Commission]]}} |
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| seats3 = {{Composition bar|{{wikidata|property|P1410|P208=Q8880}}|{{wikidata|property|Q8880|P1342}}|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}|width=80%}} <!-- Values derived from Wikidata; do not manually edit --> |
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| seats4 = {{Composition bar|3|{{SeatCountInstitutionsInEurope|ELH}}|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}|width=80%}} |
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| seats4_title = [[National parliaments of the European Union|European<br/>Lower Houses]] |
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| seats5 = {{Composition bar|2|{{SeatCountInstitutionsInEurope|EUH}}|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}|width=80%}} |
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| seats5_title = [[National parliaments of the European Union|European<br/>Upper Houses]] |
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| country = European Union |
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'''Volt Europa''' (known [[mononymously]] as '''Volt''') is a [[pro-European]] and [[Federalisation of the European Union|federalist]] [[European political alliances|European political alliance]]. It operates as a [[Pan-European identity|pan-European]] umbrella for subsidiary parties sharing the same name and branding. Despite its organisation and being referred to as a "European party" or "transnational party", Volt does not yet meet the requirements to register as a [[European political party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://volteuropa.org/about |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Volt Europa |language=en}}</ref> |
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[[File:Volt Europa 9914.jpg|thumb|Flyers by Volt in Germany]] |
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'''Volt Europa''' (frequently abbreviated '''Volt''') is a [[Pro-Europeanism|pro-European]] and [[European federalism|European federalist]] political movement that also serves as the [[Pan-European identity|pan-European]] structure for subsidiary parties in several EU member states. Volt candidates stood on a common, pan-European manifesto in eight member states at the [[2019 European Parliament election|European Parliament elections in May 2019]]. The organisation follows a "pan-European approach" in many policy fields such as climate change, migration, economic inequality, international conflict, terrorism and the impact of the technological revolution on the labour market.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/about|title=About us|work=Volt|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> During the [[2019 European Parliament election|European Parliament elections in May 2019]] the party won one seat by winning 0.7 percent of votes in Germany making front runner [[Damian Boeselager]] its first [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.election-results.eu/national-results/germany/2019-2024/|title=2019 European election results – National results: Germany|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> |
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Volt aligns its political positions across Europe, presenting a common, pan-European manifesto. In the [[2019 European Parliament election]]s, Volt ran in eight [[Member state of the European Union|member states]] with a shared platform, emphasising solutions to supranational challenges, such as climate change, defense, energy policy, migration, economic inequality, terrorism, welfare, and the technological evolution of the labor market. The party advocates for a stronger, more integrated [[European Union]], with the long-term goal of creating a federal Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Luxembourg |url=https://voltluxembourg.org/policies/our-electoral-programmes/eu-programme-2019 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Volt Luxembourg |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Volt endorses the formation of a [[European army]], joint European debt and taxes, [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]] including the construction of new nuclear power plants,<ref name="otkr22" /><ref name="pol21" /> and stronger economic solidarity between the EU member states. |
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== History == |
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[[File:Wij Zijn Europa - Wij zijn Volt! - Volt Nederland - Europese verkiezingen.webm|thumb|European elections 2019 promo by Volt Netherlands, May 2019]] |
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Volt Europa was founded on 29 March 2017 by [[Andrea Venzon]], along with [[Colombe Cahen-Salvador]] and [[Damian Boeselager]], on the same day that the United Kingdom formally announced its intention to leave the European Union under [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|Article 50 TEU]]. According to the trio, Volt's foundation was a reaction to growing populism in the world as well as to [[Brexit]].<ref name="wiwo.de">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/zwoelf-sterne-bewegung-jugendpartei-volt-will-europa-umkrempeln/22665188.html|title=Volt: Jugendpartei will die Idee der Europäischen Union retten|website=Wirtschaftswoche|language=de|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/11/03/volt-wants-to-become-the-first-pan-eu-political-party|title=Volt wants to become the first pan-EU political party |
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|website=The Economist|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref> In March 2018, the first national subsidiary party was founded in [[Hamburg]], Germany. Volt has since established local teams in every EU member state with and is registered as a legal party in a number of these countries. The subsidiary with the most members is Italy, the home country of Andrea Venzon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-the-barilla-foundation-europe-in-4-speeches-new-us-ambassador-a-different-brexit-story/|title=POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by the Barilla Foundation: Europe in 4 speeches — New US ambassador — A different Brexit story|date=11 May 2018|work=Politico|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> |
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Today, the movement claims to have 25,000 members and supporters in more than 30 European countries.<ref name="forlì-today">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forlitoday.it/politica/volt-forli-al-congresso-paneuropeo-di-roma-2019.html|title=Volt Forlì al congresso paneuropeo di Roma 2019|date=24 March 2019|website=Forlì Today|language=it|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> |
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Around 70% of the current members are reported to not have been politically active before joining Volt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/02/15/nous-voulons-creer-le-premier-parti-paneuropeen_1629888|title=Nous voulons créer le premier parti paneuropéen|work=Libération.fr|access-date=13 June 2018|language=fr}}</ref> |
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Initially using the slogan "Neither left nor right", Volt is now generally perceived as [[Centrism|centrist]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Is pan-European party Volt the future of EU politics? |url=https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/is-paneuropean-party-volt-the-future-of-eu-politics |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=The Parliament Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why are young German voters abandoning the Greens? – DW – 06/13/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-young-german-voters-abandoning-the-greens/a-69354030 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> or [[Centre-left politics|center-left]], with a core focus on [[evidence-based policy]] and best-practice sharing among EU countries and municipalities.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Jung und europäisch - Volt erobert die Stadtparlamente|url=https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/jung-und-europaeisch---volt-erobert-die-stadtparlamente,kommunalwahl-volt-100.html|date=16 March 2021|access-date=26 September 2021|website=Hessenschau|language=de}}</ref> It campaigns on these principles in both local and national elections. |
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From 27 to 28 October 2018 Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly meeting in [[Amsterdam]], agreeing its Amsterdam Declaration, which also served as its manifesto programme for the [[European Parliament]] elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/174422/Nieuwe-partij-wil-van-Europa-een-krachtpatser-maken|title=Nieuwe partij wil van Europa een krachtpatser maken|work=RTV Rijnmond|access-date=28 October 2018|language=nl-NL}}</ref> |
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Founded in March 2017, Volt's first national subsidiary party was established in [[Hamburg]], Germany, a year later. Since then, Volt has developed local teams in all EU member states, as well as in non-EU countries like [[Albania]], [[Switzerland]], [[Kosovo]], [[Ukraine]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. Volt subsidiaries are now registered political parties in many of these countries, most recently expanding to [[Cyprus]] and [[Romania]]. |
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From 22 to 24 March 2019 Volt Europa hosted its first European Congress in Rome,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avvenire.it/attualita/pagine/la-sfida-transnazionale-di-volt-europa-il-partito-dei-millennials|title=Il congresso. La sfida transnazionale di Volt Europa, il partito dei millennials|work=Avrebbe|access-date=23 March 2019|language=it-IT}}</ref> presenting its candidates for the [[2019 European Parliament election]]. The keynote speakers list included [[Paolo Gentiloni]] (former [[Prime Minister of Italy]] and [[List of Presidents of the Democratic Party (Italy)|President of the Italian Democratic Party]]), [[Emma Bonino]] (Italian [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|senator]] and former [[European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety]]), [[Enrico Giovannini]] (former [[Government of Italy|Italian Government]] minister), [[Marcella Panucci]] (Director General of the [[General Confederation of Italian Industry]]), [[Sandro Gozi]] (President of the [[Union of European Federalists]]) and [[Antonio Navarra]] (President of the [[Mediterranean Center for Climate Change]]). |
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==History== |
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On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt elected to join the [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] group in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volt Europa joins the Greens/EFA Group in the EU Parliament.|url=https://www.scoopnest.com/user/EuropeElects/1137767497669795841-eu28-volt-europa-joins-the-greens-efa-group-in-the-eu-parliament-result-of-the-pan-european-membership-vote-on-the-issue-will-be-posted-here-in-a-few-seconds/|website=scoopnest.com|date=9 June 2019|accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref> In the future, Volt hopes to be able to form its own political group in the European Parliament, which would require a minimum of 25 MEPs from at least seven different member states. |
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{{Update section|date=June 2024}} |
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===Foundation=== |
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From 12 to 13 October 2019 Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly meeting in [[Sofia]], to elect the new Board of Volt Europa. |
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[[File:Karte Volt Europa.svg|thumb|National sections of Volt Europa. The borders of the European Union are shown in red.]] |
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The movement elected former Volt Deutschland President Valerie Sternberg and the former MEP Lead candidate of Volt Nederland, Reinier van Lanschot, as Co-Presidents of Volt Europa. The newly elected treasurer is the former MEP candidate of Volt Luxembourg Julia Pitterman. The elected non-executive board members consist of Konrad Ritter, Eileen O'Sullivan, Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, Sofia Gentiloni Silveri, Joel Boehme and Cornelia-Florina German.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/people|title=Volt Europa Board|website=|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Volt Europa was founded on 29 March 2017 by Andrea Venzon, Colombe Cahen-Salvador, and [[Damian Boeselager]], on the same day that the United Kingdom formally announced its intention to leave the European Union under [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|Article 50]] of the [[Treaty on European Union]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|first=Colombe|last=Cahen-Salvador|title=Shocked by Brexit, we launched the first pan-European progressive movement|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/shock-brexit-launch-erasmus-generation-volt|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 September 2018|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|date=3 November 2018|title=Volt wants to become the first pan-EU political party|url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/11/03/volt-wants-to-become-the-first-pan-eu-political-party|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=20 March 2021|issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Elena|last=Cavallone|title=Electrifying politics? The new candidates vying for your votes|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/02/22/electrifying-politics-the-new-candidates-vying-for-your-votes|website=[[EuroNews]]|date=22 February 2019|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> According to their own statement, Volt's foundation was a reaction to growing populism in the world as well as to [[Brexit]].<ref name="wiwo.de">{{Cite web|title=Volt: Jugendpartei will die Idee der Europäischen Union retten|url=https://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/zwoelf-sterne-bewegung-jugendpartei-volt-will-europa-umkrempeln/22665188.html|website=Wirtschaftswoche|date=11 June 2018|access-date=13 June 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Volt wants to become the first pan-EU political party |
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|url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/11/03/volt-wants-to-become-the-first-pan-eu-political-party|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref> Venzon became founding President, Boeselager Vice President, and Cahen-Salvador policy lead.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Europa on Facebook Watch|website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/VoltEuropa/videos/today-colombe-cahen-salvador-our-policy-lead-will-answer-your-questions-on-our-n/254264645444415/|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> |
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===2019 European Parliament election=== |
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Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Volt did not host its Spring 2020 General Assembly in [[Lisbon]] as planned, but instead became the first pan-European political movement to publicly host a digital general assembly, including a vote on its programme until 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wort.lu/de/politik/volt-europa-fuer-geeinte-und-foederale-eu-5eb00e50da2cc1784e35d070|title=Volt Europa für geeinte und föderale EU|last=Welsch|first=Annette|access-date=4 May 2020|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjRzthwTKJg |title=Volt Europa General Assembly 02.-03.05.2020 - Day 1 |last=Volt Europa|first=|date=2 May 2020 |website=YouTube |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> |
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[[File:Wij Zijn Europa - Wij zijn Volt! - Volt Nederland - Europese verkiezingen.webm|thumb|European elections 2019 promo by Volt Netherlands, May 2019]] |
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[[File:2019-04-13_Damian_Boeselager_by_Olaf_Kosinsky-0518.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|[[Damian Boeselager]], Volt's first Member of the European Parliament]] |
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Between 27 and 28 October 2018, Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly meeting in [[Amsterdam]], agreeing its Amsterdam Declaration, which also served as its manifesto programme for the [[European Parliament]] elections.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Nieuwe partij wil van Europa een krachtpatser maken|url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/174422/Nieuwe-partij-wil-van-Europa-een-krachtpatser-maken|website=RTV Rijnmond|access-date=28 October 2018|language=nl}}</ref> The party previously gathered in Berlin, Bucharest, and Paris. |
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Between 22 and 24 March 2019, Volt Europa hosted its first European Congress in Rome,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avvenire.it/attualita/pagine/la-sfida-transnazionale-di-volt-europa-il-partito-dei-millennials|title=Il congresso. La sfida transnazionale di Volt Europa, il partito dei millennials|website=Avrebbe|access-date=23 March 2019|language=it}}</ref> presenting its candidates for the [[2019 European Parliament election]]. The keynote speakers list included [[Paolo Gentiloni]] (former [[Prime Minister of Italy]] and [[List of Presidents of the Democratic Party (Italy)|President of the Italian Democratic Party]]), [[Emma Bonino]] (Italian [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|senator]] and former [[European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety]]), [[Enrico Giovannini]] (former [[Government of Italy|Italian Government]] minister), Marcella Panucci (Director General of the [[General Confederation of Italian Industry]]), [[Sandro Gozi]] (President of the [[Union of European Federalists]]) and Antonio Navarra (President of the Mediterranean Center for Climate Change). |
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=== Name === |
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Volt Europa was incorporated as a non-profit association in Luxembourg under the name Volt Europa,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/legal|title=Legal|work=Volt|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> abandoning a previous name of Vox Europe to avoid any confusion with a [[Vox (political party)|similarly named far-right Spanish party]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/esteri/18_febbraio_21/i-millennial-volt-vogliono-dare-scossa-ue-rilanceremo-l-europa-1f79e9fa-16eb-11e8-b630-41a05c9e9642.shtml|title=I millennial di Volt vogliono dare la scossa alla Ue: rilanceremo l’Europa|last=Disegni|first=Simone|work=Corriere della Sera|access-date=13 June 2018|language=it-IT}}</ref> |
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"Volt" was chosen as a name due to its similarity to the initial name and the added meaning of figuratively bringing [[voltage]] into politics. Added to that, both the term "Volt" and the [[Latin]] version of name of the European continent have in common that they are understood in all European languages, hence as a transcontinental movement Volt Europa loses the need to adopt translations of its own name, except for languages where non-Latin alphabets are used (like [[Bulgaria]] and [[Greece]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://web.de/magazine/politik/volt-europa-partei-eu-rettten-33079620|title=Volt Europa: Diese neue Partei will die EU retten |
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|last=Meyer|first=Cornelia|work=Web.de|access-date=10 March 2020|language=de}}</ref> |
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During the [[2019 European Parliament election|European Parliament elections in May 2019]], the party won one seat by winning 0.7 percent of votes in Germany, with [[Damian Boeselager]] its first [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=2019 European election results {{!}} National results: Germany|url=https://www.election-results.eu/national-results/germany/2019-2024/|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527100847/https://www.election-results.eu/national-results/germany/2019-2024/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Ideology and policies == |
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Volt auto-defined (in 2018) what it called '''The 5+1 fundamental challenges'''<ref name="Vision">{{Cite web|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/vision|title=Volt Europa – Vision|website=volteuropa.org|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> which are: |
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* 1. '''Smart state''' - [[Digitization#Lean_philosophy|digitalisation]] of [[Public_service#Public_administration|public services]] |
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* 2. '''Economic renaissance''' - a blend of [[Circular_economy#Circular_business_models|circular]], [[green economy|green]] and [[blue economy|blue]] economic models |
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* 3. '''Social equality''' - [[Human_rights_in_Europe#Council_of_Europe_/_European_Union|human rights]] plus [[Equal opportunity|equality of opportunity]], and of [[Gender equality|gender]], and [[Toleration|tolerance]] of [[Multiculturalism#Europe|cultural differences]] |
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* 4. '''Global balance''' - European Union as a [[Great power]] such as [[United_States#Foreign_relations|the USA]], or [[Foreign relations of China|China]] etc. |
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* 5. '''Citizen empowerment''' - greater [[Subsidiarity#General_principle_of_European_Union_law|subsidiarity]] with [[social responsibility]] & [[Participatory_democracy#21st_century|participatory democracy]] |
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* '''+1 European reform''' - [[Federation]] of [[EU state]]s, but greater responsibilities for its [[Regions of Europe|regions]] and [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe|cities]] |
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Economically, Volt Europa supports digitisation, investment in the [[green economy|green]] and [[blue economy]], the fight against poverty and inequality (also with the establishment of a European minimum wage), a more unified European tax system and the public-private partnerships to revive economic growth and reduce unemployment; it also supports solid investments on welfare policies, in particular related to education and [[universal healthcare|healthcare]]<ref name="Vision" /> |
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Socially, Volt supports anti-sexism, anti-racism and LGBT+ rights. Institutionally, it supports vast reforms of the European Union: a common management of migratory phenomena, a European army and [[Eurobond (eurozone)|eurobonds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.la7.it/otto-e-mezzo/rivedila7/gi%C3%B9-le-mani-dalleuropa-15-12-2018-258775|title=Otto e Mezzo – Giù le mani dall'Europa|website=la7.itf|language=it|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/mondo/2018-10-29/volt-europa-si-candida-sette-paesi-e-punta-25-deputati--125709.shtml?uuid=AEIcfUXG|title=Volt Europa si candida in sette Paesi e punta a 25 deputati|website=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Vision" /> |
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On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt elected to join the [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] group in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volt Europa joins the Greens/EFA Group in the EU Parliament.|url=https://www.scoopnest.com/user/EuropeElects/1137767497669795841-eu28-volt-europa-joins-the-greens-efa-group-in-the-eu-parliament-result-of-the-pan-european-membership-vote-on-the-issue-will-be-posted-here-in-a-few-seconds/|website=scoopnest.com|date=9 June 2019|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> In the future, Volt hopes to be able to form its own political group in the European Parliament, which would require a minimum of 25 MEPs from at least seven different member states. |
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In media reporting, the organisation is described as aiming to foster democracy on the EU level. It stresses the importance of a united European voice that is heard in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://europeancircus.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2018/04/04/scende-in-campo-la-generazione-erasmus-una-conversazione-con-andrea-venzon-presidente-di-volt/|title=Scende in campo la generazione Erasmus. Una conversazione con Andrea Venzon, presidente di Volt|work=European Circus|access-date=13 June 2018|language=it}}</ref> Also, it supports the idea of a federated Europe with a strong European Parliament in which the citizens become the very center of European democracy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dvořáková |first1=Věra |title=Volt wants to 'energise Europe' – but how? |url=https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/volt-wants-to-energise-europe-but-how |website=The New Federalist|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/esteri/18_febbraio_21/i-millennial-volt-vogliono-dare-scossa-ue-rilanceremo-l-europa-1f79e9fa-16eb-11e8-b630-41a05c9e9642.shtml|title=I millennial di Volt vogliono dare la scossa alla Ue: rilanceremo l’Europa|last=Disegni|first=Simone|work=Corriere della Sera|access-date=16 June 2018|language=it-IT}}</ref> |
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===Election of new board and first pan-European digital assembly=== |
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Volt is distinct from other pro-European movements such as [[Pulse of Europe]] or the [[European Federalists]] as it aims to participate in European, local and national elections through its subsidiary organisations in EU member states. Its first major objective was the [[2019 European Parliament election|European Parliament elections in May 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamburg1.de/nachrichten/34877/Volt_Eine_neue_Partei_fuer_Europa.html|title=Volt – Eine neue Partei für Europa|website=hamburg1.de|language=de|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europawahl-105.html|title=Europawahl 2019: Italiener will für die EU begeistern|last=tagesschau.de|website=Tagesschau|language=de-DE|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> |
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[[File:Reinier_van_Lanschot_2_(cropped)_2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Reinier van Lanschot]], Volt Europa's co-president 2019–2023]] |
