Will VOLT Redefine European Politics? 

Hey! I really like the graphics in those videos! Just out of curiosity: what software do you use for those great animated maps/infographics? I suppose it is After Effects? Any specific plugins there:) I've been experimenting with video editing myself, and would love to learn something similar ;) Thanks!

Very nice idea, I love it.

Yes, it's great, because people just know the big parties of their countries. Please also present the regionalist parties in Europe and their deputes in European parliament 🙏

i would like you to make a video about Latvian party called "Nacionālā Apvienība". a "National Union" if translate to English. they are what mainstream media call far right. they have been in power for many years in Latvija. so,.... my question is. why does people compare all nationalism to German nationalism socialism Adolfo stuff? why does people think that nationalism is bad? Latvian nationalism brought us freedom from Soviet Union. we did " Song and Dance" revolution. it is insulting to me that my Latvian none violent nationalism is compared to German. just insulting. so i vote for Nacionālā Apvienība. so called far right...

Because people dont want the status quo, building a federal europe on the basis of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism will destroy the union in a time where people are done with inefective status quo liberals. Thats the problem with Volt they have no vision, just the status quo but bigger.

​@@nathanl4083but they arent conservative. I dont get your argument. And if you dont like liberalism, what exactly do you propose? Bigger state?

@@joelimbergamo639 He was talking about building europe on the basis of liberalism and conservatism volt would obviously be the liberals there. But both these groups are rooted in the same ideology that people are just kinda done with. And your question of if you dont like liberalism what else do you want really shows you are so deeply entrenched in the status quo you cant think anything is better. I rather have a big state then big corpos rulling over me atleast i can vote for the state, or you know make the economy democratic. The whole fascist wave we have right now is because all the centre-left to right wing options are just slightly different flavours of neo-liberalism and except for rich and some upper middle class people nobody actually likes that ideology

​@@joelimbergamo639 Just to clear up some confusion you might be having, liberal does not mean left. Marcon for instance is a liberal.

​@@nathanl4083 i dont get your Argument, Volt ist one Party which does indeed have a vision, I dont See any other Party have one...

Yeah this guy has been pretty biased towards them

It's a 400% increase :) that's why I asked "the biggest winner?" . It's all relative :)

@@EUMadeSimple there are right wing national parties that incresead more than that, that doesn't make them "The biggest winner" ?

​@rixorobert he means Porportionally, overall ofc those right wing parties won the most

@@EUMadeSimple from 1 to 3 = 200% increase

@@JaegerDreadful As Europe, you mean as a few big western European nations that marginalise and f*ck over everyone else? Right.

I am from Eastern Europe and I nor anyone I know would be in favour of a EU federation. Our last 250 years of history have been all about trying to get independence from larger multi-ethnic empires and form our nation-states. We don't want to give that away.

​@@rixorobert hungarian here and i really sympathize with volt's ideas our history also has parts of freedom fights and trying to become independent but the biggest (economic, cultural) progress was during said multiethnic empire

I wouldn't call invading other regions progress, or having Germans and Austrians imposed their culture on you .

SO TRUE💜

I have no context of French politics, so this might be a dumb question: why is it strange that the French chapter is French only?

@@gammalambda333 because Volt is a European party. In NL they communicate in Dutch, and in the most spoken second language: English. Especially Volt should have an international view

​@@LarsvanZonbut is it because you fear they might stray away from Volt Europa's core principles, or a question of reach for voters in France that don't speak French? The stereotype goes that when you're a tourist in France, French people will barely respond to English, supposedly out of pride and not for lack of knowledge. If that's a general view, I imagine they can more easily captivate their local voters by restricting themselves to French in their communications.

azért reménykedni szabad

@@nokedili Sőt! Kötelező.

orbán said elfoglaljuk brüsszelt / we will conquer brussels a few times but it's a joke for everyone outside the fidesz cult

@@somer573 Ursula von der Leyen and her handlers have similar morals to Palpatine

