Volt Poland

Volt Poland
Volt Polska
AbbreviationVolt
HeadquartersWarsaw
IdeologyEuropean federalism[1]
Social liberalism[2]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political positionCentre to centre-left
European affiliationVolt Europa
Colours  Purple
Website
Volt Polska

Volt Poland (Polish: Volt Polska, abbreviated mononymously as Volt) is a pro-European, social liberal political movement in Poland, constituting the Polish subsidiary of Volt Europa,[4] a federalist pan-European political party. Volt Europa has 5 elected members of parliament[5][6] advocating for deeper European integration within a centrist to centre-left political framework, with a core focus on evidence-based policy.[7] Volt is pragmatic in their policy making by comparing and sharing best-practices[8] among EU countries and municipalities.

History

Volt Poland has been a registered association since 2023. The board consists of three elected members: two co-chairs and one treasurer.[9]

Elections

October 16th, 2023 Laurens Dassen of Volt Netherlands was in contact Volt Poland about the 2023 Polish parliamentary election. He expressed concern that the representative of Volt Poland felt “uncomfortable” speaking on the phone in public about the elections, which emphasised for Dassen how important these elections were. Dassen expressed relief that democratic candidates in Poland could win the elections after years of undemocratic ruling of PiS.[10]

During the 2025 Polish presidential election Volt Poland did not have a representative running for president. After the 1st voting round, Volt Poland shared their recommendation whom to vote for during the 2nd voting round.[11] On behalf of Volt Europa, the member of the European Parliament Reinier van Lanschot expressed support for Rafał Trzaskowski during the second election round between Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki.[12][13]

Local initiatives

Volt Poland regularly organises open meet-ups in Warsaw, Kraków and Katowice that anyone can join. The time and places are communicated via their website and social media[14][15][16]

March 29th 2025, Volt Poland co-organised an event about health care in Poland. The event was about ways to understand people’s needs, sharing experiences with local Polish institutions and comparing European health care systems.[17]

June 14th 2025, Volt Poland was present during the Equality Parade (Warsaw) at the “Pride village”.[18]

Cross border initiatives

Volt Poland supports other Volt representative during their national elections and Elections to the European Parliament. For example, during the 2025 elections in Germany, members of Volt Poland crossed the border to support Volt Germany with collecting signatures and campaigning.[19]

When Germany started temporary border controls, Volt organised a protest in Schengen, Luxembourg together with Young European Federalists (JEF) to express the importance of the Schengen Agreement for the European economy and social life.[20][21][22] For this protest, they used the slogan “Don’t touch my Schengen” from the organisation Young European Federalists (JEF). JEF started this campaign in 2016, to raise awareness of the Schengen agreement when politicians on national level plan to start border controls.[23] [24]

July 19th 2025, Volt organised protests in 9 border regions of Germany[25] Volt Poland organised a protest in the border region Frankfurt Oder and Słubice.[26] The route of the protest march was adjusted when the municipality of Słubice did not allow the protesters to cross the border to Słubice.[27][28] The given reasons to prohibit the continuation of the protest on the Polish side of the border, were a risk of counter protesters, social tensions, disrupting the work of border control agents, and the concern that the police could not guarantee the safety of the protesters and other people in Słubice.[29][30] After the protest in Frankfurt Oder, Volt Poland joined an alternative event that was organised by the municipality of Słubice: the 4th Słubice-Frankfurt Civic Picnic.[31]

Goals

  • Become a political party in Poland.
  • Make a transnational voting ballot during EU elections[32]
  • Reform the European Union.[33]
  • Keep Schengen borders open[34]
  • Make Volt Europa a European political party in the European Parliament.

See also

References

  1. ^ Stagni, Federica (6 December 2018). "Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe". Italics Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ Teffer, Peter (27 May 2019). "'Pan-European' Volt and DieM25 manage one MEP each". EU Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Volt Europa country list". Volt Europa.
  5. ^ "Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance".
  6. ^ "Fresh setback for Renew as 5 MEPs choose Greens". 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ https://praxistipps.focus.de/ist-die-volt-partei-links-oder-rechts-einfach-beantwortet_185362
  8. ^ "Bundestagswahl: Volt stellt Spitzenduo auf".
  9. ^ "Zespół Volt Polska".
  10. ^ "Lijsttrekker Volt dolblij met voorlopige uitslag in Polen".
  11. ^ "Volt Polska rekomenduje głos na Rafała Trzaskowskiego".
  12. ^ "Instagram".
  13. ^ "Instagram".
  14. ^ "Instagram".
  15. ^ "Instagram".
  16. ^ "Instagram".
  17. ^ "Mind the Gap: Exploring healthcare and mental healthcare across Europe and in Poland". YouTube. 29 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Parada Równości 2025 w Warszawie".
  19. ^ "Volt tritt in 16 Bundesländern an; Bamberg mit 3 Kandidat:innen vertreten". 28 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Protest rally demands end to border controls". 3 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Volt Luxembourg".
  22. ^ "Joint Statement - European protest against national border controls - JEF Europe".
  23. ^ "Young European Federalists demand: "Don't Touch My Schengen!"". February 2016.
  24. ^ "#DontTouchMySchengen - JEF Europe".
  25. ^ "Not Only Poles Protested Today. So Did the Germans-But They Were Marching for a "Europe WITHOUT BORDERS"". 19 July 2025.
  26. ^ "Nie chcą murów na Odrze. Protest przeciw kontrolom granicznym we Frankfurcie".
  27. ^ Protest przeciwko kontrolom na granicy, ale nie w Słubicach – DW – 18.07.2025
  28. ^ "Protest przeciwko kontrolom na granicy, ale nie w Słubicach – DW – 18.07.2025". Deutsche Welle.
  29. ^ "Miał być marsz przeciw kontrolom na granicy, jednak władze miasta nie wydały pozwolenia. Powód? Obawa przed kontrmanifestacją". 18 July 2025.
  30. ^ "Niemcy protestują przeciwko polskim kontrolom granicznym » Kresy - wiadomości, wydarzenia, aktualności, newsy". 19 July 2025.
  31. ^ "Piknik Obywatelski nad Odrą. Słubice i Frankfurt wspólnie świętują".
  32. ^ "Volt presents 'symbolic' transnational list for Europeans". 8 April 2024.
  33. ^ https://volteuropa.org/storage/pdf/policies/mop-9.0-challenge-5-1-eu-reform.pdf
  34. ^ "Demonstranten fordern Ende der Grenzkontrollen". 2 November 2024.
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