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You cannot vote for Volt in the European Parliament elections in Denmark in 2024 because the Danish Parliament passed L48 on 7 December 2023.
In 2023, it was stated in the European Parliament Election Act that if a party was represented in the European Parliament, the party did not need to collect voter endorsements. We checked with a lawyer in EU law and with his help submitted a notification on Monday 6 March 2023.
After 6 weeks of waiting, Volt received a rejection from the Ministry of the Interier and here are 4 wild reasons as to why:
The European Movement Against the EU had suggested lowering the number of voter declarations for the European Parliament elections to make it a little easier, after all, to stand for election. Here is our submission to the Home Affairs Committee, which of course ignored our proposal.
.. Indeed the Ministry of the Interior had not considered our reference to the EU Charter in their initial rejection of our application from March 2023. So now they had to do it again! Read our complaint and the 4 incredible reasons why we were rejected in the first place!
While we wait, the Ministry of the Interior is busy cleaning up the legal text so that Volt cannot run! In a democrat country, they are going to great lengths to prevent Volt from running!
Today we have revolving doors for politicians and barricades for new parties.
With the requirement of 70.680 endorsements , Denmark has the highest threshold to get on the ballot paper for the European Parliament elections. This does not benefit the social dialogue or trust in the political system.
Video: This many signatures is required in other parts of EU (hint: not as many as in Denmark!)
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.
Education and digitalisation are key elements of the 21st century
An innovative economy must be the engine of society's progress
No-one should be left behind - no matter their gender, income, religion. or origin
Europe needs to assume responsibility for its role in global challenges
People must be empowered to influence politics beyond elections alone
We love the EU - this doesn't mean there is no room for improvement