You sound like thay wouldn't be the coolest shit you've ever seen? At least politics would be interesting then hahah

Maybe you can get active as a member and try to build a basis for volt that can be grown upon

They won't cause an 180° turn, yes, but they still have influence. Volt is one of the two second-biggest delegations (or the sole second-biggest, if you count the single pirate party member who seems to have joined the volt delegation as well) within their faction if I remember correctly... And five members can make the difference between being the biggest, second biggest or third biggest party which again has great influence on the influence of a party when it comes to putting people into important positions

If you want to support Volt in your country that they become bigger. Then become member💜 which country are you from? :)

@@drifty2294 There is a Danish chapter but a party needs just shy of 71,000 signatures to even qualify for an EU election, something Volt is very far from. They can't even get the necessary 20,000 required to qualify for a general election. I can vote for them in the local elections but let's be real, it would be a waste of a vote, they're a complete non-entity here, nobody knows who they are.

Geert Wilders and his party PVV is the only hope for EU.

​@@Boomerrage32the more reasons to join and make sure that they become relevant in the future

​@@Boomerrage32 Yes, join us.

Russia is everywhere mate

Hahaha my thoughts exactly 😂

Ai art maybe?

It makes sense, russia good example for this. The people in the one side of the big country want this and the people on the other side of the big country want this. That’s local.

Steiners counterattack

We don't have time, climate change is knocking at the door.

Nuclear is a bad idea. Once storage gets cheap and easy (and that is already happening) it will be hopelessly uneconomical. Oh, fyi, I am a scientist.

This.

Unfortunately Poland has a high threshold of 5%, and also the Civic Coalition already sort of represents the same ideas (maybe except federalism)

@@xLuki Yeah, KO is definitely preferable to either PiS or Konfederacja that's for sure.

​@@xLukiat least for EU elections the problem is that candidates are split into the 16 administrative regions, so Volt would have to be big enough to list at least one in each. Also the voter base would probably have to come from the New Left party which is at an all time low in public support at the moment.

it will never live in France in our current republic

Volt is present in 22 constituencies for the snap legislative election and all "Français de l'étranger" in UE. So any french living aboard in EU can vote for the legislative (online or consulate). Anyway, Volt France is a smaller but very active chapter 😊

Don't worry we all make mistakes, just bring volt into the german parliament with your vote, at the next election and you will be forgiven 💜

Last time I did one, I got the party of austrian speaking minorities in North Italy. I'm not sure those kinds of political suggestions words very well.

Here from Volt Portugal, but hoping to see your message soon in our internal channel "EUR Introductions" where you can tell us more about your vision and how we can work it together

@hape3862 why do you regret it now?

@@gammalambda333 I don't really regret it. I'm happy with the Greens, but I could have done something to help Volt.

I feel like it's a good sign. Orban seems a bit shook, because his results weren't nearly as good as expected. With this new faktion they fracture the European right even further which, in theory, should make them less effective.

Funk tour federal bullshit

may I remind you how 10x smaller Yugoslavia ended?

@@polonianova What a comparison... May I remind you how much of a powerhouse the US is? And if a nation doesn't like the idea they can always leave, which wasn't the case in Yugoslavia. We also don't have a cult of personality like Tito did, aren't juggling tensions with the soviets and the west... There is so much wrong with your line of thinking.

Please not

​​​@@timthndr2996 the USA is the last nation we should take as an example, the last thing I'd like to see for Europe is to become like the US. Its a hugely divided nation, where politics seem to be more about fucking "the other" over than improve the life's of the people, is a cooperate, homogenous souless nation which doesn't consider local differences. And don't pretend the EU isn't juggling Russia, China and the USA just as much, as all of them would like nothing more than firmely plant us in their realm of influence

Vox baby

@@sit-insforsithis1568 vox is just a bunch of drunkards good for nothing garbage

Same in belgium snif I share your sadness :'(

@@cholleville Same from Portugal, but at least they are growing in every elections

Don't worry next time volt gets it 💜

I like Volt but I knew it was very unlikely for them to elect anyone so I ended up voting for Livre instead

If you want to support Volt Portugal more or want them to grow, then become a member💜

I will vote for Volt... when and if LIVRE disapoints me. Unfortunately, Volt programme looks utopian in 2024 Europe.

