Now, let's be honest. We know what it looks like when organisations show up, cross-post for two weeks, and disappear. We don't want to be that. But we're a small team with limited resources, so we need this to work both ways.

Engage with us. Challenge us. Tell us what you want to see from a European political party in this space. Help us make this worth it, for all of us.

This is the start of a conversation, not a campaign. Let's talk. 💜

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#introduction #newhere

@VoltEuropa Welcome.

And let’s get started then:

• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?

• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?

• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?

• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?

• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?

• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)

• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?

• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?

Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.

@joenepraat @aral @voltnederland I got a response for you from @voltnederland, based on their electoral programme:
"The European Border and Coast Guard, Frontex, will be fundamentally reformed, become independent from national governments, and be accountable to the European Parliament. Volt calls for a common EU search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean, in line with calls from the European Parliament.

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We want inspectors at the borders so that countries guilty of pushing back refugees can be brought before the courts. Volt believes that countries engaging in so-called pushbacks should no longer receive support to control their external borders.

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