Volt Rainbow

Our vision

Volt has defined 5+1 fundamental Challenges that need to be tackled in each European country and in Europe as a whole.

What we stand for

Our vision is a more democratic and transparent Europe that takes responsibility for us. That is why we want a united Europe with a real European democracy. We want a strong European Parliament that can propose laws and elect a European Prime Minister who is accountable to our elected representatives. We want a real European government that acts in the interest of all Europeans to overcome problems together and seize opportunities. European politics needs European parties and we hereby make a new European future electable.

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.

1. Smart State

Education and digitalisation are key elements of the 21st century.

Governments should provide state-of -the-art public services for the benefit of their citizens and residents. This includes:

  • digitalising public services to reduce waste and to improve efficiency and service quality,

  • modernising education systems,

  • making high-quality healthcare available to everyone,

  • providing a fair and transparent legal system, effective law enforcement, and fighting corruption and tax evasion,

  • guaranteeing digital rights and freedom,

  • strongly supporting research.

2. Economic Renaissance

An innovative economy must be the engine of society's progress.

European economies must be the engine of society’s progress and allow for a decent living standard for everyone. With this in mind we want to:

  • aim for leadership in innovation,

  • tackle unemployment by innovative working schemes, a European labour platform, and by easing the setting-up of small businesses,

  • rebuild economically challenged areas

  • push for a circular economy,

  • foster a European Artificial Intelligence Initiative,

  • introduce a Europe-wide corporate tax,

  • create a unified European social and fiscal system.

3. Social Equality

No-one should be left behind - no matter their gender, income, religion or origin.

Every person in Europe must be guaranteed equal rights and opportunities. To achieve this we want to introduce policies that

  • stop inequalities and discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, descent, or skin colour,

  • alleviate poverty and homelessness, e.g. by social housing, accessibility to social benefits, and free healthcare for everybody,

  • guarantee free education to all, from pre-primary to higher and vocational education,

  • emphasize a person’s right to their own body by Europe-wide harmonized rules concerning reproductive rights, sex-work, and ending life with dignity.

4. Global Balance

Europe needs to assume responsibility for its role in global challenges.

We want to establish policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals in areas such as

  • climate change,

  • international fair trade,

  • sustainable farming,

  • food security,

  • biodiversity,

  • international development cooperation.

In the area of migration we advocate

  • a new “burden-sharing” refugee system,

  • removing existing legal barriers for labour migration,

  • setting-up an international system to prevent and address refugee crises,

  • putting an end to statelessness in Europe.

5. Citizen Empowerment

People must be empowered to influence politics beyond elections alone.

Europeans should be empowered to

  • take informed political decisions,

  • be able to influence politics beyond elections alone,

  • exercise their democratic rights within vibrant, resilient and highly deliberative democracies.

Our policies are based on best practices regarding the fostering of a pluralistic information and media landscape, tools & technologies for political engagement and empowerment, and ways in which democracies can be made to thrive.

+1 EU Reform

We love the EU - this doesn't mean there is no room for improvement.

  • The European Union is our common project: we have managed to come together and build a Union that has ensured peace and prosperity for over sixty years.

  • Yet, it has its shortcomings, which is why we want to reform and strengthen EU governance and institutions for

    • a more democratic, more transparent and stronger Europe,

    • a federal Europe.

  • We propose concrete policies for more efficient EU action to promote and protect the interests of all European citizens.