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From 12 to 13 October 2019, Volt Europa hosted its general assembly in [[Sofia]] to elect the new board of Volt Europa. While Volt up to that point had been an ASBL non-profit with only few registered members, based in Luxembourg, it was transformed into an [[AISBL|international non-profit organization (AISBL)]] according to Belgian law.<ref name="legal"/> In the AISBL structure all members of the Volt movement, as well as the national subsidiaries could become voting members. The statutes of Volt Europa lay out a general assembly, open to all members, which decides on important issues, and elects a gender-balanced board of nine directors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statutes of Volt Europa|url=https://assets.volteuropa.org/2022-03/202106%20%5Bnew%5D%20Statutes%20Volt%20Europa%20AISBL.pdf|website=volteuropa.org|date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> |
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Volt's Spring 2020 general assembly was scheduled to take place in [[Lisbon]], but due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]], the party held a digital general assembly, which included a decision on its programme until 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wort.lu/de/politik/volt-europa-fuer-geeinte-und-foederale-eu-5eb00e50da2cc1784e35d070|title=Volt Europa für geeinte und föderale EU|last=Welsch|first=Annette|access-date=4 May 2020|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjRzthwTKJg |title=Volt Europa General Assembly 02.-03.05.2020 – Day 1|date=2 May 2020 |website=YouTube |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> |
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== National sections == |
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=== Austria === |
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From 16 to 17 October 2021, Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal, the first physical General Assembly since 2019. During the 2021 General Assembly, Reinier van Lanschot who has been co-president since the General Assembly in Sofia 2019 was reelected. Francesca Romana D'Antuono from Italy was elected as co-president. Johannes Heinrich from Switzerland was elected as treasurer. The six non-executive board members elected were: Ines Consonni, Anouk Ooms, Lucia Nass, Thor Larholm, Charles Evain and Lucas Amorelli Ribeiro Kornexl.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} |
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{{Infobox political party |
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| name = Volt Österreich |
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| leader1_title = President |
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| leader1_name = Marlies Steinhauser |
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| leader2_title = Vice-President |
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| leader2_name = Alexander Harrer |
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| leader3_title = Treasurer |
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| leader3_name = Ina Dimitrieva |
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| foundation = {{Start date|df=y|2018|10|11}}. |
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| website = https://www.voltoesterreich.org/ |
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| country = Austria |
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| headquarters = [[Vienna]], Austria |
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}} |
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===2024 European Parliament election=== |
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<nowiki>"Volt Österreich", is Volt's</nowiki> registered political party in [[Austria]]. The party planned to take part in the European elections in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kurier.at/politik/inland/eu-wahl-europas-erste-partei-will-auch-in-oesterreich-antreten/400460536|title=EU-Wahl: Europas erste Partei will auch in Österreich antreten|last=andreas.puschautz|website=kurier.at|language=de|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> However the party did not succeed in collecting the required 2600 signatures in time, therefore Volt was not eligible to take part in the European elections in Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vienna.at/eu-wahl-volt-hat-es-in-oesterreich-nicht-geschafft/6167230|title=EU-Wahl: VOLT und CPÖ haben es in Österreich nicht geschafft|website=vienna.at|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref> The party plans on taking part in upcoming local election in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vienna.at/wien-wahl-volt-bietet-allen-europaeern-kandidatur-an/6540872?fbclid=IwAR1dv_feMXrbaupQZa9CW5Q9UzSkbOm40Kh5kmXTjO81kVXsnmpEfHsL-FA|title=Vienna Election: Volt offers candidacy to all Europeans|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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On 27 November 2023, Volt adopted its joint European election programme during its General Assembly in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Europa Unveils Bold Vision for Europe and Elects New Leadership |url=https://volteuropa.org/news/olt-europa-unveils-bold-vision-for-europe-and-elects-new-leadership|website=Volt Europa|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> At a subsequent meeting in Brussels on 7 April 2024, the party elected [[Sophie in 't Veld]] and Damian Boeselager as its lead candidates for the [[2024 European Parliament election]]s, also choosing a symbolic transnational list.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Volt party elects Sophie IN 'T Veld and the German Damian Boeselager |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/06/volt-party-elects-sophie-in-t-veldt-and-the-german-damian-boeselager|website=EuroNews|date=4 April 2024|access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> |
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Following the election, Volt increased its number of seats from 2 to 5, with 3 seats from Germany and 2 from the Netherlands. Volt announced that it would engage in negotiations with both the Greens/EFA and [[Renew Europe]] groups in the European Parliament and would let its members vote on which group to join. Upon a unanimous recommendation by its newly elected MEPs, 87% of voting party members chose to remain affiliated with the Greens/EFA group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt MEPS join Greens/EFA Group for new mandate |url=https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/press/volt-meps-join-greens-efa-group-for-new-mandate |website=Greens/EFA Group|date=24 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pro-EU Volt Party opts to stay with Greens |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/24/pro-eu-volt-party-opts-to-stay-with-greens|website=EuroNews|date=24 June 2024|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> |
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==Name== |
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Volt Europa was incorporated as a non-profit association (ASBL) in [[Luxembourg]] under the name "Volt Europa",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/legal|title=Legal|website=Volt Europa|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> abandoning a previous name of Vox Europe to avoid any confusion with a [[Vox (political party)|similarly named far-right Spanish party]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Simone|last=Disegni|title=I millennial di Volt vogliono dare la scossa alla Ue: rilanceremo l'Europa|url=https://www.corriere.it/esteri/18_febbraio_21/i-millennial-volt-vogliono-dare-scossa-ue-rilanceremo-l-europa-1f79e9fa-16eb-11e8-b630-41a05c9e9642.shtml|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|access-date=13 June 2018|language=it}}</ref> |
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"Volt" was chosen as a name due to its similarity to the initial name and the added meaning of figuratively bringing [[voltage]] into politics. Added to that, both the term "Volt" and the [[Latin]] version of the name of the European continent are understood in all [[European languages]], hence as a transcontinental movement Volt Europa does not need to translate its own name, except for languages where non-Latin alphabets are used (like [[Bulgaria]], [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]], and [[Ukraine]]).<ref>{{Cite news|first=Cornelia|last=Meyer|title=Volt Europa: Diese neue Partei will die EU retten|url=https://web.de/magazine/politik/volt-europa-partei-eu-rettten-33079620|website=Web.de|access-date=10 March 2020|language=de}}</ref> |
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== Ideology == |
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In 2018, Volt identified "the 5+1 fundamental challenges", which it has identified as crucial for an improvement of the European Union:<ref name="Vision">{{Cite web|title=Volt Europa {{!}} Mission|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/vision|website=Volt Europa|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515110432/https://www.volteuropa.org/vision|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* Smart state – [[Digitization#Lean philosophy|Digitalisation]] of [[Public service#Public administration|public services]] |
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* Economic renaissance – a blend of [[Circular economy#Circular business models|circular]], [[green economy|green]] and [[blue economy|blue]] economic models |
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* Social equality – [[Human rights in Europe#Council of Europe / European Union|Human rights]], [[Equal opportunity|equality of opportunity]], [[gender equality]], and tolerance of [[Multiculturalism#Europe|cultural differences]] |
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* Global balance – Sustainable and responsible policies in farming and trade, measures to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]] and refugee crises, and support for labour migration and development cooperation |
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* Citizen empowerment – Greater [[Subsidiarity#General principle of European Union law|subsidiarity]], [[social responsibility]], and [[participatory democracy#In the 21st century|participatory democracy]] |
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* European reform – [[Federalisation of the European Union|Federation]] of [[EU state]]s, with greater responsibilities for its [[Regions of Europe|regions]] and [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe|cities]] |
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On economic issues, Volt Europa supports digitisation, investment in the [[green economy|green]] and [[blue economy]], measures to address poverty and inequality (including a European minimum income of at least 40% of the median wage), a more integrated European tax system with exclusively European taxes, and the use of public-private partnerships; it also supports increased spending on welfare, in particular related to education and [[universal healthcare|healthcare]].<ref name="Vision"/> Volt has supported a European Basic Income (EBI), based on a "[[Negative_income_tax|negative tax system]]". In this model, individuals earning below a set threshold receive payments instead of paying taxes, providing a safety net and incentivizing work. Volt argues that the legal basis for an EBI is already established under Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and that its implementation would harmonize member states' welfare systems. |
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On social policy, Volt opposes sexism and racism and supports LGBT+ rights. |
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=== Belgium === |
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Volt also supports deep reforms to EU institutions, including common management of migration and border protection, a [[European army]], and [[Eurobond (eurozone)|European debt and taxation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.la7.it/otto-e-mezzo/rivedila7/gi%C3%B9-le-mani-dalleuropa-15-12-2018-258775|title=Otto e Mezzo – Giù le mani dall'Europa|website=[[La7]]|language=it|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/mondo/2018-10-29/volt-europa-si-candida-sette-paesi-e-punta-25-deputati--125709.shtml?uuid=AEIcfUXG|title=Volt Europa si candida in sette Paesi e punta a 25 deputati|website=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=11 November 2018|language=it|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Vision" /> It argues that a European army should be established and that the relationship between the EU and NATO should be reviewed and balanced.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grundsatzprogramm|url=https://assets.volteuropa.org/2021-01/2020_12_22_Grundsatzprogramm_DE.pdf|website=Volt Europa|access-date=30 January 2021|language=de}}</ref> |
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{{Infobox political party |
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| name = Volt Belgium |
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| leader1_title = National President |
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| leader1_name = Jordy Vanpoucke |
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| leader2_title = Vice-President Brussels |
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| leader2_name = Olivia ten Horn |
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| leader3_title = Vice-President Flanders |
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| leader3_name = Jens Verwilligen |
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| leader4_title = Vice-President Wallonia |
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| leader4_name = Jérôme Tancrez |
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| leader5_title = Treasurer |
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| leader5_name = Marcela Valkova |
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| foundation = {{Start date|df=y|2018|07|28}}. |
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| website = https://www.voltbelgium.org |
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| country = Belgium |
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Volt supports the idea of a federal Europe with a strong European Parliament,<ref>{{Cite web|first=Věra|last=Dvořáková|title=Volt wants to 'energise Europe' – but how? |url=https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/volt-wants-to-energise-europe-but-how |website=The New Federalist|access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Simone|last=Disegni|title=I millennial di Volt vogliono dare la scossa alla UE: rilanceremo l'Europa|url=https://www.corriere.it/esteri/18_febbraio_21/i-millennial-volt-vogliono-dare-scossa-ue-rilanceremo-l-europa-1f79e9fa-16eb-11e8-b630-41a05c9e9642.shtml|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|access-date=16 June 2018|language=it}}</ref> in order to create a united European voice on the global stage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://europeancircus.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2018/04/04/scende-in-campo-la-generazione-erasmus-una-conversazione-con-andrea-venzon-presidente-di-volt/|title=Scende in campo la generazione Erasmus. Una conversazione con Andrea Venzon, presidente di Volt|website=European Circus|access-date=13 June 2018|language=it|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601190522/http://europeancircus.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2018/04/04/scende-in-campo-la-generazione-erasmus-una-conversazione-con-andrea-venzon-presidente-di-volt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There should be a European government, elected and accountable to the parliament, instead of a European commission. The European election law should be uniform across all member states, the European parliament should gain the right to initiate laws, and the [[European Council]] should be transformed into a [[Bicameralism|second chamber]] with regressive voting weights to balance the dominance of larger states. Volt supports a referendum across all member states, which legitimizes such a constitution for the set of agreeing member states to form a core union, even if not every member state agrees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=European Constitution|url=https://assets.volteuropa.org/2022-12/Provisions%20for%20a%20European%20Constitution_0.pdf|website=Volt Europa|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> |
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<nowiki>''Volt Belgium/Belgique/België/Belgien'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in [[Belgium]]. Volt Belgium was the first section to participate in elections, when they took part in the [[2018 Belgian local elections]] in [[Ixelles]], [[Etterbeek]] and also shared a list with the local [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Pirate Party]] (Paars) for [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/184323/article/2018-10-14/anvers-les-resultats-des-elections-communales-2018|title=2018 Belgian local elections results|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> During the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt participated in the [[Dutch-speaking electoral college|Dutch Speaking electoral college]], receiving 0.48% of the vote, not enough for a seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections2019.belgium.be/en/results-figures?el=EU&id=EUL12025|title=Dutch electoral college European Election Results 2020|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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In terms of environmental policy, Volt has committed to the {{convert|1.5|C-change}} target of the [[Paris agreement]]. To implement the target, Volt proposes a broad certificate trading scheme, the proceeds of which should be redistributed to citizens. Volt supports investment into [[nuclear power]] for maintenance and new reactors if [[Nuclear safety and security|safety standards]] are met. A European energy grid is promoted to integrate production and distribution in the European single market.<ref>{{Cite web|title= European Transition and Climate Change Policy|url=https://assets.volteuropa.org/2022-12/Provisions%20for%20a%20European%20Constitution_0.pdfhttps://assets.volteuropa.org/2022-12/Energy%20Transition%20%26%20Climate%20Change_0.pdf|website=Volt Europa|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> |
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As opposed to other movements promoting European integration, such as [[Pulse of Europe]] or the [[European Federalists]], Volt has participated in elections on all levels of government as a political party. Its first major objective was the [[2019 European Parliament election|European Parliament elections in May 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt {{!}} Eine neue Partei für Europa|url=https://www.hamburg1.de/nachrichten/34877/Volt_Eine_neue_Partei_fuer_Europa.html|website=Hamburg1|access-date=13 June 2018|language=de|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609141150/https://www.hamburg1.de/nachrichten/34877/Volt_Eine_neue_Partei_fuer_Europa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Europawahl 2019: Italiener will für die EU begeistern|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europawahl-105.html|website=Tagesschau|language=de|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> Volt has participated successfully in local,{{efn |name="note-c"}} national, and European elections. |
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In 2024, Volt published the "Electoral Moonshot Programme", its electoral programme for the 2024 European elections, with comprehensive policy proposals organised in five pillars: Europe's geopolitical leadership, quality of life, humane migration, making votes count, and a liveable planet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electoral Moonshot Programme|website=Volt Europa|access-date=27 September 2024|url=https://volteuropa.org/storage/pdf/eu-elections-2024/volt-eur-electoral-moonshot-program_v5-final-(1).pdf}}</ref> The program is available in 7 languages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=European election - electoral programme|website=Volt Europa|access-date=27 September 2024|url=https://volteuropa.org/european-election-electoral-programme}}</ref> |
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== Organisation and governance == |
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The structure of Volt Europa is similar to parties in federal political systems, such as Germany. Volt Europa is registered as an international non-profit (AISBL), according to Belgian law. The membership of Volt Europa consists of both the local political branches, which are often incorporated according to national law, elect a local leadership, and often have further sub-levels, as well as all individual members. Individual members thus often have double membership of both Volt Europa and a national branch.<ref name="legal">{{cite web|title=Volt Europa {{!}} Legal|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/legal|website=volteuropa.org|date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> |
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The highest authority of the party is the General Assembly, which consists of all AISBL members and can pass motions on all matters relating to the organization. The General Assembly is open without a delegate system although some local branches use delegate systems (e.g. Volt Germany). A five-member intra-party legal board (Conflict Resolution Body) is elected by the General Assembly.<ref name="legal"/> |
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All membership associations of Volt Europa send representatives to the Country Council, which formal role is restricted to deciding on the admission of new membership associations and political alliances on the European level. However, informally the Country Council plays an important role in advising and overseeing the work of the European Board.<ref name="legal"/> |
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=== Co-Presidents of Volt Europa === |
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| rowspan="2" |2017–2019 |
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|[[Andrea Venzon]] |
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|[[Volt Italy]] |
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|[[Damian Boeselager]] |
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|[[Volt Germany]] |
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| rowspan="2" |2019–2021 |
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|[[Valerie Sternberg]] |
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|[[Volt Germany]] |
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|1st |
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|[[Reinier van Lanschot]] |
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|[[Volt Nederland]] |
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|1st |
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| rowspan="2" |2021–2023 |
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|[[Reinier van Lanschot]] |
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|[[Volt Nederland]] |
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|[[Francesca Romana D'Antuono]] |
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|[[Volt Italy]] |
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|1st |
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| rowspan="2" |2023– |
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|[[Francesca Romana D'Antuono]] |
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|[[Volt Italy]] |
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|2nd |
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|[[Mels Klabbers]] |
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|[[Volt Nederland]] |
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== Funding == |
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According to the party's financial accounts, it generates most of its income through membership fees and donations. National chapters provide 25% of their membership fees to Volt Europa to finance its operation. Volt claims to publish every donation exceeding [[Euro|€]]3,000 per donation or donor per year within 15 days from its receipt on the party's website and that its national and local chapters adhere to the same standard.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transparency|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/transparency|website=Volt Europa|date=19 October 2021}}</ref> On 9 May 2021, Volt announced that they had raised €40,000 in three weeks in a fundraising drive ahead of the [[2024 European Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Volt Europa's Instagram post|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/COn33u_rckE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/COn33u_rckE |archive-date=13 December 2021|url-access=subscription|access-date=9 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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Volt has received several large donations from firms in the housing and start-up sectors. Its biggest donors are [[Elastic NV|Elastic]] founder [[Steven Schuurman]] with €500,000 via his Dreamery foundation, Marc Dreesmann, heir to Anton Dreesmann of Dutch clothing company [[Vroom & Dreesmann]] with around €160,000, and Christian Oldendorff, heir to German shipping firm [[Oldendorff Carriers]] with around €120,000. [[TomTom]] founder [[Peter-Frans Pauwels]] has donated €100,000. The NGO JoinPolitics has donated €50,000 to Volt Germany for a joint project ("Team Europa") to mobilize minority candidates for the European elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Europa Donations |url=https://www.volteuropa.org/transparency|website=Volt Europa|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Germany Donations |url=https://www.voltdeutschland.org/transparenz|website=Volt Deutschland|access-date=18 March 2023|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Netherlands Donations |url=https://voltnederland.org/transparantie|website=Volt Nederland|access-date=18 March 2023|language=nl}}</ref> |
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== National sections == |
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=== Albania === |
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{{Further|Volt Albania}} |
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Volt Albania ({{Langx|sq|Volt Shqipëri}}) is not registered as a party in [[Albania]], but engages as a movement on the ground and participates at the European level of Volt.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organizohet Asambleja E Përgjithshme Zgjedhore E Volt|url=https://apollon.tv/organizohet-asambleja-e-pergjithshme-zgjedhore-e-volt/|website=TV Apollon|date=23 October 2022|access-date=7 November 2022|language=sq|archive-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107205834/https://apollon.tv/organizohet-asambleja-e-pergjithshme-zgjedhore-e-volt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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{{Further|Volt Austria}} |