@@Mpl3564Volt was the only party to present their program costs and revenues. Volt showed it was possible to implement their proposals- that doesn’t look utopian to me 😉

@@susanacarneiro5706 A European Federation is an utopia in 2024. Unfortunately.

Rest in peace European countries.

I think he might he written it in capital to get a higher clickrate as you can see the key important thing in the title better, but he might have thought it’s an acronym

VOLT stands out more but if it was like V.O.L.T, I would question it, like it would sound like something from a British spy kid's book 😭

Keep it in large letters, it stands out more.

Probably xenophilic and implore cognitive dissonance to avoid that issue.

Yeah, I want less EU bc some laws are against what our country wants, EU is good for economic collaboration, but soon the Germans and French will tell us what to do. No, never again. A confederacy may be a better idea

@@ArthurMonke You have no idea how I agree about confederate EU. I want more EU thought because It´s the future of our continent and only way for us to survive. EU is not only good for economical but for illegal migration fighting if proper laws are passed and mutual defense which could be independent from USA which is racing with china who will fall first. Basically I just named a lot of reasons why VETO is and should stay sacred right of every EU nation.

@@zijabox 🔥

No, I veto that

Yeh and when the right wing parties have even more power I bet you will be demanding the opposite

@@duolingo0552 i veto you veto. shoud have vetoed me, than that wouldnt have been possible.

it's easier to just circumvent it, empty Eu istitutions and make new ones.

0% chance

You must be either very very young or very very naive because volt is really one of the most demential political project ever conceived by human. It's like a social experiment to see how much you can take the piss out of people without them noticing

@@jacques.cousteau Who hurt you in your life? Why are you so upset, leaving such weird comments on the Internet?

Nightmare party for me

Nah he's right VOLT represents everything wrong with the EU

66 people liked the original comment, 2 people in replies crying about it... I tĥink the numbers speak for themselves.

Believe me you will dislike it after it becomes reality. Two world wars happened in Europe one generation ago. The only thing that kept EU in check is American soldiers in Europe and division among European country. Be careful of what you wish for

@@deeplife9654 Pick up a history book. And your brain while you're at it.

@@Nounounou223Um no, we didn’t want that, we wanted to fight climate change, most of the volt people are atheist I believe so they don’t really belive in Islam.

Porquê que vocês do Volt Portugal estão literalmente em todo o lado nas redes sociais? Vocês não largam o telemóvel só pode 😂 Depois não vêm o mundo real e dá nisso, juntam se ao Volt

​@@GuilhermePereira-vi6vc para fazer essa afirmação com grande conforto é pq tbm estás em todo o lado. 🤣

Rest in peace European countries. End is near.

Nice one xD

@@lukas54cz71not an end, a better life for all EU countries

administrative nightmare

@@autumnjacaranda106 yes, an end, we will stop being independent like we were occupied during USSR but now it is not commie but rainbow and gay

The all look the same, that's the face you get when you consume 2kg of soy every week

@@Test00057 but if you don't vote for them, other Greece citizens will think the same, and nothing will change. You should vote if they represent your ideas, and not if they are going to win or not.

As a Greek myself who voted for Volt you shouldn't think it that way cause nothing is going to change if everyone has the same mindset as you. It will take some time until Volt gains popularity in any country so we have to be patient

Both of you are very Correct. I will think about this.

Can I ask who you voted for in Greece? I didn't like any of the major parties. PASOK is barely different from ND, Syriza has failed us, KKE lives in the past and doesn't even want to govern, the smaller new parties are either right wing or people who want to make a name for themselves without wanting to change how politics are done and all the actually interesting parties I saw aren't large enough to get into the European Parliament either. Did I miss some party that's actually worth voting for?

