New politics. A new Europe. / A thriving EU with renewed legitimacy

Transform the Council of the European Union into the European Senate

  • Abolish the European Council.

  • Design the European Senate to represent Member States with an equal number of senators per Member State designated by national parliaments. 

  • Ensure the ability to make decisions through Qualified Majority Voting (QMV) instead of unanimity. 

Read all our policies in our Moonshot programme!

Find out more about how we plan on empowering Europe's path to prosperity and read our full electoral programme for the elections to the European Parliament 2024!

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.

View the details of our vision
  • 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