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Volt Austria ({{langx|de|Volt Österreich}}) is Volt's registered political party in [[Austria]]. The party planned to take part in the European elections in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andreas|last=Puschaut|title=EU-Wahl: Europas erste Partei will auch in Österreich antreten|url=https://kurier.at/politik/inland/eu-wahl-europas-erste-partei-will-auch-in-oesterreich-antreten/400460536|website=kurier.at|date=11 April 2019|access-date=6 May 2019|language=de}}</ref> but did not succeed in collecting the required 2,600 signatures in time to qualify for the ballot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EU-Wahl: Volt und CPÖ haben es in Österreich nicht geschafft|url=https://www.vienna.at/eu-wahl-volt-hat-es-in-oesterreich-nicht-geschafft/6167230|website=vienna.at|date=12 April 2019|access-date=15 December 2019|language=de}}</ref> Since then, the party contested some local elections, but did not receive a mandate. It intended to partake in the 2024 European Elections and promised to give two of the people who signed tickets to a [[Taylor Swift]] concert, but was not proven effective as the party did not gain enough signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auch wenn wir's in AT nicht geschafft haben: Wir sagen Danke!|url=https://voltoesterreich.org/news/wir-sagen-danke|website=Volt Österreich|date=16 June 2024|language=de}}</ref> |
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=== Belgium === |
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{{Further|Volt Belgium}} |
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| name = Volt Bulgaria |
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Volt Belgium ({{langx|nl|Volt België}}, {{langx|fr|Volt Belgique}}, {{langx|de|Volt Belgien}}) is Volt's registered political party in [[Belgium]].<ref name="volt-be">{{Cite web|url=https://www.voltbelgie.org/over-ons|title=Over ons|website=Volt België|access-date=14 May 2021|language=nl|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514143007/https://www.voltbelgie.org/over-ons|url-status=dead}}</ref> Volt Belgium was the first section to participate in elections, when they took part in the [[2018 Belgian local elections]] in [[Ixelles]], [[Etterbeek]] and also shared a list with the local [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Pirate Party]] (Paars) for [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/184323/article/2018-10-14/anvers-les-resultats-des-elections-communales-2018|title=Anvers: les résultats des élections communales 2018|date=14 October 2018|website=Le Soir}}</ref> During the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt participated in the [[Dutch-speaking electoral college|Dutch Speaking electoral college]], receiving 0.48% of the vote, not enough for a seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections2019.belgium.be/en/results-figures?el=EU&id=EUL12025|title=Dutch electoral college European Election Results 2020|website=elections2019.belgium.be|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref> |
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| leader1_title = Chairperson |
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| leader1_name = Nastimir Ananiev |
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| leader2_title = Vice Chairperson |
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| leader2_name = Boris Borisov |
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| foundation = {{Start date|df=y|2018|05|19}}. |
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| website = https://www.voltbulgaria.org |
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| country = Bulgaria |
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| headquarters = [[Sofia]], Bulgaria |
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| seats1_title = Locally Elected Officials |
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| seats1 = 3 |
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=== Bulgaria === |
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<nowiki>''волт българия (Volt Bulgaria)'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in [[Bulgaria]]. During the 2019 European Parliament Elections, the party earned 0.18% of the Vote. Volt Bulgaria participated in the [[2019 Bulgarian local elections|2019 Bulgarian Local Elections]], with the <nowiki>''Together for Change''</nowiki> Coalition list, and obtained 7.12% of the votes in [[Haskovo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/mi2019/tur1/rezultati/2634.html#/t/1|title=Haskovo Election results|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, 6.12% in [[Rodopi Municipality|Rodopi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/mi2019/tur1/rezultati/1626.html#/t/1|title=Rodopi Election Results|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, and 6.39% in [[Sopot, Plovdiv Province|Sopot]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/mi2019/tur1/rezultati/1643.html#/t/1|title=Sopot Election Results|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, earning Volt a seat in each of those localities. |
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{{Further|Volt Bulgaria}} |
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[[File:Francesca Romana D’Antuono in Bukarest.jpg|thumb|Francesca Romana D'Antuono, co-president since 2021]] |
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[[Volt Bulgaria]] participated in all three [[2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election|Bulgarian parliamentary elections in 2021]], the first two as part of the anti-government coalition [[Stand Up! Mafia, Get Out!|ISMV]] then under [[We Continue the Change|PP]] for the third election. ISMV won seats in both elections, but none of them were allocated to members of Volt.{{efn |name="note-a"}}{{efn |name="note-b"}}<ref name="er21">{{cite web |title=Election results 2021 |url=https://results.cik.bg/pi2021/rezultati/.html#/t/1 |access-date=2021-04-11}}{{dead link |date=August 2023 |bot=medic}}{{cbignore |bot=medic}}</ref> PP won the [[2021 Bulgarian general election|November 2021 election]] and thus Volt gained two seats, which it defended in the [[2022 Bulgarian parliamentary election|election in October 2022]]. [[Nastimir Ananiev]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nastimir Ananiev|url=https://www.parliament.bg/en/MP/3976|website=parliament.bg|date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> served as the chair of the parliamentary committee of the Regional Committee, as well as deputy chair of the [[We Continue the Change|PP]] parliamentary group, while Ventsislava Lyubenova <ref>{{cite web|title=Ventsislava Lyubenova|url=https://www.parliament.bg/en/MP/3940|website=parliament.bg|date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> served as chair of the foreign relations committee. In the 2024 Parliamentary Elections the party lost its mandate in parliament. |
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=== Cyprus === |
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{{Further|Volt Cyprus}} |
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Volt Cyprus was founded on 3 December 2023. In November 2023, MP [[Alexandra Attalides]] announced her intention to join Volt and was subsequently elected co-president at the party's founding congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ανακοίνωσε συμπόρευση με το ΒΟΛΤ η Ατταλίδου. "Ένα καλύτερο βήμα να αγωνιστώ" |url=https://cyprustimes.com/politiki/anakoinose-syborefsi-me-to-volt-i-attalidou-ena-kalytero-vima-na-agonisto/|website=Cyprus Times|date=27 November 2023|access-date=3 December 2023|language=el}}</ref> The party is fully active in the Cypriot political system and participates in local and European elections. In the 2024 European elections, the party gained 2.9% of the vote and thus did not win a seat. |
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=== Czech Republic === |
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{{Further|Volt Czech Republic}} |
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Volt was founded 2019 and operated from 11 April 2021 to 28 June 2022 in the Czech Republic as the registered association {{lang|cs|Volt Česká republika, z.s}},<ref>{{Cite news|title=Zapsaný spolek|url=https://www.voltcesko.org/spolek|url-status=dead|website=Volt Czech Republic|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502104217/https://www.voltcesko.org/spolek|archive-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> with Karolina Machová and Adam Hanka as the chairs of the association and Jan Klátil as the treasurer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Předsednictvo|url=https://www.voltcesko.org/board-cz|website=Volt Czech Republic|access-date=1 August 2024|language=cs}}</ref> Volt is now registered as political party {{lang|cs|Volt Česko}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volt byl v Česka zaregistrován jako politická strana|publisher=www.voltcesko.org|url=https://www.voltcesko.org/volt-cesko-politicka-strana|website=Volt Czech Republic|access-date=1 August 2024|language=cs}}</ref> |
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In the [[2022 Prague municipal election|2022 local elections in Prague]], the party contested an election for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|first=David|last=Čížek|title=Eurofederalistický Volt zahajuje činnost v České republice, o hlasy bude bojovat už ve volbách na Pražský magistrát|url=https://slisty.cz/eurofederalisticky-volt-zahajuje-cinnost-v-ceske-republice-o-hlasy-bude-bojovat-uz-ve-volbach-na-prazsky-magistrat/|website=Studentské listy|date=24 September 2022|language=cs}}</ref> Volt received 4,816 votes (0.14%) and thus did not win a mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Výsledky voleb|url=https://www.volby.cz/pls/kv2022/kv1111?xjazyk=CZ&xid=1&xdz=4&xnumnuts=1100&xobec=554782&xstat=0&xvyber=0|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=27 July 2022|access-date=25 September 2022|language=cs}}</ref> |
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=== Denmark === |
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{{Further|Volt Denmark}}The Danish chapter of Volt, {{lang|da|Volt Danmark}}, was founded on 21 July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altinget.dk/eu/artikel/volt-europa-vi-er-det-pan-europaeiske-parti-du-ikke-vidste-du-savnede |title=Volt Europa: Vi er det pan-europæiske parti, du ikke vidste, du savnede |last=Richter|first=Kathrine|date=9 August 2018|website=Altinget|language=da|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref> The party contested an election for the first time in November 2021 with the municipal election in [[Frederiksberg Municipality|Frederiksberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kandidater til Kommunalvalget 2021|url=https://www.voltdanmark.org/frederiksberg/kv21-kandidater|website=Volt Frederiksberg|access-date=18 November 2021|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kommunalvalg Frederiksberg Kommune|url=https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84982147.htm|access-date=2021-11-18|website=kmdvalg.dk}}</ref> Volt received 105 votes (0.2%) and thus did not win a mandate. The party needs 21,195 digital signatures to be eligible for national elections, as well as 70,680 to run in the 2024 European Elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hvad er en vælgererklæring? |url=https://www.vaelgererklaering.dk/mere-om-vaelgererklaeringer|website=Vælgererklæring|date=24 August 2023|language=da}}</ref> |
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=== Finland === |
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Volt Finland ({{langx|fi|Volt Suomi}}) started collecting signatures in August 2023 to be officially registered as a party and to be able to stand in elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Suomeen pyrkii uusi puolue, joka haluaa EU:sta liittovaltion {{!}} tällainen on "Volt" |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20043471|website=Yle Uutiset|access-date=20 August 2023|language=fi}}</ref> |
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=== France === |
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{{Further|Volt France}}Volt France was founded as the ninth national branch of Volt Europa, and has nine active branches, with "city teams" in Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rennes, and two cross-border branches in Ain-Geneva and Strasbourg-Kehl. |
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The party was unable to participate in the European Elections 2019 due to a lack of funding. In 2020, Volt France participated in [[2020 French municipal elections|municipal elections]]. The party ran in coalition with the Greens in Lille, where they received 24.5% in the first round, and lost in the second round with 39.4%;<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Lille|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/nord/lille-59000|website=20minutes.fr|access-date=7 May 2020|language=fr}}</ref> as a coalition with "100% citoyens" in Lyon, receiving 3.4%<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Lyon 3ème Arrondissement|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/rhone/lyon-69003|website=20minutes.fr|access-date=7 May 2020|language=fr}}</ref> and 1.6%<ref>{{cite web|title=Élection métropolitaine : les résultats à Villeurbanne, les Verts devant le PS|url=https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/election-metropolitaine-les-resultats-a-villeurbanne-les-verts-devant-le-ps/|last=Faure|first=Anthony|website=20minutes.fr|date=16 March 2020|access-date=7 May 2020|language=fr}}</ref> in two districts; and alone in Paris' [[9th arrondissement of Paris|9th district]], receiving 0.5% in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Paris 9ème Arrondissement|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/paris/paris-75009|website=20minutes.fr|access-date=7 May 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |
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{{Infobox political party |
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| name = Volt France |
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| leader1_title = Presidents |
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| leader1_name = Charles Evain |
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| leader2_title = Vice-Presidents |
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| leader2_name = Anne Chamayou |
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| leader3_title = Treasurer |
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| leader3_name = Emilien Oumehdi |
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| foundation = {{Start date|df=y|2018|08|16}}. |
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| website = https://www.voltfrance.org/ |
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| country = France |
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| headquarters = [[Paris]], France |
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Volt France was founded as the 9th country chapter of Volt Europa and is active with nine so called "city teams" in Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Reindeer, and the two border chapters Ain-Geneva as well as Strasbourg-Kehl. |
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In the [[2022 French legislative election|2022 general election]], the party contested in 17 out of 577 constituencies, including constituencies abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Législatives. Originaire de Seine-et-Marne, elle veut devenir députée des Français de l'étranger |url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/savigny-le-temple_77445/legislatives-originaire-de-seine-et-marne-elle-veut-devenir-deputee-des-francais-de-l-etranger_50822734.html|website=actu.fr|date=9 May 2022|access-date=3 December 2023|language=fr}}</ref> The party achieved its best result in the national constituencies in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 5th constituency|5th constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department]] with 3.25%.<ref name="archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr">{{Cite web |title=Les archives des élections en France |url=https://www.archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/resultats/legislatives-2022/index.php|website=www.archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr|access-date=3 December 2023|language=fr}}</ref> The best overall election result was achieved by Volt in the [[Seventh constituency for French residents overseas|7th constituency of the French abroad (Central Europe)]] with 4.97%.<ref name="archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr"/> |
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The party was unable to participate in the European Elections 2019 due to a lack of funding. In 2020, Volt France participated in the [[2020_French_municipal_elections|municipal elections]], electable as a coalition with the Greens in Lille and received 24.5% in the first round<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Lille|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/nord/lille-59000|lang=fr|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>, as a coalition with "100% citoyens" in Lyon and receiving 3.4%<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Lyon 3ème Arrondissement|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/rhone/lyon-69003|lang=fr|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> and 1.6%<ref>{{cite web|title=Élection métropolitaine : les résultats à Villeurbanne, les Verts devant le PS|url=https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/election-metropolitaine-les-resultats-a-villeurbanne-les-verts-devant-le-ps/|last=Faure|first=Anthony|lang=fr|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> in two disctrict, and running alone in Paris' [[9th_arrondissement_of_Paris|9th district]] where it received 0.5%<ref>{{cite web|title=Résultat élection municipale 2020 Paris 9ème Arrondissement|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/resultats/paris/paris-75009|lang=fr|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> in the first round. The second round was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in France|COVID-19 pandemic]]. |
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In the 2024 European election, the party ran as part of the [[Europe Territoires Écologie]] coalition, but did not manage to win a seat.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} |
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=== Germany === |
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{{Further|Volt Germany}} |
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Volt Germany ({{langx|de|Volt Deutschland}}) became a registered political party in Germany in 2018, allowing it to compete in German elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/289341/volt|title=Volt Deutschland (Volt)|last=Schmälter|first=Julia|website=bpb.de|date=3 May 2019 |language=de|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> Volt Germany's basic programme is based upon a policies proposal, which is also fundamental for Volt Europa.<ref name="Programm">{{Cite web|url=https://www.voltdeutschland.org/|title=Programm|website=Volt Deutschland|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> The German branch's initial focus was the five "challenges" of "an intelligent state, social equality, economic renaissance, politically active citizenship" and "global balance". It also seeks to implement an overarching policy of transnational EU reform in accordance with the programmes of both Volt Germany and Volt Europa.<ref name="Programm" /> Volt Germany's programme for the 2019 [[2019 European Parliament election in Germany|European elections 2019]] was identical to that of all other European sections. It was adopted as the "Amsterdam Declaration" by all Volt sections in October 2018.<ref name="Programm" /> |
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In the 2019 European Election, Volt Germany received 248,824 votes, 0.7% of the total votes in Germany. As a result, Volt Germany's leading candidate [[Damian Boeselager]] won one of Germany's 96 seats in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results European Election 2019|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/europawahlen/2019/ergebnisse/bund-99.html|last=Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Returning Officer)}}</ref><ref name="SWR2">{{cite web|url= https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/tagesgespraech/volt-spitzenkandidat-damian-boeselager-zum-europawahl-ergebnis/-/id=660264/did=24143262/nid=660264/pe4aba/|title= Volt-Spitzenkandidat Damian Böselager: Union und SPD müssen Klimapolitik ändern|date= 27 May 2019|access-date= 28 May 2019|author= Theis, Marion|website=SWR2|publisher=[[Südwestrundfunk]]|language=de|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190527063509/https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/tagesgespraech/volt-spitzenkandidat-damian-boeselager-zum-europawahl-ergebnis/-/id%3D660264/did%3D24143262/nid%3D660264/pe4aba/|url-status= dead}}</ref> |
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{{Infobox political party |
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| name = Volt Deutschland |
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| leader1_title = Presidents |
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| leader1_name = Paul Loeper, Friederike Schier |
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| leader2_title = Vice-Presidents |
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| leader2_name = Paulo Alexandre, Konstantin Feist, Caroline Flohr, Sophie Griesbacher |
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| leader3_title = Treasurer |
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| leader3_name = Leo Lüddecke |
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| foundation = {{Start date|df=y|2018|03|03}}. |
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| website = https://www.voltdeutschland.org/ |
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| country = Germany |
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| headquarters = [[Berlin]], Germany |
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| seats1_title = [[European Parliament]] |
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| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|96|hex=purple}} |
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| seats2_title = Locally Elected Officials |
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| seats2 = 5 |
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Volt Germany has won individual seats on a number of city councils. In local elections occurring the same day as the European Elections in 2019, Volt received 1.2% of the votes for the election to the City Council in [[Mainz]], winning 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vorläufiges Ergebnis der Kreistagswahl 2019|publisher=Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz|url=https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen//kk/ergebnisse/3150000000.html|access-date=1 June 2019|last=Landeswahhlleiter|language=de}}</ref> In Bavaria's 2020 local elections, the party won one seat each in [[Bamberg]] and [[Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kommunalwahl2020.bamberg.de/Stadtrat/stadtratswahl_ba_2020_gemeinde_09461000.html|title=Stadtratswahl BA 2020|website=kommunalwahl2020.bamberg.de|language=de|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318180950/https://kommunalwahl2020.bamberg.de/Stadtrat/stadtratswahl_ba_2020_gemeinde_09461000.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wahlen-muenchen.de/ergebnisse/20200315stadtratswahl/index.html#w_8117_18036|title=Ergebnisse|website=www.wahlen-muenchen.de|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> In Munich, Volt subsequently became part of the governing coalition with the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.novum-in-muenchen-rathaus-spd-bildet-fraktionsgemeinschaft-mit-volt.71e56541-9c0e-4b2d-b3f6-728a1c88230e.html|title=Rathaus-SPD bildet Fraktionsgemeinschaft mit Volt|newspaper=[[Abendzeitung]]|date=2 April 2020|language=de|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hans|first=Julian |date=4 May 2020 |title= Der neue Mann in Reihe sechs |trans-title=The New Man in Row Six |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/volt-partei-der-neue-mann-in-reihe-sechs-1.4896758 |language=de |newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|location=Munich |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Later that year, the party won seats on the city councils of [[Cologne]], [[Bonn]], [[Aachen]], [[Siegen]], [[Münster]], [[Düsseldorf]], and [[Paderborn]]. Volt was particularly strong in Cologne and Bonn, where it received around 5% of the votes, resulting in four and three seats, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amtliches Endergebnis Köln|publisher=Stadt Köln|url=https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_42_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|access-date=26 November 2020|language=de|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125161447/https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_42_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amtliches Endergebnis Bonn|publisher=Stadt Bonn|url=http://wahlen.bonn.de/wahlen/KW2020/05314000/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_43_Gemeinde_Stadt_Bonn.html|access-date=26 November 2020|language=de|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915140417/http://wahlen.bonn.de/wahlen/KW2020/05314000/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_43_Gemeinde_Stadt_Bonn.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party also won seats in [[Darmstadt]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Wiesbaden]], [[Fulda]], and [[Heusenstamm]] in the [[2021 Hessian local elections]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/kommunalwahl-2021-alle-ergebnisse-fuer-frankfurt-am-main,kommunalwahl-ergebnisse-frankfurt-100.html|title=Kommunalwahl 2021: Alle Ergebnisse|date=15 March 2021|access-date=15 March 2021|newspaper=Hessenschau}}</ref> The 6.5% vote share in Darmstadt, to win five of the 71 seats, was the party's best ever result in a German council.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fr.de/rhein-main/darmstadt/darmstadt-stadtparlament-wird-politisch-vielfaeltiger-und-bunter-90241675.html|title=Darmstadt: Stadtparlament wird politisch vielfältiger und bunter – Grüne klar vorn|first=Jens|last=Joachim|date=14 March 2021|access-date=15 March 2021|newspaper=Frankfurter Rundschau|language=de}}</ref> |
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"Volt Deutschland" is Volt's registered political party in [[Germany]], allowing it to compete in elections within the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/289341/volt|title=Volt Deutschland (Volt)|last=Schmälter|first=Julia|website=bpb.de|language=de|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> Volt Deutschland's basic programme is based upon a Policies Proposal, which is also fundamental for Volt Europe.<ref name="Programm">{{Cite web|url=https://www.voltdeutschland.org/|title=Programm|website=Volt Deutschland|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> The initial focus will be on five "challenges" which Volt Deutschland wants to address at local, regional and national level, namely "an intelligent state, social equality, economic renaissance, politically active citizenship" and "global balance". In addition to these, it seeks to implement an overarching policy of transnational EU reform in accordance with the programmes of both Volt Deutschland and Volt Europa.<ref name="Programm"/> Volt Deutschland's programme for the 2019 [[2019 European Parliament election in Germany|European elections 2019]] is identical to that of all other European sections. It was adopted as the "Amsterdam Declaration" by all Volt sections in October 2018.<ref name="Programm"/> <br /> |
