Loven siger Volt kan stille op!
§ Parties (...) that have obtained representation in the European Parliament (...) at the last European elections (...) are entitled to participate in European Parliament elections.
Volt was elected to the European Parliament in 2019 and is represented by MEP Damian Boeselager.
In 2023, Chapter 3 of the European Parliamentary Election Act read as follows and defined which parties had the right to participate in elections to the European Parliament - we thought this covered Volt:
§ Section 10. Parties which, at a general election held no later than six weeks before the election day, have obtained representation in the Folketing and which, six weeks before the election day, are still represented in the Folketing, as well as parties which, at the last European Parliament election held, have obtained representation in the European Parliament and which, six weeks before the election day, are still represented in the European Parliament, are entitled to participate in European Parliament elections.
On Monday 6 March 2023, Volt therefore submits a notification to the Election Unit under the Ministry of the Interior and Health, stating that Volt has a Member of the European Parliament and is therefore, under Danish law, entitled to stand for election. Volt even had a legal memo prepared to support the complaint by Sune Klinge, associate professor of EU law at the University of Copenhagen
It takes the Electoral Council six weeks to reject Volt's complaint.
