Volt Europa
*This post is under construction!*  Only a Europe that acts together can solve our shared challenges. National parties are reaching their limits. To counteract populist promises and give a home to all Europeans, we created Volt: the first pan-European party. We strive to empower people to change politics and unlock Europe’s potential. Active in already more than 30 countries, we encourage citizens to rethink and shape politics in their cities, in their countries and across borders in Europe. We are pan-European, pragmatic and progressive. While striving to promote diversity, we come together because of our shared goals and values. We ask the necessary questions and make realistic proposals to solve pan-European challenges. **Co-President:** Mels Klabbers and Francesca Romana D'Antuono **Member European Parliament (MEP):** Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl, Kai Tegethoff, Reinier van Lanschot and Anna Strolenberg. **Board Members:** Emma Bacci, Lucia Nass, Jennifer Scharpenberg, Luis Afonso Ameida Fernandes, Slavomir Maňásek and Janko Heineken **Treasurer:** Christophe Quirynen **Seats European Parliament:** `5/720` **Seats Bulgarian Municipalities:** `3/265` **Seats Italian Municipal Councils:** `?/90861` **Seats Cyprus House of Representatives:** `1/56` **Seats Dutch House of Representatives:** `2/150` **Seats Dutch Senate:** `2/75` **Seats Dutch Provincial States:** `11/572` **Seats Dutch Municipal Councils:** `20/8863` **Seats Portuguese Municipal Councils:** `?/2064` *Note: Multiple Volt chapters possess seats, but not all are documented in a centralized manner, for example, regional and local seats from Volt Germany most certainly exist, but are not properly documented, apologies.* **Foundation:** `2027-03-29` (29th of March 2017) **Headquarters:** `Brussels.` **Amount of members:** Estimated `25000` as of June. **Political compass:** `Centre to centre-left.` **Political ideologies:** `Social-liberalism, European federalism, progressivism and pragmatism.` **European Parliament group:** `Greens/EFA` *Volt Europa intends to found it's own group, but requires 25 MEP seats in order to do so, hence the strategical choice was made to join Greens/EFA. There was discussion as to why it was chosen over Renew Europe/ALDE, the primary reason is that Greens/EFA is smaller and allows Volt more speaking time, and thus they were chosen.* **Party color:** `Purple.` **Website:** [Volt Europa.](https://www.volteuropa.org)