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In the 2019 European Election "Volt Deutschland" gained 248 824 votes which is equivalent to 0.7% of total votes in Germany. As front runner [[Damian Freiherr von Boeselager]] got one of the 96 seats from delegates from Germany in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results European Election 2019|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/europawahlen/2019/ergebnisse/bund-99.html|last=Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Returning Officer)}}</ref><ref name="SWR2">{{cite web|url= https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/tagesgespraech/volt-spitzenkandidat-damian-boeselager-zum-europawahl-ergebnis/-/id=660264/did=24143262/nid=660264/pe4aba/|title= Volt-Spitzenkandidat Damian Boeselager: Union und SPD müssen Klimapolitik ändern.|date=27 May 2019|accessdate=28 May 2019|author= Theis, Marion|publisher= SWR2|language=de}}</ref> <br /> |
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"Volt Deutschland" was especially strong in German cities. With 2.9% the highest percentage of votes was gained in the city of Heidelberg. In Munich and Karlsruhe "Volt Germany" gained 2.2% of the votes. In the two largest German cities, Berlin and Hamburg, Volt's vote share was 1.2%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results European Election 2019 on party level|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/dam/jcr/8cc9ae77-6e83-41ba-b7ee-23bc64fb3f5b/ew19_arbtab2.pdf|last=Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Returning Officer)|language=de|pages=74 ff.}}</ref> |
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In the 2024 European Election, Volt Germany received 1,023,161 votes (2.6%), translating to three seats in the European Parliament. The MEPs elected were Damian Boeselager, [[Nela Riehl]] and [[Kai Tegethoff]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} |
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During the local elections taking place on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt received 1.2% of the votes for the election to the City Council in [[Mainz]], gaining 1 seat, and received 5.9% of the votes for the election to the City Council in [[Wachenheim (disambiguation)|Wachenheim]] gaining 1 seat there too.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vorläufiges Ergebnis der Kreistagswahl 2019|publisher=Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz|url=https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen//kk/ergebnisse/3150000000.html|accessdate=1 June 2019|last=Landeswahhlleiter|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kg/ergebnisse/3320604600.html|title=2019 Wachenheim City Council election results|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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=== Greece === |
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On 15th March 2020 during the Bavarian Local Elections , <nowiki>''Volt Deutschland''</nowiki> won 2.1% of the vote in [[Bamberg]], securing 1 seat, and also won 1.8% of the vote in [[Munich]], also securing 1 seat there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kommunalwahl2020.bamberg.de/Stadtrat/stadtratswahl_ba_2020_gemeinde_09461000.html|title=Stadtratswahl BA 2020|website=kommunalwahl2020.bamberg.de|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wahlen-muenchen.de/ergebnisse/20200315stadtratswahl/index.html#w_8117_18036|title=Ergebnisse|website=www.wahlen-muenchen.de|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> In Munich, Volt created a joint faction with the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]] and entered the governing coalition of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.novum-in-muenchen-rathaus-spd-bildet-fraktionsgemeinschaft-mit-volt.71e56541-9c0e-4b2d-b3f6-728a1c88230e.html|title=Rathaus-SPD bildet Fraktionsgemeinschaft mit Volt|website=abendzeitung-muenchen.de|language=de|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hans|first=Julian |date=4 May 2020 |title= Der neue Mann in Reihe sechs |trans-title=The New Man in Row Six |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/volt-partei-der-neue-mann-in-reihe-sechs-1.4896758 |language=German |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |location=Munich |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> |
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{{Further|Volt Greece}} |
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Volt Greece ({{langx|el|Βολτ Ελλάδας}}) was founded in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Βόλτερς |url=https://www.voltgreece.gr/volters/|date=2 July 2022|access-date=4 October 2022|language=el}}</ref> In July 2022, the group elected its first executive secretariat and an ethics committee, which were tasked with preparing its establishment as a party.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dionysios|last=Photeinos|title=Εκλογές Βολτ Ελλάδας|url=https://www.voltgreece.gr/volt-elections/|website=Volt Greece|date=29 September 2022|access-date=4 October 2022|language=el}}</ref> On 4 October 2022, the party was officially registered, becoming the 18th registered party of Volt Europa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Βολτ: Ιδρύεται ως πολιτικό κόμμα |url=https://www.agrinionews.gr/volt-idryetai-os-politiko-komma/|website=Agrinio News|date=3 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022|language=el}}</ref> In December 2022, Volt founded the new political alliance Green & Purple ({{lang|el|ΠΡΑΣΙΝΟ & ΜΩΒ}}) together with the parties [[Ikologi Prasini]], [[Pirate Party of Greece]], [[Greens – Solidarity]], Greek Party for the Animals and the ecofeminist movement Kyklos.<ref>{{Cite news|title=New party 'Prasino+Mov' aims to win seat in Parliament at elections|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1200739/new-party-prasinomov-aims-to-win-seat-in-parliament-at-elections/|website=Ekathimerini|date=21 December 2022|access-date=3 January 2023|language=el}}</ref> The party held its founding congress in Athens on 11 and 12 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Παράρτημα ενός πανευρωπαϊκού κόμματος: τι είναι και τι θέλει το Βολτ Ελλάδας {{!}} Κώστας Γιαννακίδης |url=https://www.protagon.gr/apopseis/parartima-enos-panevrwpaikou-kommatos-ti-einai-kai-ti-thelei-to-volt-elladas-44342685321|website=Protagon|access-date=16 March 2023|language=el}}</ref> However, the Green & Purple alliance was barred from participating in the [[May 2023 Greek legislative election|May 2023 legislative election]] by the [[Supreme Court of Greece]] due to its late submission of relevant forms.<ref>{{Cite news|script-title=el:Εκτός εκλογών ο συνδυασμός «Πράσινο & Μωβ» και το κόμμα Ευμορφίδη Πηγή|url=https://www.protagon.gr/epikairotita/ektos-eklogwn-o-syndyasmos-prasino-kai-mwv-kai-to-komma-evmorfidi-44342715623|website=Protagon|date=2 May 2023|language=el}}</ref> In the [[June 2023 Greek legislative election|June 2023 election]], the alliance received 0.3% of the national vote.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=el:Επικράτεια|trans-title=National elections June 2023|url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/parties/|access-date=20 August 2023|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801092849/https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/parties/|archive-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> |
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=== The Netherlands === |
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<nowiki>''Volt Nederland'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in the Netherlands and was founded on 23 June 2018 in [[Utrecht]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b6616372|title=Nieuwe partij Volt wil de geschiedenis ingaan als eerste pan-Europese partij|last=Korteweg|first=Ariejan|date=24 June 2018|website=de Volkskrant|language=nl-NL|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> Volt participated in the European Elections in May in Netherlands in 2019 and achieved 1.93% of the votes and thus received none of the 26 seats.<ref name="NLresults" /> Volt is participating in the 2021 Lower House elections ('[[Tweede Kamer]] verkiezingen'). In 2020 the members elected [[Laurens Dassen]] as the party leader for these elections. |
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===Ireland=== |
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Volt Ireland ({{langx|ga|Volt Éire}}) formed in the run-up to the 2019 European elections, but did not initially register as a party, holding meetings in various cities. In October 2021, the group launched an attempt to register as a party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Europa Launches New Irish Website|url=https://voltireland.ie/2021/10/14/volt-europa-launches-new-irish-website/|website=Volt Ireland|access-date=27 December 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129091145/https://voltireland.ie/2021/10/14/volt-europa-launches-new-irish-website/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 300 signatures are required from Irish citizens and [[Citizenship of the European Union|EU citizens]] living in the [[Republic of Ireland]] to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Register together|url=https://voltireland.ie/register-together/|website=Volt Ireland|access-date=27 December 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129091453/https://voltireland.ie/register-together/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== Italy === |
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{{Further|Volt Italy}} |
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<nowiki>''Volt Italia'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in Italy. <nowiki>''Volt Italia''</nowiki> took part to [[Novi Ligure]]'s 2019 municipal election gaining 1.43% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voltitalia.org/candidati_consiglio_comunale_novi_ligure|title=Volt Italia – Candidati consiglio comunale Novi Ligure|language=it|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>. |
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Volt Italy ({{langx|it|Volt Italia}}) was founded on 18 July 2018. Daniela Patti and Guido Silvestri are party leaders and Pasquale Lisena is treasurer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Persone|url=https://www.voltitalia.org/people|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Volt Italia|language=it}}</ref> |
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In January 2020, the party also participated in the [[Emilia-Romagna]]'s regional election, gaining 0.43% of the votes. |
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The party was unable to take part in the 2019 European elections, failing to obtain the required 150,000 notarised supporter signatures.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-09|title=Tutti i simboli e le alleanze in corsa alle elezioni europee|url=https://www.wired.it/attualita/politica/2019/04/09/elezioni-europee-liste-simboli-alleanze/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Wired Italia|language=it}}</ref> Since then, the party has taken part in a number of regional and local elections, winning mandates in Mantua and Isernia, among other cities, where Federica Vinci, then chair of Volt Italy, was elected deputy mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Redazione|title=Isernia, Paolino presidente del Consiglio. Staffetta con Sardelli|url=https://www.isnews.it/politica/84840-isernia-paolino-presidente-del-consiglio-staffetta-con-sardelli.html|access-date=2021-12-27|website=isNews.it|date=4 November 2021 |language=it}}</ref> |
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In the Basilicata regional election in 2024, Volt's candidate, Eustachio Follia, gained 1.21%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scrutini regionali |date=25 November 2016 |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/regionali/scrutini/20240421/scrutiniRI170000000000}}</ref> |
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=== Kosovo === |
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{{Further|Volt Kosovo}} |
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Volt Kosovo ({{Langx|sq|Volt Kosova}}, {{Langx|sr|Волт Косово}}) is not registered as a party in Kosovo, but engages as a movement on the ground and participates at the European level of Volt.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Kosovo website|url=https://voltkosovo.org|website=Volt Kosovo|access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> |
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=== Luxembourg === |
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{{Further|Volt Luxembourg}} |
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Volt Luxembourg ({{langx|lb|Volt Lëtzebuerg}}, {{langx|fr|Volt Luxembourg}}, {{langx|de|Volt Luxemburg}}) was founded in 2019 and received around 2% of the vote in the [[2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 May 2019|title=EU-Wahlen 2019: Die Ergebnisse für Luxemburg|url=https://www.wort.lu/de/politik/eu-wahlen-2019-die-ergebnisse-fuer-luxemburg-5ceafd70da2cc1784e344e5e|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Luxemburger Wort|language=de}}</ref> It did not repeat this result in the 2024 European Election, with the party gaining 1.04% of the votes, receiving no seats. |
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=== Malta === |
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{{Further|Volt Malta}} |
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Volt Malta was officially registered as a political party in Malta in May 2021 and contested the 2022 elections for the national parliament, with two candidates covering four districts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt registered as a political party in Malta|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/volt-first-pro-choice-political-party-registered-in-malta.869416|website=Times of Malta|date=4 May 2021|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> |
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=== Netherlands === |
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[[File:Laurens_Dassen.png|thumb|left|[[Laurens Dassen]], Leader of [[Volt Netherlands]] in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)]]]] |
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{{Further|Volt Netherlands}} |
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Volt Netherlands is Volt's registered political party in the Netherlands and was founded on 23 June 2018 in [[Utrecht]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ariejan|last=Korteweg|title=Nieuwe partij Volt wil de geschiedenis ingaan als eerste pan-Europese partij|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b6616372|date=24 June 2018|website=de Volkskrant|language=nl|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> The party received 2.42% of the vote in the [[2021 Dutch general election|2021 general election]], taking three seats in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Dutch House of Representatives]]. It has since then lost 1 seat due to the removal of [[Nilüfer Gündoğan|Nilüfer Gündogan]] from the party due to reports of reckless and abusive behavior.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bestuur Volt zet Gündogan uit de partij |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2423009-bestuur-volt-zet-gundogan-uit-de-partij|website=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|date=29 March 2022|access-date=9 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> |
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In the November 2023 general election, Volt received 1.69% of the votes, resulting in 2 seats in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Dutch House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://allecijfers.nl/uitslag-tweede-kamer-verkiezingen-2023/ | title=Uitslag Tweede Kamer verkiezingen 2023 | website=allecijfers.nl | date=January 2001 | language=nl | trans-title=Results of the 2023 House of Representatives elections}}</ref> |
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For the [[2024 European Parliament election|European Parliament Elections in June 2024]], Volt received 5.13% of the votes, winning 2 of the 31 Dutch seats in the European Parliament.<ref name="ep2024nl">{{Cite web | url=https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/national-results/netherlands/2024-2029/ | title=National results Netherlands {{!}} 2024 European election results | publisher=[[European Parliament]] | date=2024-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719123137/https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/national-results/netherlands/2024-2029/ | archive-date=2024-07-19 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="eu2024nl2">{{Cite web | url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP20240606 | title=Europees Parlement 6 juni 2024 | language=nl | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626110303/https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP20240606/ | archive-date=2024-06-26}}</ref> |
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=== Portugal === |
=== Portugal === |
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{{Further|Volt Portugal}} |
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Running under the name "Volt Portugal" in [[Portugal]], the movement submitted more than nine thousand signatures needed for the legalisation of a political party in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-06-12-Volt-Portugal-tenta-pela-quarta-vez-a-legalizacao-como-partido-politico |title=Volt Portugal tenta pela quarta vez a legalização como partido político |last=|first=|date=12 June 2020|website=Expresso|language=pt-PT|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> A final decision by the [[Constitutional Court (Portugal)|Constitutional Court]] approved Volt Portugal as the 25th party of the country in June 2020 after the case lasted over half a year; a move that made the chapter Volt's 14th registered national party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/pais/portugal-tem-um-novo-partido-e-o-25-e-chama-se-volt-12371160.html |title=Portugal tem um novo partido. É o 25º e chama-se Volt |last=|first=|date=30 June 2020|website=[[Diário de Notícias]]|language=pt-PT|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> |
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In October 2019, Volt Portugal submitted more than the 9,000 signatures needed to register as a political party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-06-12-Volt-Portugal-tenta-pela-quarta-vez-a-legalizacao-como-partido-politico|title=Volt Portugal tenta pela quarta vez a legalização como partido político|website=Expresso|date=12 June 2020|access-date=29 June 2020|language=pt}}</ref> After multiple delays, the [[Constitutional Court (Portugal)|Constitutional Court]] approved Volt Portugal as the country's 25th party in June 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/pais/portugal-tem-um-novo-partido-e-o-25-e-chama-se-volt-12371160.html |title=Portugal tem um novo partido. É o 25º e chama-se Volt|website=[[Diário de Notícias]]|date=30 June 2020|access-date=1 July 2020|language=pt}}</ref> Volt Portugal initially planned to contest [[2020 Azorean regional election|regional elections on the Azores in Autumn 2020]], but was unable to do so due to a slow registration process, which did not allow enough time to recruit candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/politica/partidos/volt-portugal-tenta-legalizacao-como-partido-politico-pela-quarta-vez |title=Volt Portugal tenta legalização como partido político pela quarta vez|website=TVI24|date=12 June 2020|access-date=29 June 2020|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2020/06/30/novo-partido-politico-tribunal-constitucional-aceitou-a-inscricao-do-volt-portugal/ |title=Novo partido político: Tribunal Constitucional aceitou a inscrição do Volt Portugal|website=[[Observador]]|date=30 June 2020|access-date=1 July 2020|language=pt}}</ref> |
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In the September [[2021 Portuguese local elections|2021 local elections]], the party contested in [[Lisbon]] (0.58%), [[Porto]] (0.42%), [[Tomar]] (1.36%), [[Coimbra]] (coalition 43.92%) and [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]] (coalition 7.57%), winning a mandate in Coimbra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Autarquicas 2021 {{!}} Resultados|url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2021/resultados/territorio-nacional|website=eleicoes.mai.gov.pt|access-date=27 January 2022|language=pt}}</ref> Independent MEP [[Francisco Guerreiro]] supported the party in the local elections and announced he would join the party after his mandate expired.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Francisco Guerreiro apoia candidatura do partido Volt em Lisboa|url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/politica/1831756/francisco-guerreiro-apoia-candidatura-do-partido-volt-em-lisboa|website=Notícias ao Minuto|date=14 September 2021|access-date=27 January 2022|language=pt}}</ref> |
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Volt Portugal's president Tiago Gomes initially planned to establish the legal requirements of the party before [[2020 Azorean regional election|the elections on the Azores in Autumn 2020]], a plan which had to be abandoned due to a slow approval process by the Constitutional Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/politica/partidos/volt-portugal-tenta-legalizacao-como-partido-politico-pela-quarta-vez |title=Volt Portugal tenta legalização como partido político pela quarta vez |last=|first=|date=12 June 2020|website=TVI24|language=pt-PT|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2020/06/30/novo-partido-politico-tribunal-constitucional-aceitou-a-inscricao-do-volt-portugal/ |title=Novo partido político: Tribunal Constitucional aceitou a inscrição do Volt Portugal |last=|first=|date=30 June 2020|website=[[Observador]]|language=pt-PT|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> According to the chapter's president, this will only be reconsidered by Volt Portugal in case a 2nd wave of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal|COVID-19 pandemic]] forces the elections to be postponed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/30/politica/noticia/ha-partido-portugal-25-chamase-volt-1922518 |title=Há mais um partido em Portugal: é o 25.º e chama-se Volt |last=Borges|first=Liliana|date=30 June 2020|website=[[Publico (Portugal)|Publico]]|language=pt-PT|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> |
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In the January [[2022 Portuguese legislative election|2022 general election]], Volt Portugal contested a national election for the first time, running in 18 of 20 districts.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Leonete|last=Botelho|title=Partido pan-europeu Volt candidata-se em 18 distritos|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/12/16/politica/noticia/partido-paneuropeu-volt-candidatase-nove-distritos-1988855|website=Público|date=16 December 2021|access-date=27 January 2022|language=pt}}</ref> The party received 0.1% of the vote and did not win any seats.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Eleições Legislativas 2022|url=https://legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt/|website=legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt|access-date=31 January 2022|language=pt|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201111913/https://www.legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== Sweden === |
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<nowiki>''Volt Sverige'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in Sweden. The party gained 146 votes in the 2019 European Parliament election.<ref>https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html |title=Val till Europaparlamentet - Röster</ref> |
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{{Further|Volt Romania}} |
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In Switzerland, Volt Europa reports regular meetings in Geneva and Zurich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/VoltSwitzerland/events|title=Volt Switzerland|website=facebook.com|access-date=6 May 2019}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}</ref> However, it is not registered as a party, and nor does it take part in elections, partly because Switzerland is not a member of the European Union. |
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Volt Romania ({{langx|ro|Volt România}}) is Volt's registered political party in Romania. It was registered in February 2021, the 15th registered national party of Volt Europa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=O veste bună pentru România și Europa!|url=https://www.voltromania.org/partid-politic|website=Volt Romania|date=25 February 2021|language=ro}}</ref> The group has been active in the country since 2017, participating in initiatives against attacks on the rule of law and mobilising the diaspora to participate in the elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pan-European Volt registers political party in Romania|url=http://www.romania-insider.com/volt-romania-registration-march-2021|website=Romania Insider|date=March 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> |
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{{Further|Volt Slovakia}} |
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<nowiki>''Volt UK'' is Volt'</nowiki>s registered political party in the United Kingdom. The party was registered with the Electoral Commission in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP8009|title=Registration Summary|website=electoralcommission.org.uk|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> |
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The chairs of Volt Slovakia ({{langx|sk|Volt Slovensko}}) are [[Lucia Kleštincová]] and Rick Zedník.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seize Europe Day to think of European solutions |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23166048/seize-europe-day-to-think-of-european-solutions.html|website=[[The Slovak Spectator]]|date=9 May 2023|access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Využime Deň Európy na premýšľanie o európskych riešeniach |url=https://komentare.sme.sk/c/23166329/vyuzime-den-europy-na-premyslanie-o-europskych-rieseniach.html|website=[[Sme]]|access-date=11 May 2023|language=sk}}</ref> The party is due to hold its founding party conference on 3 February 2024. It has more female than male members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=V sobotu sa uskutoční zakladajúce Valné zhromaždenie strany Volt Slovensko, členská základňa si bude voliť svojich predsedov|url=https://sita.sk/v-sobotu-sa-uskutocni-zakladajuce-valne-zhromazdenie-strany-volt-slovensko-clenska-zakladna-si-bude-volit-svojich-predsedov/|website=SITA|date=31 January 2024|access-date=1 February 2024|language=sk}}</ref> |
