What are Volt's political goals? / Empowering European Democracy

Safety and Protection of Journalists

  • Enacting robust anti-SLAPP laws to deter powerful individuals or entities from filing baseless lawsuits against journalists

  • Establishing rapid response mechanisms at the EU level to provide immediate assistance to journalists facing threats or violence

  • Strengthening and expanding protections for whistleblowers

The 5+1 Challenges

Volt has defined 5+1 fundamental Challenges that need to be tackled in each European country and in Europe as a whole.

Why 5 + 1 Challenges?

The 5 Challenges are basically the same for every country, but their implementation can be adapted on the national level to take into account local realities.

The +1 Challenge – our proposal to reform and strengthen the EU – is identical across all our national programmes.

Read our Electoral Moonshot Programme!
  • 01

    Smart State

    Education and digitalisation are key elements of the 21st century

  • 02

    Economic Renaissance

    An innovative economy must be the engine of society's progress

  • 03

    Social Equality

    No-one should be left behind - no matter their gender, income, religion. or origin

  • 04

    Global Balance

    Europe needs to assume responsibility for its role in global challenges

  • 05

    Citizen Empowerment

    People must be empowered to influence politics beyond elections alone

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    EU Reform

    We love the EU - this doesn't mean there is no room for improvement