​@@maxmichalik4938 •I can't disclose such information I am against KKE because a member of them which is a friend of mine said they want to change the greek constitution and he scared me. They think the current government is royal (αστική) and common folks needs to make a violent if needed revolution to change everything, thats what he said as a member of the KKE

Porquê que vocês do Volt Portugal estão literalmente em todo o lado nas redes sociais? Vocês não largam o telemóvel só pode 😂 Depois não vêm o mundo real e dá nisso, juntam se ao Volt

U will do great! U are a party of the future with great possibilities! U are visionaires! Just stay with the greens and everything will come to the right place eventually!

It's a start! They are now above 5% in NL. That shows it can happen everywhere.

​@@jaapfolmer7791 I think it will not be possible in big country

​​@@noisikan917 germany is a big country and if i remember correctly it got 2,7% of the votes

@@lucabohme1347 Only Germany benefit from a federal europe

Join them so that it grows bigger :)

As i understand, it's a decision made to sit with the group that would give the most freedom. Which Renew didn't allow, unfortunately

@@reddiegoOh that’s kind of sad, I’d like them in Renew more but for now Greens are fine.

I'm only against Volt because their policy is to predictably make the Immigration problem worse because it supports and panders to Forced Entry & Settlement (illegal immigration/uncontrolled immigration). Australia shows the problem only gets worse (attracts more often fake refugess) if they are incentivised to do so. And better when the incentive is removed. A better more fear solution would be for asylum seekers to apply at Embassies, and wait. Those who choose forced entry, get the navy to put them in digyies near their home countries, with enough money to get home. Australia has solved the problem of Forced Entry & Settlement, now only allows legal entry. Also, the UN has no better solution and there is no bad consequence from ignoring them or withdrawing from them democratically.

@@pebblepod30 I believe Volt wants a strong Frontex and strengthen the outer European border.

It's the opposite for me. I voted for them in part because they are green and I can't abide the neoliberals as we know them in Europe (FDP, Macron, VVD, ect). I got quite upset and regretted my vote when I heard they wanted to maybe join ALDE. But luckily that was mostly just a negotiation position and a minority of Volt party members who actually wanted that. By far the most preferred to join the Greens even before negotiations were finalized.

Because giving the power to few for the whole continent is a good thing ..

Less than 0.1%

@@nikokolihno5936 Bardzo smutne

Federal europe doesnt mean that it needs to be a lot more integrated. It basically means that it has a real governament instead of thousands of threaties which is the case rn.

I mean that’s the objective but there are intermediate steps. Also many parties get voted on policies which are impossible to be implemented effectively like, sorry, those on migration, people will still try and succeed in getting here, no matter the cost.

​@@sciamachy9838 glad we agree that a Federal Europe is impossible to be implemented effectively, but migration is a severely poor example to provide for your comparison of impossible policies. Since at least the medieval times; Europe hasn't had problems associated with migration, especially mass migrations, and it was considerably easier to get into a country's territory back then than it is today. This is evidenced by the influx of the Romani people into Europe around the 13th and 14th century. Today, most nations have rigid borders with checkpoints and border guards. Nationally, we even have the means to deport people if need be; a power that people in the past could barely dream of. A proper example of parties being voted on policies which are impossible to be implemented, let alone effectively; are those advocating various forms of equality. Be it economic such as wealth redistribution and "progressive" taxation, or socially like gender equality. This is for the simple reason that equality inherently means clamping down on people's liberties as people are not the same and thus are inherently unequal.

@@BlazeLycan yeah the Point is: are we really that determined to deport people back violating many international conventions on Human rights, spending billions of euro annually, failing in various cases and deporting those who actually will pay our pensions? are we really that arrongant and evil to Believe that is a suitable and economically viable option?

