Volt EuropaMar 18

Hi Fediverse!👋 We're Volt Europa, a pan-European political party building a federal, green, and progressive Europe. 🇪🇺

We believe in digital sovereignty, transparency, and putting people before platforms. Sound familiar? That's precisely why we're here.

We're not just looking for another channel to broadcast on. We chose this space because it reflects what we stand for: open, decentralised, and community-driven. We want to be part of this, not just present on it.

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#introduction #newhere

Show threadVolt EuropaMar 20

So. That went well.

We asked you to engage, challenge us, and tell us what you want. You absolutely did. Thank you. 💜

We've bookmarked every question and reply. No one is being ignored. We're working through them one by one, and we'd rather give you good answers than fast ones.

Keep them coming. More to come.

Show threadVeza85UE
@VoltEuropa Hola! I only found you just now. May I suggest to use the #EUpol tag? Not for everything, but I have it bookmarked, but don't use the various national parties/national politics tags so I haven't come across your posts until someone reposted it on my timeline.
That said, my actual question is: why are pro 🇪🇺 parties (broad spectrum) so passive and letting the EPP walk all over us? Where is the public outreach campaign for the EU budget battle to #EndRebates ? #MFFbutNotTheFunKind
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Show threadVolt EuropaApr 7

@Veza85UE Thanks for your suggestion! You might have noticed that we already adopted it and are using the EUpol tag where it is fitting.

Now, let's get to your question:
When the EU budget is carved up behind closed doors, silence from pro-European forces is striking. Rebates are a relic of "what's in it for me" politics, and they actively undermine European solidarity.

Show threadVolt EuropaApr 7
Our answer: give the EU genuine tax revenue of its own, from digital, carbon and corporate taxes, so we stop haggling over national contributions and rebates entirely. A budget built for shared challenges: climate, defence, cohesion. Not a bargaining chip for net-payer vetoes.
You are right that pro-EU voices need to be louder on this. Volt chapters across Europe are pushing exactly this agenda. Cross-border conversations like this one are precisely what a genuinely European party is here for. 💜
Show threadVeza85UEApr 7
@VoltEuropa Cool, your German wing is here, looking forward to seeing talk of #EndRebates especially in the languages of the countries still asking for them. Don't be shy about memeing it up. Some of the passivity, imo, comes from this notion that talking about money is a bit gauche (very bougie) and that the EU budget is hopelessly boooring and unexciting, unlike rubbernecking at Y'allQaeda's shitshow from a safe distance. Then you have people asking for 🇪🇺 ARTE, Ukraine aid, etc from "the EU".
Show threadVeza85UEApr 7

@VoltEuropa I have, that's why you pop up in my timeline now, thanks.

True, but as an ex-normie, I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say there's no way half of sentient, adult Europeans who vote know wtf rebates are, this is an obvious bubble where half of voters know because I follow them. I'd be shocked if 10% of Dutch, Germans, Austrians, Swedes and Danes have ever heard of rebates. So maybe a possible starting point is to explain their Thatcher origin story?

https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/116256703474391108

Show threadVeza85UEApr 7
@VoltEuropa There are fun ways to do that, #EUhistory in general is just begging for an Armando Ianucci-style miniseries (which we can't have because no CMU and because industry nepobabies lobby for geoblocking, fml... anyway!)