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== Elections == |
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{{Further|Volt Spain}} |
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Volt Spain ({{Langx|es|Volt España}}) was officially registered as a party in [[Spain]] on 15 June 2018 as the third national section. The party won 32,291 votes in the 2019 European Parliament election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rachele Arciulo: «Somos de centroizquierda y en el 2023 queremos entrar en el Congreso»|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/espana/2021/07/16/centroizquierda-2023-queremos-entrar-congreso/0003_202107G16P17_COPY995.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=16 July 2021|access-date=20 December 2021|language=es}}</ref> In May, the party contested the local elections in [[Madrid]] for the first time since the European elections, but failed to win a mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rachele Arciulo: «Somos de centroizquierda y en el 2023 queremos entrar en el Congreso»|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/espana/2021/07/16/centroizquierda-2023-queremos-entrar-congreso/0003_202107G16P17_COPY995.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=14 July 2021|access-date=15 February 2022|language=es}}</ref> During the elections, a representative of the right-wing populist [[Vox (political party)|Vox]] warned against confusion with his own party, as the placement of the ballot papers next to each other was, according to him, intended to cause confusion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qué es Volt, el partido que "confunden" con Vox en las papeletas de los comicios|url=https://www.lainformacion.com/espana/madrid/que-partido-es-volt-elecciones-madrid-vox/2837254/|website=La Información|date=4 May 2021|access-date=15 February 2022|language=es}}</ref> Volt's average age in Spain is below 35, and its chairs are Rachele Arciulo and Cristian Castrillón.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Directiva|url=https://www.volteuropa.es/directiva-2/|website=Volt España|access-date=15 February 2022|language=es|archive-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810210626/https://www.volteuropa.es/directiva-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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[[File:2021_Madrilenian_regional_election_Ballot_-_VOLT_España_(VOLT).pdf|right|thumb|237x237px|Volt Europa electoral [[ballot]] for the [[2021 Madrilenian regional election]]]] |
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===Sweden=== |
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{{Further|Volt Sweden}} |
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Volt Sweden ({{Langx|sv|Volt Sverige}}) is Volt's registered political party in Sweden. Michael Holz and Alexander Löf are party leaders and Erik Andrén is treasurer. The party campaigned for the 2019 European Parliament elections, but as a [[Write-in candidate|write-in party]] without its own ballot papers, relying on voters to write the party's name on blank ballot papers. Volt Sverige received 146 votes in this way.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|title=Val till Europaparlamentet – Röster|website=data.val.se|access-date=3 July 2019|language=sv|archive-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619143130/https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In early November 2021, the [[Ljusnarsberg Municipality|Ljusnarsberg]] branch of [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberalerna]] (The Liberals) announced its intention to become an association and run for Volt in the local elections. The party's local elected representative joined Volt, becoming the first and only Volt representative in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Samuel|last=Boström|title=Liberalerna i Ljusnarsberg bryter med partiet: "Inte möjligt att samarbeta med SD"|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/orebro/liberalerna-i-ljusnarsberg-bryter-med-partiet-inte-mojligt-att-samarbeta-med-sd|website=SVT Nyheter|date=2 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="Känner inte igen oss längre i partiet Liberalerna"|url=https://www.na.se/2021-11-01/l-ska-bli-volt-vi-ser-inget-mojligt-samarbete-med-sd|website=Nerikes Allehanda|date=1 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021|language=sv}}</ref> |
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The party participated in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] and received 89 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valpresentation |url=https://resultat.val.se/val2022/slutlig/RD/rike|website=VAL.se|access-date=18 September 2022|language=sv}}</ref> It received 388 votes in the 2024 European Election, not enough to win a seat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valpresentation |url=https://resultat.val.se/euval2024/EU?r=S&t=0|website=VAL.se|access-date=16 June 2024|language=sv}}</ref> |
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===Switzerland=== |
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Volt Switzerland was founded on 9 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite tweet |title= Great News! Today #Volt #Switzerland was founded officially as part of the #paneuropean @VoltEuropa family http://facebook.com/voltswitzerland. |user=rypurne|number=1182046435929415683|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> There are teams in [[Geneva]], [[Zürich|Zurich]], [[Basel]], [[Bern]] and [[Lugano]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Städte |url=https://www.voltschweiz.org/staedte|website=Volt Schweiz|access-date=30 March 2022|language=de}}</ref> In February 2020, Volt participated in the Unity Committee for the Free Movement of Persons. It is intended to address concerns of foreigners and Swiss with a migration background to achieve greater participation in Swiss public life and was also directed against the [[citizens' initiative]] "For moderate immigration (limitation initiative)".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Migrantinnen und Migranten verteidigen Personenfreizügigkeit|url=https://syna.ch/aktuell/migrantinnen-und-migranten-verteidigen-personenfreizuegigkeit|website=Syna|date=18 February 2020|access-date=20 December 2020|language=de}}</ref> |
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In the municipal elections in Zurich in February 2022, Volt stood for the first time in an election in Switzerland and fielded candidates in 2 out of 9 constituencies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gemeinderatswahlen 2022: 12 Parteien und Gruppierungen treten an - Stadt Zürich|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/service/medien/medienmitteilungen/2021/dezember/211217a.html|website=Stadt Zurich|access-date=19 December 2021|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Im Schnitt 8,6 Personen pro Sitz|url=https://www.lokalinfo.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/ZB_2022_01_13.pdf#page=24|publisher=Züriberg|date=13 January 2022|access-date=20 January 2022|language=de|type=PDF}}</ref> In constituency 7+8 the party achieved 0.24%, in constituency 10 0.34%, which means that it did not win a mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resultate nach Parteien, Wahlkreis 7+8|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/politik_u_recht/abstimmungen_u_wahlen/aktuell/220213/resultate.html?path=wp_resultate_kreis5&context=standalone|website=Stadt Zurich|access-date=15 February 2022|language=de|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215000735/https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/politik_u_recht/abstimmungen_u_wahlen/aktuell/220213/resultate.html?path=wp_resultate_kreis5&context=standalone|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Resultate nach Parteien, Wahlkreis 10|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/politik_u_recht/abstimmungen_u_wahlen/aktuell/220213/resultate.html?path=wp_resultate_kreis7&context=standalone|website=Stadt Zurich|access-date=15 February 2022|language=de|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215000737/https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/politik_u_recht/abstimmungen_u_wahlen/aktuell/220213/resultate.html?path=wp_resultate_kreis7&context=standalone|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The party is part of the Swiss Europe Initiative, which calls for the [[Federal Assembly (Switzerland)|Parliament]] and the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]] to start negotiations with the EU on institutional issues and cooperation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pollice |first=Dario |title=Europa-Initiative soll dem Bundesrat Beine machen |url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/news-service/inland-schweiz/europa-initiative-gruene-und-operation-libero-wollen-mit-initiative-eu-politik-deblockieren-ld.2334963|website=[[Luzerner Zeitung]]|date=30 August 2022|access-date=4 October 2022|language=de}}</ref> |
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=== Ukraine === |
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{{Further|Volt Ukraine}} |
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Volt Ukraine ({{Langx|uk|Вольт Україна|Volʹt Ukrayina}}) was founded in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Ukraine gegründet |url=https://www.voltdeutschland.org/presse/20220829-volt-ukraine|website=Volt Deutschland|access-date=12 October 2022|language=de|archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012133556/https://www.voltdeutschland.org/presse/20220829-volt-ukraine |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its founder and chairman is Mykhaylo Pobigay, a war veteran and the head of the non-profit organisation Land of The Free. Volt Ukraine advocates for [[Ukraine]] to join the EU, as well as more military support and a European orientation for Ukraine. Members of Volt Ukraine also help support refugees and arrange accommodation in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rusové vzkazují, že když se nevzdáme, zabijí nás, říká veterán z Donbasu |url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahranicni-rusove-vzkazuji-ze-kdyz-se-nevzdame-zabiji-nas-rika-veteran-z-donbasu-216485|website=[[Seznam.cz|Seznam Zprávy]]|date=12 October 2022|language=cs}}</ref> |
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=== United Kingdom === |
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{{Further|Volt UK}} |
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Volt UK was registered with the British [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]] in January 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP8009|title=Registration Summary|website=Electoral Commission|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>{{efn |name="note-c"}} and campaigns for the UK to rejoin the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redactionpolitics.com/2021/01/08/new-party-starts-britains-campaign-to-rejoin-the-european-union/|first=Declan|last=Carey|title=New party starts Britain's campaign to rejoin the European Union|website=redactionpolitics.com|date=8 January 2021|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> |
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== European Parliament elections == |
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=== 2019 European Parliament election === |
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|{{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|Belgium]]|| Christophe Calis, Marcela Válková<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bruzz.be/politiek/europese-partij-volt-heeft-brusselse-lijsttrekker-europa-meer-slagkracht-geven-2019-04-06|title=Europese partij Volt heeft Brusselse lijsttrekker: 'Europa meer slagkracht geven'|date=6 April 2019|website=bruzz.be|language=nl|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> |
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|20,385 |
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|248.824 |
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| 0.67%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.election-results.eu/national-results/germany/2019-2024/|title=2019 European election results – National results: Germany|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> || 1 || – |
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|{{flagdeco|Bulgaria}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]|| [[Nastimir Ananiev]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-26 |title=European elections, 23 - 26 May 2019, country sheet: Bulgaria |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190516BKG51011/european-elections-2019-country-sheets/2/bulgaria |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref> |
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|3,500 |
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|{{flagdeco|Germany}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Germany|Germany]]|| [[Damian Boeselager]], Marie-Isabelle Heiß<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Wahlleiter_Bund/status/1106514054934339584|title=#Bundeswahlausschuss lässt Wahlvorschlag von "Volt Deutschland" zur #EP2019 zu.|last=Bundeswahlleiter|first=Der|date=15 March 2019|website=@Wahlleiter_Bund|language=de|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}} |
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|249,098 |
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| 0.48<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections2019.belgium.be/en/results-figures?el=EU&id=EUL12025|title=Results in figures(1) {{!}} Elections 2019|website=elections2019.belgium.be|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> || 0 || Only participated in Belgium's<br/> [[Dutch-speaking electoral college]] |
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|{{flagdeco|Bulgaria}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]|| Nastimir Ananiev<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook post |url=https://www.facebook.com/VoltBulgaria/photos/a.120506258726388/263565201087159/ |language=Bulgarian}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}</ref> |
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|3.500|| 0.18%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/ep2019/rezultati/index.html|title=Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019|website=results.cik.bg|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> || 0 || – |
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|{{flagdeco|Luxembourg}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]|| Rolf Tarrach Siegel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/1325672.html|title=Elections: Le mouvement "Volt" présentera une liste complète pour les européennes|website=5minutes.rtl.lu|language=fr|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1318850.html|title=New party to present candidates for the European elections|website=today.rtl.lu|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> |
|{{flagdeco|Luxembourg}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]|| Rolf Tarrach Siegel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/1325672.html|title=Elections: Le mouvement "Volt" présentera une liste complète pour les européennes|website=5minutes.rtl.lu|language=fr|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1318850.html|title=New party to present candidates for the European elections|website=today.rtl.lu|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> |
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|26 |
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|{{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|Netherlands]]|| [[Reinier van Lanschot]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voltnederland.org/people|title=Kandidaten|website=Volt Nederland|language=nl|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609083645/https://www.voltnederland.org/people|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/actueel/nieuws/2019/04/10/kandidatenlijsten-verkiezing-europees-parlement-2019-onderzocht|title=Kandidatenlijsten verkiezing Europees Parlement 2019 onderzocht|date=10 April 2019|website=kiesraad.nl|language=nl|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> |
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|106,004 |
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|{{flagdeco|Spain}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Spain|Spain]] |
|{{flagdeco|Spain}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Spain|Spain]]|| Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2019-6140|title=Resolución de 23 de abril de 2019, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de publicación de las candidaturas presentadas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 206/2019, de 1 de abril, a celebrar el 26 de mayo de 2019|website=boe.es|language=es|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europapress.es/nacional/noticia-total-39-listas-optan-parlamento-europeo-elecciones-26-mayo-20190424144645.html|title=Un total de 39 listas optan al Parlamento Europeo en las elecciones del 26 de mayo|website=europapress.es|date=24 April 2019|language=es|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2019-6475|title=Resolución de 29 de abril de 2019, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 206/2019, de 1 de abril, a celebrar el 26 de mayo de 2019|website=boe.es|language=es|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |
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|32 |
|32,432 |
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| 0.15<ref>[http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/EUROPEAS_2019_Publicacionderesultados.pdf =32,432/22,209,330]</ref> |
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| 0.14%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2019/europeas/index.html|title=Resultados Electorales en Total España: Elecciones Europeas 2019 en EL PAÍS|last=País|first=Ediciones El|website=EL PAÍS|language=es|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> || 0 || – |
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|0 |
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|{{flagdeco|Sweden}} [[2019 European Parliament election in Sweden|Sweden]]|| Michael Holz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/valsedlar/E/rike/valsedlar.html|title=Val till Europaparlamentet – Partier och valsedlar|website=data.val.se|language=sv|access-date=10 April 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404224643/https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/valsedlar/E/rike/valsedlar.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|146 |
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|<0.01<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|title=Röster – Val 2019|website=data.val.se|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619143130/https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|0 |
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|Without its own ballot papers |
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| colspan="2" |'''{{Flagdeco|Europe}} [[European Union]]''' |
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|'''416,171''' |
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|'''0.22%''' |
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|'''1''' |
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In addition, Andrea Venzon, co-founder of Volt, ran in the constituency of [[London]]. As Volt had not managed to register as a political party in the [[United Kingdom]], Venzon ran as an independent candidate, although outwardly under the Volt banner.<ref>[[Results of the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom#London (8 seats)]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-european-elections-nationalism-vote-eu-parliament-a8916541.html|title=I'm standing to be an MEP because my outsider party fears Brexit has unleashed a tide of nationalism|website=independent.co.uk|date=16 May 2019 |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> |
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In [[2019 European Parliament election in France|France]] (unable to raise €800,000 in funding to meet legal requirement to print its own ballot papers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ColombeCahenSalvador/posts/384799572248970|title=Colombe Cahen-Salvador|website=facebook.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}} |
In [[2019 European Parliament election in France|France]] (unable to raise €800,000 in funding to meet legal requirement to print its own ballot papers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ColombeCahenSalvador/posts/384799572248970|title=Colombe Cahen-Salvador|website=facebook.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}), [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy|Italy]] (failed to collect 150,000 signatures<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.it/attualita/politica/2019/04/09/elezioni-europee-liste-simboli-alleanze/|title=Tutti i simboli e le alleanze in corsa alle elezioni europee|date=9 April 2019|magazine=Wired|language=it|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>), [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|Austria]] (failed to collect 2,600 signatures<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://derstandard.at/2000101223149/Volt-sorgt-in-Oesterreich-nicht-fuer-genug-Spannung|title=Volt sorgt in Österreich nicht für genug Spannung – derStandard.at|website=DER STANDARD|language=de-AT|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>), [[2019 European Parliament election in Portugal|Portugal]] (failed to collect 7,500 signatures<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/europeias-sao-novos-sao-pequenos-e-prometem-ser-melhores-mas-sera-que-estao-a-conseguir/|title=Europeias: são novos, são pequenos e prometem ser melhores. Mas será que estão a conseguir?|website=observador.pt|language=pt|date=18 March 2019|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref>), and [[2019 European Parliament election in Denmark|Denmark]] (failed to collect a number of voter declarations corresponding to at least 2% of all valid votes at the last general election), Volt had intended to participate in the European Parliament elections but was unable to meet local requirements in time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://italicsmag.com/2019/04/24/italy-battle-for-europe/|title=Italy's Battle For Europe|date=24 April 2019|website=Italics Magazine|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> |
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=== 2024 European Parliament election === |
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== Funding == |
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The party uses [[crowdfunding]] as well as direct donations to fund itself. The party states that it publishes every donation exceeding 3,000 Euro per donation or donor per year within 15 days from its receipt on the party's website. As the two largest donors, the party's website lists the [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society Initiative for Europe]] with 19,191 Euros as well as the businessman Christian Oldendorff, founder and CEO of ParkU,{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}, with a donation of 25,000 Euros (date 27 May 2019).<ref>{{cite web|title=volteuropa.org|url=https://www.volteuropa.org/transparency|accessdate=26 May 2019}}</ref> |
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! Member state |
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![[Spitzenkandidat|Leading candidate]] |
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!Votes!! % of valid votes!! Seats !! First spot in joint list<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where we are running |url=https://volteuropa.org/where-we-are-campaigning |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=Volt Europa}}</ref>!! Notes |
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|{{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Belgium|Belgium]]|| [[Sophie in 't Veld]], Suzana Carp, André Florent Staes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Belgium elects lead-candidates for the June 2024 elections |url=https://voltbelgium.org/news/pr-elected-candidates |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Volt België}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcement European lists & new Board of Administrators |url=https://voltbelgium.org/news/1703ga|website=Volt België|access-date=30 November 2023|language=nl}}</ref> |
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|38,713 |
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|{{increase}} 0.54<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results in figures 1 {{!}} Elections 2024 |url=https://elections2024.belgium.be/en/results-figures?el=EU&id=EUR00000|website=Belgian Elections|access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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|Only ran in the Dutch-speaking electoral college |
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|{{Flagdeco|Bulgaria}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] |
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|[[Nastimir Ananiev]] |
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|1,504{{Efn|Votes cast for the Volt candidate Nastimir Ananiev|name="resultsBU"}} |
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|{{increase}}0.52<ref>{{Cite web|title=National results Bulgaria {{!}} 2024 Election results|url=https://results.cik.bg/europe2024/rezultati/index.html#t0|website=results.cik.bg|date=9 June 2024|access-date=|language=bg}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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|10th |
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|Joint list with [[PP–DB]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=bg:Ето кого предлагат за евролистата си "Продължаваме промяната"|url=https://www.24chasa.bg/bulgaria/article/17524059|website=www.24chasa.bg|access-date=16 April 2024|language=bg}}</ref> |
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|{{flagdeco|Cyprus}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus|Cyprus]] |
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|Andromache Sophocleous, Hulusi Kilim<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Cyprus announces candidates for EU elections with Makarios Drousiotis featuring |url=https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/volt-cyprus-announces-candidates-for-eu-elections-with-makarios-drousiotis-featuring/|website=Cyprus Philnews|access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref> |
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|10,777 |
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|{{increase}} 2.92<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election results|url=https://live.elections.moi.gov.cy/|work=Official election results|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|{{flagdeco|Czech Republic}} [[2024 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] |
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|Adam Hanka, Barbora Hrubá<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slavomír Maňásek|website=X (formerly Twitter)|url=https://twitter.com/ManasekS96/status/1720836581999673627|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> |
