Defense and Security

In defense and security policy, we must think long-term. In Volt, we believe that Denmark's future is in Europe, and therefore we must think European when planning our defence. We will work for the EU to achieve strategic independence in the defence area. We want our citizens to be able to influence the direction of our security policy through democratic processes, which is why we supported a YES vote in June 2022 when we were to vote on removing the defence opt-out. When we removed the defence opt-out, we took a firm step towards a strong and strategically important Europe. We must be able to count on our European security being a priority for all Europeans in the future, because European democracies are on shaky ground as long as we cannot provide for our own security. Developments in the US over the past several years have shown that there is more focus on their internal problems and a strong Europe is not in opposition to a strong US. Europe has worked hard to build a peaceful continent scarred by the experience of the world wars, and for the same reason we have worked hard to build democracy, and now we must also be able to defend ourselves against external threats.