@@joelimbergamo639 Real goverment ruled by globalists with the help of Germans and French. How would such a monstrosity represent our interests?

Probably you're a far right (or far left) nationalist

Also AfD.. Wie fühlt sich das an keine EU-Fraktion zu haben?

@@fabianelsen3716 mir ist eigentlich Wurst aber ich glaube die AfD wird ihren Platz finden.

@@KH-mn7bt Oh sicher werden sie das. Auf Lobbyisten Partys mit den Taschen voll Schmiergeld..

Or less powerfull

​@@noisikan917it has already very few powers. What power would you like them to not have? And how is that a problem if every country has veto power?

​@@noisikan917cause you can't kill us off

@@gondorianslayer4250 Sorry xhat do you mean ?

@@joelimbergamo639 It has financial power with bank system that push for austerity and neoliberal directive and action.

The MEPs work on legislation proposals and in committees. But anyways, the lacking initiative right for the parliament is one of the main issues on Volt's agenda

Bc the comission needs to be validated by the parlement. Thats how it works in most countries, its called a parlementary democracy. The main difference with the EU is that the president is chosen by the country's leaders and then validated by the parlement instead of directly voted by the parlement. But removing the firts part of the process would reduce national sovereignty even if atthe same time making the EU more democratic. You need to chose one

@@joelimbergamo639 men who lost the elections - macron, sholtz installed der leyen for another mandate despite the accusations she bought 10 vaccines per eu citizen. The story was covered at least in my country. The u.s deep state will continue to hold Europe even if they lose in the u.s. and it might even try to use it against the republicans.

Volt is very pro personal freedoms, as long as they don't interfere with the freedoms of others. That means Volt won't tell you how to eat, speak, think or dress as long as you don't speak hate speech. At most Volt might put incentives on certain products or change the way in which the products are produced. Volt is not socialist as a party (there is a socialist wing though... but on the other end there is a similar sized neoliberal wing so in the end it cancels out to social democracy)

There is NOTHING more anti-freedom than abolishing people’s right to self-determination

@@ATOM-vv3xu Did you even read the party agenda? It is a blue print for creating a new USSR. Volt wants the EU to become an even worse bureaucracy hell then it is already. They are pro EU-taxes and new taxes. They are pro Ukraine as an EU member - the most corrupt country next to Russia in the western hemisphere. They want to force everybody who builds a house to have solar panels on it - even if you have a better energy source - they force you to sell that energy for a cheap price to the regional energy oligopoly (which they will control with they bureaucracy puppets) which sells it back to you for at least x4 the price. They want to cancel the one voice agreement, which is a fundamental building stone of the EU contract. They want an European special police force. They want a government controlled public broad cast unit - works like a charm in North Korea and China. They want to force political parties to have quotas for e.g. women or they won't be allowed to run for elections. They want a sepcial task force made of bureaucrats to scan social media for comments THEY deem inappropriate - first stepping stone for the Chinese Social Credit Score System by the way. They want to force land owners to give away their private property for environmental zone for a price, they deem fit. Everybody how does not agree with their left wing policies should be forced to keep paying for the EU membership but they won't be eligible to get any money or benefits back. They call this one "Values and rules of the EU" in their party agenda. They want more weapons for Ukraine - which is not a member of the EU or NATO. They want tariffs on Chinese products to protect highly subsidized inefficient industries like the french and german car manufacturers - who buy and build most of their parts in China anyway. They want open borders. Refugees can freely choose where they want to go and governments shouldn't be allowed to say no - even if the refugee is a person with a criminal record, no papers or not legally an asylum seeker. They want creators of music, literature and art to share their product for free with the government. They are against nuclear power - which is wild since Volt in France is pro nuclear power. They wants a european army and more weapon manufacturers, controlled by the government of course. Volt is an extremist party with ideological goals close to the CCP in China. It is a dystopian party which wants to eradicate free will.

@@Emanon... F*ck EU