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|1,019{{Efn|Preferential votes for the 6 candidates Volt ran in the Czech Republic|name="resultsCZ"}} |
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|0.037<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celkové výsledky hlasování|url=https://www.volby.cz/pls/ep2024/ep1511?xjazyk=CZ&xstrana=10|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|access-date=17 June 2024|language=cs}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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|3rd |
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|Joint list with [[Senator 21]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hnutí SEN 21 a Volt Česko jdou společně do evropských voleb, lídryní kandidátky je Koenigsmark|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domaci/hnuti-sen-21-a-volt-cesko-jdou-spolecne-do-evropskych-voleb-lidryni-kandidatky-je-koenigsmark-345561|website=[[ČT24]]|publisher=[[Czech Television]]|access-date=1 April 2024|language=cs}}</ref> |
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|{{flagdeco|France}} [[2024 European Parliament election in France|France]] |
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|Rayna Stamboliyska, Sven Franck<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avec son assemblée générale paneuropéenne, Volt Europa lance sa campagne des européennes 2024 ! |url=https://www.voltfrance.org/AGVoltEuropaParis2023|website=Volt France|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> |
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|63,482{{Efn|Contains more votes than just those for Volt candidates, as Volt ran on a joint list and Frances complete election results are yet to be published (as of 17 June 2024)|name="Vote explenation"}} |
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|0.26<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministère de l'Intérieur {{!}} Elections Européennes 2024|url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/europeennes2024/ensemble_geographique/index.html|website=Government of France|access-date=16 June 2024|language=fr}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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|7th |
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|Joint list Europe Territoires Écologie with [[Parti Radical de gauche|PRG]], [[Régions et Peuples Solidaires|R&PS]], [[Movement of Progressives|MdP]], [[Citizens' Movement (France)|MDC]] and CSDR<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patrick Molinoz candidat aux Européennes|url=https://www.lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr/actualite-11061-patrick-molinoz-candidat-aux-europeennes.html|website=Le Châtillonnais et l'Auxois|access-date=5 April 2024|language=fr}}</ref> |
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|{{flagdeco|Germany}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Germany|Germany]]|| [[Damian Boeselager]], [[Nela Riehl]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volts Kandidat(innen) zur Europawahl 2024 |url=https://voltdeutschland.org/neuigkeiten/20231004-eu-kandidierende|website=Volt Deutschland|access-date=29 November 2023|language=de}}</ref> |
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|1,023,161 |
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|{{increase}} 2.57<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ergebnisse Deutschland|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/europawahlen/2024/ergebnisse/bund-99.html|website=Bundeswahlleiterin|date=12 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240611081028/https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/europawahlen/2024/ergebnisse/bund-99.html |archive-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{increase}} 3 |
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| - |
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|{{flagdeco|Greece}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Greece|Greece]] |
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|Fotis Kapsalis, Nikolaos Xesfingis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where we are running?|url=https://volteuropa.org/where-we-are-campaigning|website=Volt Europa|access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|4,156{{Efn|Preferential votes for the three candidates Volt ran in Greece|name="resultsGR"}} |
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|0.10<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České Republiky|url=https://www.volby.cz/pls/ep2024/ep1511?xjazyk=CZ&xstrana=10|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|access-date=17 June 2024|language=cs}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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|20th |
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|Joint list with [[Kosmos (political party)|Kosmos]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=el:Μαζί με το ΚΟΣΜΟΣ και το Βολτ Ελλάδας στις ευρωεκλογές|url=https://www.reporter.gr/Eidhseis/Politikh/600378-Mazi-me-to-KOSMOS-kai-to-Bolt-Elladas-stis-eyrwekloges|access-date=10 April 2024|language=el}}</ref> |
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|{{flagdeco|Italy}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Italy|Italy]] |
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|Marcello Saltarelli, Silvia Panini<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le persone candidate per Volt | language=it | trans-title=People nominated for Volt Italy |url=https://www.voltitalia.it/volt-alle-elezioni-europee-2024/|website=www.voltitalia.it|access-date=2024-08-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525161902/https://www.voltitalia.it/volt-alle-elezioni-europee-2024/ | archive-date=2024-05-25 | url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|21,249{{efn|name="resultsIT"|Results in the Nord-Est electoral district.<ref name="elezioni.interno.gov.it">{{Cite web|title=Eligendo: Europee [Scrutini] Italia + Estero —Ministero del Interno |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/europee/scrutini/20240609/scrutiniEX2|website=Government of Italy|date=25 November 2016 |access-date=13 June 2023|language=it}}</ref>}}{{Efn|preferential votes for the 2 candidates Volt ran in Italy|name=}} |
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|0.09<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eligendo: Europee [Scrutini] Italia + Estero (In complesso) {{!}} Europee, amministrative e regionale (Piemonte) 8-9 Giugno 2024|url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/europee/scrutini/20240609/scrutiniEX2|website=Minister of Interior of Italy|date=25 November 2016 |access-date=17 June 2024|language=it}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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|12th |
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|Joint list with [[Solidary Democracy|DemoS]] and [[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=Le europee al via con i primi candidati e i leader capolista|url=https://www.eunews.it/2024/04/22/elezioni-europee-liste-candidati-italia/|access-date=24 April 2024|language=it}}</ref> |
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|{{flagdeco|Luxembourg}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] |
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|Aurélie Dap, Philippe Schannes<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt Luxembourg|url=https://voltluxemburg.org/menschen/kandidat-innen-fuer-die-eu-wahlen-2024|website=Volt Luxembourg|access-date=2 March 2024|language=de}}</ref> |
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|14,348 |
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|{{decrease}} 1.04<ref>{{Cite web |title=European elections 2024 - Unofficial results|url=https://elections.public.lu/en/elections-europeennes/2024/resultats.html|website=elections.public.lu|date=1 January 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240610013012/https://elections.public.lu/en/elections-europeennes/2024/resultats.html|archive-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|{{flagdeco|Malta}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Malta|Malta]] |
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|Matthias Iannis Portelli<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Malta announces first MEP election candidate |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/ewropej/127331/volt_malta_announces_first_mep_election_candidate|website=Malta Today|access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref> |
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|298 |
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|{{increase}} 0.11<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral Commission of Malta|url=https://electoral.gov.mt/ElectionResults/MEP|website=Government of Malta|access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|- |
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|{{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|Netherlands]]|| [[Reinier van Lanschot]], [[Anna Strolenberg]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reinier en Anna door als co-lijsttrekkers! |url=https://voltnederland.org/nieuws/reinier-en-anna-door-als-co-lijsttrekkers|website=Volt Nederland|access-date=13 April 2024|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt op Vrijdag: 20 oktober 2023|url=https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/bnr-europa/10528761/volt-op-vrijdag-20-oktober-2023|website=BNR|date=20 October 2023|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> |
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|319,238 |
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|{{increase}} 5.13<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uitslagen Europees Parlementsverkiezingen 2024|url=https://app.nos.nl/nieuws/ep2024/|website=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|access-date=12 June 2024|language=nl|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240610120836/https://app.nos.nl/nieuws/ep2024/|archive-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{increase}} 2 |
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| - |
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|{{flagdeco|Portugal}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Portugal|Portugal]]|| [[Duarte Costa]], Rhia Lopes<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rhia Lopes é cabeça de lista às próximas eleições europeias pelo Volt|url=https://www.algarveprimeiro.com/d/rhia-lopes-de-albufeira-e-cabeca-de-lista-as-proximas-eleicoes-europeias-pelo-volt/51242-82|website=Algarve Primeiro|access-date=29 November 2023|language=pt}}</ref> |
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|9,571 |
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|{{increase}} 0.24<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eleições Europeias 2024|url=https://www.europeias2024.mai.gov.pt/resultados/globais|website=Government of Portugal|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240610194144/https://www.europeias2024.mai.gov.pt/resultados/globais|archive-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|{{flagdeco|Slovakia}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia|Slovakia]] |
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|[[Lucia Kleštincová]], Maroš Halama<ref>{{Cite web|title=A feltörekvő európai párt, a Volt Slovensko, történetében először választott jelölteket a 2024. júniusi európai parlamenti választásra |url=https://ujszo.com/reklam/a-feltorekvo-europai-part-a-volt-slovensko-torteneteben-eloszor-valasztott-jelolteket-a-2024|website=[[Új Szó]]|date=23 November 2023|access-date=29 November 2023|language=hu}}</ref> |
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|1,923 |
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|{{increase}} 0.13<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hlasy pre politické subjekty {{!}} Voľby do Európskeho parlamentu 2024|url=https://volbysr.sk/sk/vysledky_hlasovania_strany.html|publisher=Slovak Statistical Office|date=12 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240611115559/https://volbysr.sk/sk/vysledky_hlasovania_strany.html |archive-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|- |
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|{{flagdeco|Spain}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Spain|Spain]] || Clara Panella, Cristian Castrillón<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt España elige a sus candidatos de lista para las elecciones europeas de 2024 |url=https://voltespana.org/noticias/volt-espana-elige-a-sus-candidatos-de-lista-para-las-elecciones-europeas-de-2024|date=23 November 2023|access-date=29 November 2023|language=es}}</ref> |
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|22,020 |
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|{{decrease}} 0.12<ref>{{Cite web |title= Acuerdo de 27 de junio de 2024, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación de los resultados de las elecciones de diputados y diputadas al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 363/2024, de 9 de abril, y celebradas el 9 de junio de 2024, con indicación del número de escaños y de votos obtenidos por las candidaturas proclamadas (BOE núm. 156, de 28 de junio de 2024)|url=https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/resultados_UE_280624.pdf|website=Junta Electoral Central|date=28 June 2024|language=es}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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| |
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|{{flagdeco|Sweden}} [[2024 European Parliament election in Sweden|Sweden]]|| Michael Holz, Carri Ginter Wikström<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volt Sverige|url=https://twitter.com/VoltSverige/status/1718643864066482313|website=Twitter|date=29 October 2023|access-date=29 November 2023|language=sv}}</ref> |
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|388 |
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|{{increase}} 0.01<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valpresentation|url=https://resultat.val.se/euval2024/EU?r=S&t=0&client=webapp|website=VAL.se|access-date=12 June 2024|language=sv}}</ref> |
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|{{steady}} 0 |
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| - |
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|'''{{Flagdeco|Europe}} [[European Union]]''' |
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|[[Damian Boeselager]], [[Sophie in 't Veld]]<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2024 |title=Volt party elects Sophie IN 'T Veld and the German Damian Boeselager |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/06/volt-party-elects-sophie-in-t-veldt-and-the-german-damian-boeselager |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=EuroNews}}</ref> |
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|1,467,815{{Efn|Total votes excludes France, as France has not yet published preferential votes per candidate and Volt ran on a joint list}} |
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|{{increase}}0.81 |
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|{{increase}} '''5''' |
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|In addition to its top European candidates, the party put forward a symbolic transnational list. |
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Other national parties that announced their intention to run but ultimately failed to collect enough signatures for their registration: |
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* [[Volt Austria]], lead candidates: [[Nini Tsiklauri]], Alexander Harrer<ref>{{Cite web|title=EU-Wahl: Ex-Neos-Kandidatin geht für Liste Volt ins Rennen |url=https://www.diepresse.com/17806795/eu-wahl-ex-neos-kandidatin-geht-fuer-liste-volt-ins-rennen|website=Die Presse|date=9 November 2023|access-date=29 November 2023|language=de}}</ref> |
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The website of the German section lists several more donors. Among them are Christian Oldendorff with a donation of 95,000 Euros, Claus von Loeper with a donation of 20,000 Euros as well as several more donors listed with donations of 10,000 Euros or 5,000 Euros.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transparency donors|url=https://www.voltdeutschland.org/transparenz|last=Volt Deutschland|date=27 May 2019|language=de}}</ref> |
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* [[Volt Denmark]], lead candidates: Jakob Overby Kirkegaard, Kathrine Richter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volt lancerer Kandidattest på Folkemødet Volt: Folk skal vide, hvad vi står for!|url=https://assets.volteuropa.org/2023-06/Volt%20lancerer%20kandidattest%20til%20Folkem%C3%B8det%20-%20Pressemeddelse%20%20Volt.pdf|date=15 June 2023|access-date=2 March 2024|language=da}}</ref> |
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* [[Volt Finland]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Puoluerekisteri.fi |url=https://puoluerekisteri.fi/#/puolue/53|website=puoluerekisteri.fi|access-date=2 March 2024|language=fi}}</ref> |
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* [[Volt Romania]]'s joint list ''Coaliția Verde Progresistă'' with ''[[NOW Party (Romania)|ACUM]]'' and ''SENS''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europarlamentarul Nicu Ştefănuţă a anunţat că va candida ca independent pentru un nou mandat în PE|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-europa_impreuna-26853991-europarlamentarul-nicu-stefanuta-anuntat-candida-independent-pentru-nou-mandat.htm|website=Hot News Romania|date=26 January 2024|access-date=18 April 2024|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Partidul Volt România lansează campania de strângere de semnături pentru alegerile europarlamentare și locale |url=https://voltromania.org/stiri/partidul-volt-romania-lanseaza-campania-de-strangere-de-semnaturi-pentru-alegerile-europarlamentare-si-locale|website=Romania|access-date=18 April 2024|language=ro}}</ref> |
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== National Parliament elections == |
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=== Belgium === |
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! [[2019 Belgian federal election|2019]] |
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| rowspan=2 |[[Volt Belgium]] |
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| Jordy Vanpoucke<br/>Olivia ten Horn |
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| 1,669 |
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| 0.02 |
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| {{Composition bar|0|150|hex= {{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|- |
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! [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024]] |
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| Carlo Giovanni Giudice<br/>Johanna Dirlewanger-Lücke |
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| 7,245 |
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| 0.10 |
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| {{Composition bar|0|150|hex= {{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| {{steady}} 0 |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|} |
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=== Bulgaria=== |
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! Political party |
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! Leader |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! Seats |
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! +/– |
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! Government |
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|- |
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! [[April 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election|Apr 2021]] |
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Volt Bulgaria]]<br/>{{small|(as part of [[Stand Up! Mafia, Get Out!|ISMV]])}} |
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| rowspan=6|[[Nastimir Ananiev]] |
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| align="center"|150,940 |
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| align="center"|4.65 (#6) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{partial2|Snap election}} |
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|- |
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! [[July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election|Jul 2021]] |
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| align="center" |136,885 |
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| align="center" |4.95 (#6) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| align="center" | {{steady}} 0 |
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| {{partial2|Snap election}} |
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|- |
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![[2021 Bulgarian general election|Nov 2021]] |
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| rowspan="2" |[[Volt Bulgaria]]<br/>{{small|(as part of [[We Continue the Change|PP]])}} |
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|610,273 |
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|25.46 (#1) |
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|{{Composition bar|2|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| {{increase}} 2 |
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| {{yes2|Coalition}} |
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|- |
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![[2022 Bulgarian parliamentary election|2022]] |
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|506,099 |
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|19.52 (#2) |
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|{{Composition bar|2|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| {{steady}} 0 |
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| {{partial2|Snap election}} |
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|- |
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![[2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election|2023]] |
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|rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Volt Bulgaria]]<br/>{{small|(as part of [[PP–DB]])}} |
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|621,069 |
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|23.54 (#2) |
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|{{Composition bar|1|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| {{decrease}} 1 |
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| {{yes2|Coalition}} |
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|- |
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![[June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election|Jun 2024]] |
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|307,849 |
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|13.92 (#3) |
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|{{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| {{decrease}} 1 |
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| {{partial2|Snap election}} |
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|} |
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===Germany=== |
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |
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|- |
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! rowspan=2| Leaders |
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! colspan=2| Constituency |
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! colspan=2| Party list |
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! rowspan=2| Seats |
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! rowspan=2| +/– |
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! rowspan=2| Government |
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|- |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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|- |
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! [[2021 German federal election|2021]] |
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| align="center"|[[Volt Germany]] |
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| align="center"|[[Rebekka Müller]]<br/>Hans-Günter Brünker |
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| 78,211 |
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| 0.2 (#13) |
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| 165,153 |
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| 0.4 (#14) |
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| {{composition bar|0|735|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|} |
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===Greece=== |
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |
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|- |
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! Election |
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! Political party |
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! Leaders |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! Seats |
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! +/– |
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! Government |
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|- |
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! [[June 2023 Greek legislative election|Jun 2023]] |
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| align="center"|[[Volt Greece]]<br/>{{small|(As part of [[Prasino+Mov|P&M]])}} |
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| align="center"|Nikolas Fournarakis <br /> Theodora Famprikezi |
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| 15,911 |
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| 0.31 (#15) |
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| {{composition bar|0|300|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|} |
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===Luxembourg=== |
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|- |
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! Election |
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! Political party |
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! Leaders |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! Seats |
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! +/– |
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! Government |
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|- |
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! [[2023 Luxembourg general election|2023]] |
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| [[Volt Luxembourg]] |
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| Aurélie Dap<br/>Michel Conter |
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| 7,001 |
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| 0.19 (#12) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Volt Europa}}}} |
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| New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|} |
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===Malta=== |
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|- |
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! Election |
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! Political party |
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! Leaders |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! +/– |
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|- |
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! align="center"|[[2022 Maltese general election|2022]] |
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| align="center"|[[Volt Malta]] |
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| align="left"| Alexia DeBono<br/>Arnas Lasys |
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| align="center"|382 |
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| align="center"|0.13 (#6) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|67|{{party color|Volt Malta}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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===Netherlands=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |
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! Election |
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! Political party |
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! ''[[Lijsttrekker]]'' |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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! Seats |
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! +/– |
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! Government |
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|- |
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! align="center"|[[2021 Dutch general election|2021]] |
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Volt Netherlands]] |
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| align="left" rowspan=2|[[Laurens Dassen]] |
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| align="center"|252,480 |
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| align="center"|2.42 (#11) |
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| {{Composition bar|3|150|{{party color|Volt Netherlands}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no2|Opposition}} |
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|- |
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! align="center"|[[2023 Dutch general election|2023]] |
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| align="center"|178,802 |
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| align="center"|1.71 (#14) |
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| {{Composition bar|2|150|{{party color|Volt Netherlands}}}} |
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| align="center"|{{decrease}} 1 |
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| {{no2|Opposition}} |
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===Portugal=== |
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! Votes |
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! % |
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|- |
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! align="center"|[[2022 Portuguese legislative election|2022]] |
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Volt Portugal]] |
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| align="left"|Tiago Matos Gomes |
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| align="center"|6,240 |
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| align="center"|0.11 (#17) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|230|{{party color|Volt Portugal}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|- |
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![[2024 Portuguese legislative election|2024]] |
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| align="left"|Inês Bravo Figueiredo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inês Bravo Figueiredo |url=https://voltportugal.org/pessoas/ines-bravo-figueiredo |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Volt Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> |
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| align="center"|11,854 |
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| align="center"|0.18 (#15) |
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|{{Composition bar|0|230|{{party color|Volt Portugal}}}} |
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| align="center"|{{steady}} 0 |
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|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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===Sweden=== |
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! align="center"|[[2022 Swedish general election|2022]] |
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| align="center"|[[Volt Sweden]] |
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| align="left"|[[Alexander Löf]] |
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| align="center"|89 |
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| align="center"|0.00 (#32) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|349|{{party color|Volt Sweden}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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===United Kingdom=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |
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! Election |
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! align="center"|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] |
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| align="center"|[[Volt UK]] |
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| align="left"|[[Leander Ots]] |
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| align="center"|267 |
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| align="center"|0.00 (#80) |
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| {{Composition bar|0|650|{{party color|Volt UK}}}} |
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| align="center"|New |
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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
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|EuroNederlander of 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europesebeweging.nl/publiek-kiest-volt-nederland-tot-euronederlander-van-het-jaar-2018/|title=Publiek kiest Volt Nederland tot EuroNederlander van het jaar 2018 | Europese Beweging Nederland|date=20 December 2018 }}</ref> |
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|Political Representative of the Year (2nd Place)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/VoltEuropa/status/1205578134625476608 |
|Political Representative of the Year (2nd Place)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/VoltEuropa/status/1205578134625476608|title=Thanks to your support, we have won the 2nd prize of TheGoodLobby Awards in the category "Political Representative of the Year"!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thegoodlobby.eu/events/award-2019/|title=The Good Lobby Awards 2019|website=thegoodlobby.eu|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> |
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== International cooperation == |
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From 14 to 19 July 2021, Volt Europa delegates travelled to [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]], to meet with representatives of the [[European Party of Armenia]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=European Party of Armenia |author-link= |user=ArmEuroParty |number=1414271863392440320 |date= |title=Volt Europa visits Armenia |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=12 January 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/ArmEuroParty/status/1414271863392440320 |ref=}}</ref> |
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In November 2021, the Cypriot movement [[New Wave – The Other Cyprus]] and Volt signed a memorandum of understanding for a merger.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-01-30|title=Pan-European party to field candidate in Cyprus' presidential elections|url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/01/30/pan-european-party-to-field-candidate-in-cyprus-presidential-elections/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=cyprus-mail.com/|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-12|title=Neo Kyma joins Volt, the pan-European movement |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/11/12/neo-kyma-joins-volt-the-pan-european-movement/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Cyprus Mail|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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{{efn |name="note-a" |[[Stand Up.BG! We are coming!|ISMV]] coalition won 13 seats in parliament in the [[July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election]], none of which were allocated to members of Volt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.cik.bg/pi2021_07/rezultati/index.html|title=Резултати :: Парламентарни избори 11 юли 2021|website=results.cik.bg}}</ref>}} |
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{{efn |name="note-b" |[[Stand Up.BG! We are coming!|ISMV]] coalition won 14 seats in parliament in the [[April 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election]], none of which were allocated to members of Volt.}} |
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{{efn |name="note-c" |[[Renew Party|Renew Scotland]] contested in five regions and no constituencies in the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]].}} |
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<ref name="otkr22">{{cite journal |first1=Simon |last1=Otjes |first2=André |last2=Krouwel |date=2023-08-30 |title=The nuclear option: Voting for the pan-European party Volt |journal=European Union Politics |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=726–750 |doi=10.1177/14651165231193814 |quote=It is the only environmentalist party that is pro-nuclear, as it is pro-growth parties that support nuclear energy. |doi-access=free |hdl=1887/3716373 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |
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<ref name="pol21">{{cite news |title=Why Volt Won in the Netherlands, a Lesson for Changemakers |first= Victor |last=van de Poll |date=2021-03-19 |work=iGlobe News |url=https://www.iglobenews.org/why-volt-won-in-the-netherlands-a-lesson-for-changemakers/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |quote=[...] the show horse being a full-throated endorsement of nuclear energy. Rather than Euro-Federalism, the nuclear energy stance took center stage in the Volt campaign, and it gave the party a sense of progressive realism among the Dutch electorate. Volt's key thesis: ''If mainstream progressive parties think we can reach Paris without nuclear, then who are the idealists and who are the realists?'' }}</ref> |
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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 |
Headquarters | Boulevard Bischoffsheim n° 39 boîte 4 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
Youth wing | Volt Violet |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre[5][6] to centre-left[7] |
European Parliament group | Greens/EFA (since 2019) |
Colours | Purple [8] |
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 Europa (known mononymously as Volt) is a pro-European and federalist European political alliance. It operates as a pan-European umbrella for subsidiary parties sharing the same name and branding. Despite its organisation and being referred to as a "European party" or "transnational party", Volt does not yet meet the requirements to register as a European political party.[9]
Volt aligns its political positions across Europe, presenting a common, pan-European manifesto. In the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt ran in eight member states with a shared platform, emphasising solutions to supranational challenges, such as climate change, defense, energy policy, migration, economic inequality, terrorism, welfare, and the technological evolution of the labor market. The party advocates for a stronger, more integrated European Union, with the long-term goal of creating a federal Europe.[10] Additionally, Volt endorses the formation of a European army, joint European debt and taxes, nuclear energy including the construction of new nuclear power plants,[11][12] and stronger economic solidarity between the EU member states.
Initially using the slogan "Neither left nor right", Volt is now generally perceived as centrist[13][14] or center-left, with a core focus on evidence-based policy and best-practice sharing among EU countries and municipalities.[15] It campaigns on these principles in both local and national elections.
Founded in March 2017, Volt's first national subsidiary party was established in Hamburg, Germany, a year later. Since then, Volt has developed local teams in all EU member states, as well as in non-EU countries like Albania, Switzerland, Kosovo, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Volt subsidiaries are now registered political parties in many of these countries, most recently expanding to Cyprus and Romania.
History
[edit]This section needs to be updated.(June 2024) |
Foundation
[edit]Volt Europa was founded on 29 March 2017 by Andrea Venzon, Colombe Cahen-Salvador, and Damian Boeselager, on the same day that the United Kingdom formally announced its intention to leave the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.[16][17][18] According to their own statement, Volt's foundation was a reaction to growing populism in the world as well as to Brexit.[19][20] Venzon became founding President, Boeselager Vice President, and Cahen-Salvador policy lead.[21][17]
2019 European Parliament election
[edit]Between 27 and 28 October 2018, Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly meeting in Amsterdam, agreeing its Amsterdam Declaration, which also served as its manifesto programme for the European Parliament elections.[22] The party previously gathered in Berlin, Bucharest, and Paris.
Between 22 and 24 March 2019, Volt Europa hosted its first European Congress in Rome,[23] presenting its candidates for the 2019 European Parliament election. The keynote speakers list included Paolo Gentiloni (former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Italian Democratic Party), Emma Bonino (Italian senator and former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety), Enrico Giovannini (former Italian Government minister), Marcella Panucci (Director General of the General Confederation of Italian Industry), Sandro Gozi (President of the Union of European Federalists) and Antonio Navarra (President of the Mediterranean Center for Climate Change).
During the European Parliament elections in May 2019, the party won one seat by winning 0.7 percent of votes in Germany, with Damian Boeselager its first Member of the European Parliament.[24]
On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt elected to join the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.[25] In the future, Volt hopes to be able to form its own political group in the European Parliament, which would require a minimum of 25 MEPs from at least seven different member states.
Election of new board and first pan-European digital assembly
[edit]From 12 to 13 October 2019, Volt Europa hosted its general assembly in Sofia to elect the new board of Volt Europa. While Volt up to that point had been an ASBL non-profit with only few registered members, based in Luxembourg, it was transformed into an international non-profit organization (AISBL) according to Belgian law.[26] In the AISBL structure all members of the Volt movement, as well as the national subsidiaries could become voting members. The statutes of Volt Europa lay out a general assembly, open to all members, which decides on important issues, and elects a gender-balanced board of nine directors.[27]
Volt's Spring 2020 general assembly was scheduled to take place in Lisbon, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the party held a digital general assembly, which included a decision on its programme until 2024.[28][29]
From 16 to 17 October 2021, Volt Europa hosted its General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal, the first physical General Assembly since 2019. During the 2021 General Assembly, Reinier van Lanschot who has been co-president since the General Assembly in Sofia 2019 was reelected. Francesca Romana D'Antuono from Italy was elected as co-president. Johannes Heinrich from Switzerland was elected as treasurer. The six non-executive board members elected were: Ines Consonni, Anouk Ooms, Lucia Nass, Thor Larholm, Charles Evain and Lucas Amorelli Ribeiro Kornexl.[citation needed]
2024 European Parliament election
[edit]On 27 November 2023, Volt adopted its joint European election programme during its General Assembly in Paris.[30] At a subsequent meeting in Brussels on 7 April 2024, the party elected Sophie in 't Veld and Damian Boeselager as its lead candidates for the 2024 European Parliament elections, also choosing a symbolic transnational list.[31]
Following the election, Volt increased its number of seats from 2 to 5, with 3 seats from Germany and 2 from the Netherlands. Volt announced that it would engage in negotiations with both the Greens/EFA and Renew Europe groups in the European Parliament and would let its members vote on which group to join. Upon a unanimous recommendation by its newly elected MEPs, 87% of voting party members chose to remain affiliated with the Greens/EFA group.[32][33]
Name
[edit]Volt Europa was incorporated as a non-profit association (ASBL) in Luxembourg under the name "Volt Europa",[34] abandoning a previous name of Vox Europe to avoid any confusion with a similarly named far-right Spanish party.[35]
"Volt" was chosen as a name due to its similarity to the initial name and the added meaning of figuratively bringing voltage into politics. Added to that, both the term "Volt" and the Latin version of the name of the European continent are understood in all European languages, hence as a transcontinental movement Volt Europa does not need to translate its own name, except for languages where non-Latin alphabets are used (like Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, and Ukraine).[36]
Ideology
[edit]In 2018, Volt identified "the 5+1 fundamental challenges", which it has identified as crucial for an improvement of the European Union:[37]
- Smart state – Digitalisation of public services
- Economic renaissance – a blend of circular, green and blue economic models
- Social equality – Human rights, equality of opportunity, gender equality, and tolerance of cultural differences
- Global balance – Sustainable and responsible policies in farming and trade, measures to address climate change and refugee crises, and support for labour migration and development cooperation
- Citizen empowerment – Greater subsidiarity, social responsibility, and participatory democracy
- European reform – Federation of EU states, with greater responsibilities for its regions and cities
On economic issues, Volt Europa supports digitisation, investment in the green and blue economy, measures to address poverty and inequality (including a European minimum income of at least 40% of the median wage), a more integrated European tax system with exclusively European taxes, and the use of public-private partnerships; it also supports increased spending on welfare, in particular related to education and healthcare.[37] Volt has supported a European Basic Income (EBI), based on a "negative tax system". In this model, individuals earning below a set threshold receive payments instead of paying taxes, providing a safety net and incentivizing work. Volt argues that the legal basis for an EBI is already established under Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and that its implementation would harmonize member states' welfare systems.
On social policy, Volt opposes sexism and racism and supports LGBT+ rights.
Volt also supports deep reforms to EU institutions, including common management of migration and border protection, a European army, and European debt and taxation.[38][39][37] It argues that a European army should be established and that the relationship between the EU and NATO should be reviewed and balanced.[40]
Volt supports the idea of a federal Europe with a strong European Parliament,[41][42] in order to create a united European voice on the global stage.[43] There should be a European government, elected and accountable to the parliament, instead of a European commission. The European election law should be uniform across all member states, the European parliament should gain the right to initiate laws, and the European Council should be transformed into a second chamber with regressive voting weights to balance the dominance of larger states. Volt supports a referendum across all member states, which legitimizes such a constitution for the set of agreeing member states to form a core union, even if not every member state agrees.[44]
In terms of environmental policy, Volt has committed to the 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) target of the Paris agreement. To implement the target, Volt proposes a broad certificate trading scheme, the proceeds of which should be redistributed to citizens. Volt supports investment into nuclear power for maintenance and new reactors if safety standards are met. A European energy grid is promoted to integrate production and distribution in the European single market.[45]
As opposed to other movements promoting European integration, such as Pulse of Europe or the European Federalists, Volt has participated in elections on all levels of government as a political party. Its first major objective was the European Parliament elections in May 2019.[46][47] Volt has participated successfully in local,[a] national, and European elections.
In 2024, Volt published the "Electoral Moonshot Programme", its electoral programme for the 2024 European elections, with comprehensive policy proposals organised in five pillars: Europe's geopolitical leadership, quality of life, humane migration, making votes count, and a liveable planet.[48] The program is available in 7 languages.[49]
Organisation and governance
[edit]The structure of Volt Europa is similar to parties in federal political systems, such as Germany. Volt Europa is registered as an international non-profit (AISBL), according to Belgian law. The membership of Volt Europa consists of both the local political branches, which are often incorporated according to national law, elect a local leadership, and often have further sub-levels, as well as all individual members. Individual members thus often have double membership of both Volt Europa and a national branch.[26]
The highest authority of the party is the General Assembly, which consists of all AISBL members and can pass motions on all matters relating to the organization. The General Assembly is open without a delegate system although some local branches use delegate systems (e.g. Volt Germany). A five-member intra-party legal board (Conflict Resolution Body) is elected by the General Assembly.[26]
All membership associations of Volt Europa send representatives to the Country Council, which formal role is restricted to deciding on the admission of new membership associations and political alliances on the European level. However, informally the Country Council plays an important role in advising and overseeing the work of the European Board.[26]
Co-Presidents of Volt Europa
[edit]Year | Name | Country Chapter | Term |
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2017–2019 | Andrea Venzon | Volt Italy | 1st |
Damian Boeselager | Volt Germany | 1st | |
2019–2021 | Valerie Sternberg | Volt Germany | 1st |
Reinier van Lanschot | Volt Nederland | 1st | |
2021–2023 | Reinier van Lanschot | Volt Nederland | 2nd |
Francesca Romana D'Antuono | Volt Italy | 1st | |
2023– | Francesca Romana D'Antuono | Volt Italy | 2nd |
Mels Klabbers | Volt Nederland | 1st |
Funding
[edit]According to the party's financial accounts, it generates most of its income through membership fees and donations. National chapters provide 25% of their membership fees to Volt Europa to finance its operation. Volt claims to publish every donation exceeding €3,000 per donation or donor per year within 15 days from its receipt on the party's website and that its national and local chapters adhere to the same standard.[50] On 9 May 2021, Volt announced that they had raised €40,000 in three weeks in a fundraising drive ahead of the 2024 European Parliament election.[51]
Volt has received several large donations from firms in the housing and start-up sectors. Its biggest donors are Elastic founder Steven Schuurman with €500,000 via his Dreamery foundation, Marc Dreesmann, heir to Anton Dreesmann of Dutch clothing company Vroom & Dreesmann with around €160,000, and Christian Oldendorff, heir to German shipping firm Oldendorff Carriers with around €120,000. TomTom founder Peter-Frans Pauwels has donated €100,000. The NGO JoinPolitics has donated €50,000 to Volt Germany for a joint project ("Team Europa") to mobilize minority candidates for the European elections.[52][53][54]
National sections
[edit]Albania
[edit]Volt Albania (Albanian: Volt Shqipëri) is not registered as a party in Albania, but engages as a movement on the ground and participates at the European level of Volt.[55]
Austria
[edit]Volt Austria (German: Volt Österreich) is Volt's registered political party in Austria. The party planned to take part in the European elections in 2019,[56] but did not succeed in collecting the required 2,600 signatures in time to qualify for the ballot.[57] Since then, the party contested some local elections, but did not receive a mandate. It intended to partake in the 2024 European Elections and promised to give two of the people who signed tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, but was not proven effective as the party did not gain enough signatures.[58]
Belgium
[edit]Volt Belgium (Dutch: Volt België, French: Volt Belgique, German: Volt Belgien) is Volt's registered political party in Belgium.[59] Volt Belgium was the first section to participate in elections, when they took part in the 2018 Belgian local elections in Ixelles, Etterbeek and also shared a list with the local Pirate Party (Paars) for Antwerp.[60] During the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt participated in the Dutch Speaking electoral college, receiving 0.48% of the vote, not enough for a seat.[61]
Bulgaria
[edit]Volt Bulgaria participated in all three Bulgarian parliamentary elections in 2021, the first two as part of the anti-government coalition ISMV then under PP for the third election. ISMV won seats in both elections, but none of them were allocated to members of Volt.[b][c][62] PP won the November 2021 election and thus Volt gained two seats, which it defended in the election in October 2022. Nastimir Ananiev[63] served as the chair of the parliamentary committee of the Regional Committee, as well as deputy chair of the PP parliamentary group, while Ventsislava Lyubenova [64] served as chair of the foreign relations committee. In the 2024 Parliamentary Elections the party lost its mandate in parliament.
Cyprus
[edit]Volt Cyprus was founded on 3 December 2023. In November 2023, MP Alexandra Attalides announced her intention to join Volt and was subsequently elected co-president at the party's founding congress.[65] The party is fully active in the Cypriot political system and participates in local and European elections. In the 2024 European elections, the party gained 2.9% of the vote and thus did not win a seat.
Czech Republic
[edit]Volt was founded 2019 and operated from 11 April 2021 to 28 June 2022 in the Czech Republic as the registered association Volt Česká republika, z.s,[66] with Karolina Machová and Adam Hanka as the chairs of the association and Jan Klátil as the treasurer.[67] Volt is now registered as political party Volt Česko.[68]
In the 2022 local elections in Prague, the party contested an election for the first time.[69] Volt received 4,816 votes (0.14%) and thus did not win a mandate.[70]
Denmark
[edit]The Danish chapter of Volt, Volt Danmark, was founded on 21 July 2018.[71] The party contested an election for the first time in November 2021 with the municipal election in Frederiksberg.[72][73] Volt received 105 votes (0.2%) and thus did not win a mandate. The party needs 21,195 digital signatures to be eligible for national elections, as well as 70,680 to run in the 2024 European Elections.[74]
Finland
[edit]Volt Finland (Finnish: Volt Suomi) started collecting signatures in August 2023 to be officially registered as a party and to be able to stand in elections.[75]
France
[edit]Volt France was founded as the ninth national branch of Volt Europa, and has nine active branches, with "city teams" in Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rennes, and two cross-border branches in Ain-Geneva and Strasbourg-Kehl.
The party was unable to participate in the European Elections 2019 due to a lack of funding. In 2020, Volt France participated in municipal elections. The party ran in coalition with the Greens in Lille, where they received 24.5% in the first round, and lost in the second round with 39.4%;[76] as a coalition with "100% citoyens" in Lyon, receiving 3.4%[77] and 1.6%[78] in two districts; and alone in Paris' 9th district, receiving 0.5% in the first round.[79]
In the 2022 general election, the party contested in 17 out of 577 constituencies, including constituencies abroad.[80] The party achieved its best result in the national constituencies in the 5th constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department with 3.25%.[81] The best overall election result was achieved by Volt in the 7th constituency of the French abroad (Central Europe) with 4.97%.[81]
In the 2024 European election, the party ran as part of the Europe Territoires Écologie coalition, but did not manage to win a seat.[citation needed]
Germany
[edit]Volt Germany (German: Volt Deutschland) became a registered political party in Germany in 2018, allowing it to compete in German elections.[82] Volt Germany's basic programme is based upon a policies proposal, which is also fundamental for Volt Europa.[83] The German branch's initial focus was the five "challenges" of "an intelligent state, social equality, economic renaissance, politically active citizenship" and "global balance". It also seeks to implement an overarching policy of transnational EU reform in accordance with the programmes of both Volt Germany and Volt Europa.[83] Volt Germany's programme for the 2019 European elections 2019 was identical to that of all other European sections. It was adopted as the "Amsterdam Declaration" by all Volt sections in October 2018.[83]
In the 2019 European Election, Volt Germany received 248,824 votes, 0.7% of the total votes in Germany. As a result, Volt Germany's leading candidate Damian Boeselager won one of Germany's 96 seats in the European Parliament.[84][85]
Volt Germany has won individual seats on a number of city councils. In local elections occurring the same day as the European Elections in 2019, Volt received 1.2% of the votes for the election to the City Council in Mainz, winning 1 seat.[86] In Bavaria's 2020 local elections, the party won one seat each in Bamberg and Munich.[87][88] In Munich, Volt subsequently became part of the governing coalition with the Social Democrats.[89][90] Later that year, the party won seats on the city councils of Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, Siegen, Münster, Düsseldorf, and Paderborn. Volt was particularly strong in Cologne and Bonn, where it received around 5% of the votes, resulting in four and three seats, respectively.[91][92] The party also won seats in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Fulda, and Heusenstamm in the 2021 Hessian local elections.[93] The 6.5% vote share in Darmstadt, to win five of the 71 seats, was the party's best ever result in a German council.[94]
In the 2024 European Election, Volt Germany received 1,023,161 votes (2.6%), translating to three seats in the European Parliament. The MEPs elected were Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl and Kai Tegethoff.[citation needed]
Greece
[edit]Volt Greece (Greek: Βολτ Ελλάδας) was founded in 2018.[95] In July 2022, the group elected its first executive secretariat and an ethics committee, which were tasked with preparing its establishment as a party.[96] On 4 October 2022, the party was officially registered, becoming the 18th registered party of Volt Europa.[97] In December 2022, Volt founded the new political alliance Green & Purple (ΠΡΑΣΙΝΟ & ΜΩΒ) together with the parties Ikologi Prasini, Pirate Party of Greece, Greens – Solidarity, Greek Party for the Animals and the ecofeminist movement Kyklos.[98] The party held its founding congress in Athens on 11 and 12 March 2023.[99] However, the Green & Purple alliance was barred from participating in the May 2023 legislative election by the Supreme Court of Greece due to its late submission of relevant forms.[100] In the June 2023 election, the alliance received 0.3% of the national vote.[101]
Ireland
[edit]Volt Ireland (Irish: Volt Éire) formed in the run-up to the 2019 European elections, but did not initially register as a party, holding meetings in various cities. In October 2021, the group launched an attempt to register as a party.[102] 300 signatures are required from Irish citizens and EU citizens living in the Republic of Ireland to do so.[103]
Italy
[edit]Volt Italy (Italian: Volt Italia) was founded on 18 July 2018. Daniela Patti and Guido Silvestri are party leaders and Pasquale Lisena is treasurer.[104]
The party was unable to take part in the 2019 European elections, failing to obtain the required 150,000 notarised supporter signatures.[105] Since then, the party has taken part in a number of regional and local elections, winning mandates in Mantua and Isernia, among other cities, where Federica Vinci, then chair of Volt Italy, was elected deputy mayor.[106]
In the Basilicata regional election in 2024, Volt's candidate, Eustachio Follia, gained 1.21%.[107]
Kosovo
[edit]Volt Kosovo (Albanian: Volt Kosova, Serbian: Волт Косово) is not registered as a party in Kosovo, but engages as a movement on the ground and participates at the European level of Volt.[108]
Luxembourg
[edit]Volt Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Volt Lëtzebuerg, French: Volt Luxembourg, German: Volt Luxemburg) was founded in 2019 and received around 2% of the vote in the 2019 European Parliament elections.[109] It did not repeat this result in the 2024 European Election, with the party gaining 1.04% of the votes, receiving no seats.
Malta
[edit]Volt Malta was officially registered as a political party in Malta in May 2021 and contested the 2022 elections for the national parliament, with two candidates covering four districts.[110]
Netherlands
[edit]Volt Netherlands is Volt's registered political party in the Netherlands and was founded on 23 June 2018 in Utrecht.[111] The party received 2.42% of the vote in the 2021 general election, taking three seats in the Dutch House of Representatives. It has since then lost 1 seat due to the removal of Nilüfer Gündogan from the party due to reports of reckless and abusive behavior.[112]
In the November 2023 general election, Volt received 1.69% of the votes, resulting in 2 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives.[113]
For the European Parliament Elections in June 2024, Volt received 5.13% of the votes, winning 2 of the 31 Dutch seats in the European Parliament.[114][115]
Portugal
[edit]In October 2019, Volt Portugal submitted more than the 9,000 signatures needed to register as a political party.[116] After multiple delays, the Constitutional Court approved Volt Portugal as the country's 25th party in June 2020.[117] Volt Portugal initially planned to contest regional elections on the Azores in Autumn 2020, but was unable to do so due to a slow registration process, which did not allow enough time to recruit candidates.[118][119]
In the September 2021 local elections, the party contested in Lisbon (0.58%), Porto (0.42%), Tomar (1.36%), Coimbra (coalition 43.92%) and Oeiras (coalition 7.57%), winning a mandate in Coimbra.[120] Independent MEP Francisco Guerreiro supported the party in the local elections and announced he would join the party after his mandate expired.[121]
In the January 2022 general election, Volt Portugal contested a national election for the first time, running in 18 of 20 districts.[122] The party received 0.1% of the vote and did not win any seats.[123]
Romania
[edit]Volt Romania (Romanian: Volt România) is Volt's registered political party in Romania. It was registered in February 2021, the 15th registered national party of Volt Europa.[124] The group has been active in the country since 2017, participating in initiatives against attacks on the rule of law and mobilising the diaspora to participate in the elections.[125]
Slovakia
[edit]The chairs of Volt Slovakia (Slovak: Volt Slovensko) are Lucia Kleštincová and Rick Zedník.[126][127] The party is due to hold its founding party conference on 3 February 2024. It has more female than male members.[128]
Spain
[edit]Volt Spain (Spanish: Volt España) was officially registered as a party in Spain on 15 June 2018 as the third national section. The party won 32,291 votes in the 2019 European Parliament election.[129] In May, the party contested the local elections in Madrid for the first time since the European elections, but failed to win a mandate.[130] During the elections, a representative of the right-wing populist Vox warned against confusion with his own party, as the placement of the ballot papers next to each other was, according to him, intended to cause confusion.[131] Volt's average age in Spain is below 35, and its chairs are Rachele Arciulo and Cristian Castrillón.[132]
Sweden
[edit]Volt Sweden (Swedish: Volt Sverige) is Volt's registered political party in Sweden. Michael Holz and Alexander Löf are party leaders and Erik Andrén is treasurer. The party campaigned for the 2019 European Parliament elections, but as a write-in party without its own ballot papers, relying on voters to write the party's name on blank ballot papers. Volt Sverige received 146 votes in this way.[133]
In early November 2021, the Ljusnarsberg branch of Liberalerna (The Liberals) announced its intention to become an association and run for Volt in the local elections. The party's local elected representative joined Volt, becoming the first and only Volt representative in Sweden.[134][135]
The party participated in the 2022 Swedish general election and received 89 votes.[136] It received 388 votes in the 2024 European Election, not enough to win a seat.[137]
Switzerland
[edit]Volt Switzerland was founded on 9 October 2019.[138] There are teams in Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Bern and Lugano.[139] In February 2020, Volt participated in the Unity Committee for the Free Movement of Persons. It is intended to address concerns of foreigners and Swiss with a migration background to achieve greater participation in Swiss public life and was also directed against the citizens' initiative "For moderate immigration (limitation initiative)".[140]
In the municipal elections in Zurich in February 2022, Volt stood for the first time in an election in Switzerland and fielded candidates in 2 out of 9 constituencies.[141][142] In constituency 7+8 the party achieved 0.24%, in constituency 10 0.34%, which means that it did not win a mandate.[143][144]
The party is part of the Swiss Europe Initiative, which calls for the Parliament and the Federal Council to start negotiations with the EU on institutional issues and cooperation.[145]
Ukraine
[edit]Volt Ukraine (Ukrainian: Вольт Україна, romanized: Volʹt Ukrayina) was founded in July 2022.[146] Its founder and chairman is Mykhaylo Pobigay, a war veteran and the head of the non-profit organisation Land of The Free. Volt Ukraine advocates for Ukraine to join the EU, as well as more military support and a European orientation for Ukraine. Members of Volt Ukraine also help support refugees and arrange accommodation in Europe.[147]
United Kingdom
[edit]Volt UK was registered with the British Electoral Commission in January 2020,[148][a] and campaigns for the UK to rejoin the European Union.[149]
European Parliament elections
[edit]2019 European Parliament election
[edit]Member state | Leading candidate | Votes | % of valid votes | Seats | Note |
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Belgium | Christophe Calis, Marcela Válková[150] | 20,385 | 0.33[151] | 0 | Only ran in Dutch-speaking electoral college |
Bulgaria | Nastimir Ananiev[152] | 3,500 | 0.17[153] | 0 | |
Germany | Damian Boeselager, Marie-Isabelle Heiß[154][non-primary source needed] | 249,098 | 0.67[155] | 1 | |
Luxembourg | Rolf Tarrach Siegel[156][157] | 26,483 | 2.11[158] | 0 | |
Netherlands | Reinier van Lanschot[159][160] | 106,004 | 1.93[114] | 0 | |
Spain | Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño[161][162][163] | 32,432 | 0.15[164] | 0 | |
Sweden | Michael Holz[165] | 146 | <0.01[166] | 0 | Without its own ballot papers |
European Union | 416,171 | 0.22% | 1 | – |
In addition, Andrea Venzon, co-founder of Volt, ran in the constituency of London. As Volt had not managed to register as a political party in the United Kingdom, Venzon ran as an independent candidate, although outwardly under the Volt banner.[167][168]
In France (unable to raise €800,000 in funding to meet legal requirement to print its own ballot papers[169][non-primary source needed]), Italy (failed to collect 150,000 signatures[170]), Austria (failed to collect 2,600 signatures[171]), Portugal (failed to collect 7,500 signatures[172]), and Denmark (failed to collect a number of voter declarations corresponding to at least 2% of all valid votes at the last general election), Volt had intended to participate in the European Parliament elections but was unable to meet local requirements in time.[173]
2024 European Parliament election
[edit]Member state | Leading candidate | Votes | % of valid votes | Seats | First spot in joint list[174] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | Sophie in 't Veld, Suzana Carp, André Florent Staes[175][176] | 38,713 | 0.54[177] | 0 | - | Only ran in the Dutch-speaking electoral college |
Bulgaria | Nastimir Ananiev | 1,504[d] | 0.52[178] | 0 | 10th | Joint list with PP–DB[179] |
Cyprus | Andromache Sophocleous, Hulusi Kilim[180] | 10,777 | 2.92[181] | 0 | - | |
Czech Republic | Adam Hanka, Barbora Hrubá[182] | 1,019[e] | 0.037[183] | 0 | 3rd | Joint list with Senator 21[184] |
France | Rayna Stamboliyska, Sven Franck[185] | 63,482[f] | 0.26[186] | 0 | 7th | Joint list Europe Territoires Écologie with PRG, R&PS, MdP, MDC and CSDR[187] |
Germany | Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl[188] | 1,023,161 | 2.57[189] | 3 | - | |
Greece | Fotis Kapsalis, Nikolaos Xesfingis[190] | 4,156[g] | 0.10[191] | 0 | 20th | Joint list with Kosmos[192] |
Italy | Marcello Saltarelli, Silvia Panini[193] | 21,249[h][i] | 0.09[195] | 0 | 12th | Joint list with DemoS and PD[196] |
Luxembourg | Aurélie Dap, Philippe Schannes[197] | 14,348 | 1.04[198] | 0 | - | |
Malta | Matthias Iannis Portelli[199] | 298 | 0.11[200] | 0 | - | |
Netherlands | Reinier van Lanschot, Anna Strolenberg[201][202] | 319,238 | 5.13[203] | 2 | - | |
Portugal | Duarte Costa, Rhia Lopes[204] | 9,571 | 0.24[205] | 0 | - | |
Slovakia | Lucia Kleštincová, Maroš Halama[206] | 1,923 | 0.13[207] | 0 | - | |
Spain | Clara Panella, Cristian Castrillón[208] | 22,020 | 0.12[209] | 0 | - | |
Sweden | Michael Holz, Carri Ginter Wikström[210] | 388 | 0.01[211] | 0 | - | |
European Union | Damian Boeselager, Sophie in 't Veld[31] | 1,467,815[j] | 0.81 | 5 | In addition to its top European candidates, the party put forward a symbolic transnational list. |
Other national parties that announced their intention to run but ultimately failed to collect enough signatures for their registration:
- Volt Austria, lead candidates: Nini Tsiklauri, Alexander Harrer[212]
- Volt Denmark, lead candidates: Jakob Overby Kirkegaard, Kathrine Richter[213]
- Volt Finland[214]
- Volt Romania's joint list Coaliția Verde Progresistă with ACUM and SENS.[215][216]
National Parliament elections
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Election | Political party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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2019 | Volt Belgium | Jordy Vanpoucke Olivia ten Horn |
1,669 | 0.02 | 0 / 150
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
2024 | Carlo Giovanni Giudice Johanna Dirlewanger-Lücke |
7,245 | 0.10 | 0 / 150
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
Bulgaria
[edit]Election | Political party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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Apr 2021 | Volt Bulgaria (as part of ISMV) |
Nastimir Ananiev | 150,940 | 4.65 (#6) | 0 / 240
|
New | Snap election |
Jul 2021 | 136,885 | 4.95 (#6) | 0 / 240
|
0 | Snap election | ||
Nov 2021 | Volt Bulgaria (as part of PP) |
610,273 | 25.46 (#1) | 2 / 240
|
2 | Coalition | |
2022 | 506,099 | 19.52 (#2) | 2 / 240
|
0 | Snap election | ||
2023 | Volt Bulgaria (as part of PP–DB) |
621,069 | 23.54 (#2) | 1 / 240
|
1 | Coalition | |
Jun 2024 | 307,849 | 13.92 (#3) | 0 / 240
|
1 | Snap election |
Germany
[edit]Election | Political party | Leaders | Constituency | Party list | Seats | +/– | Government | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
2021 | Volt Germany | Rebekka Müller Hans-Günter Brünker |
78,211 | 0.2 (#13) | 165,153 | 0.4 (#14) | 0 / 735
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Greece
[edit]Election | Political party | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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Jun 2023 | Volt Greece (As part of P&M) |
Nikolas Fournarakis Theodora Famprikezi |
15,911 | 0.31 (#15) | 0 / 300
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Luxembourg
[edit]Election | Political party | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2023 | Volt Luxembourg | Aurélie Dap Michel Conter |
7,001 | 0.19 (#12) | 0 / 60
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Malta
[edit]Election | Political party | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2022 | Volt Malta | Alexia DeBono Arnas Lasys |
382 | 0.13 (#6) | 0 / 67
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Netherlands
[edit]Election | Political party | Lijsttrekker | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Volt Netherlands | Laurens Dassen | 252,480 | 2.42 (#11) | 3 / 150
|
New | Opposition |
2023 | 178,802 | 1.71 (#14) | 2 / 150
|
1 | Opposition |
Portugal
[edit]Election | Political party | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Volt Portugal | Tiago Matos Gomes | 6,240 | 0.11 (#17) | 0 / 230
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
2024 | Inês Bravo Figueiredo[217] | 11,854 | 0.18 (#15) | 0 / 230
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
Sweden
[edit]Election | Political party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Volt Sweden | Alexander Löf | 89 | 0.00 (#32) | 0 / 349
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
United Kingdom
[edit]Election | Political party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Volt UK | Leander Ots | 267 | 0.00 (#80) | 0 / 650
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Awards
[edit]Year | Award | Section | Issuer |
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2018 | EuroNederlander of 2018[218] | Volt Nederland | The European Movement Netherlands (EBN) |
2019 | Political Representative of the Year (2nd Place)[219][220] | Volt Europa | The Good Lobby |
International cooperation
[edit]From 14 to 19 July 2021, Volt Europa delegates travelled to Yerevan, Armenia, to meet with representatives of the European Party of Armenia.[221]
In November 2021, the Cypriot movement New Wave – The Other Cyprus and Volt signed a memorandum of understanding for a merger.[222][223]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Renew Scotland contested in five regions and no constituencies in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
- ^ ISMV coalition won 13 seats in parliament in the July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election, none of which were allocated to members of Volt.[224]
- ^ ISMV coalition won 14 seats in parliament in the April 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election, none of which were allocated to members of Volt.
- ^ Votes cast for the Volt candidate Nastimir Ananiev
- ^ Preferential votes for the 6 candidates Volt ran in the Czech Republic
- ^ Contains more votes than just those for Volt candidates, as Volt ran on a joint list and Frances complete election results are yet to be published (as of 17 June 2024)
- ^ Preferential votes for the three candidates Volt ran in Greece
- ^ Results in the Nord-Est electoral district.[194]
- ^ preferential votes for the 2 candidates Volt ran in Italy
- ^ Total votes excludes France, as France has not yet published preferential votes per candidate and Volt ran on a joint list
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