Hi Fediverse!👋 We're Volt Europa, a pan-European political party building a federal, green, and progressive Europe.
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@VoltEuropa welcome to the Fediverse!
Some sore points:
1) Stop/eliminate Chat Control / EU going Dark.
2) promote Free and Open Source Software projects.
3) enforce GDPR - especially Big Tech.
4) privacy friendly/preserving digital ID.
5) Lobby Control / combat Corruption / more Transparency & Accountability on EU-level.
To add to my earlier list, I and I'm sure many others desire a transparent and non-corrupt EU, particularly at the senior levels.
The events of the past 20 years in German politics and since the 2020s EU have diminished confidence and patriotism.
Once proud and confident citizens now feel disengaged, while EU demands for cooperation and assistance, such as transparency and the reduction of corruption, are met with scepticism. .../2
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To add to my earlier list, I and I'm sure many others desire a transparent and non-corrupt EU, particularly at the senior levels.
The events of the past 20 years in German politics and since the 2020s EU have diminished confidence and patriotism.
Once proud and confident citizens now feel disengaged, while EU demands for cooperation and assistance, such as transparency and the reduction of corruption, are met with scepticism. .../2
This perception of hypocrisy arises because the EU does not consistently adhere to its own demands, making it the laughing stock of the global south amongst others.
I advocate for strong, serious and transparent politics and an economically powerful EU, which does not succumb to foreign pressure and demands, such as the sale of EU-citizen data, particularly biometrics.
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Hi Fediverse!
We're Volt Europa, a pan-European political party building a federal, green, and progressive Europe. 
We believe in digital sovereignty, transparency, and putting people before platforms. Sound familiar? That's precisely why we're here.
We're not just looking for another channel to broadcast on. We chose this space because it reflects what we stand for: open, decentralised, and community-driven. We want to be part of this, not just present on it.
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@VoltEuropa Welcome!
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@rayotron @VoltEuropa It's not that simple because Volt is a European party (and so far the only one btw) with national chapters that all have their own policies. Here in Germany, Volt is against nuclear power and promotes renewable energy sources.
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@rayotron @VoltEuropa It's not that simple because Volt is a European party (and so far the only one btw) with national chapters that all have their own policies. Here in Germany, Volt is against nuclear power and promotes renewable energy sources.
Well, that sounds much better. Thank you for that info. Somebody needs to go to Wikipedia and correct their article.
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@scips @safonas @VoltEuropa and that does not even take into account the fact they don't verify it (scaleway marked as eu hosted yet when you open the website) : CNAME www.scaleway.com.cdn.cloudflare.net.
showing it's false
@lexinova I support your attitude to put people in front of their contradiction but please, could you wait a bit (ie few weeks or 20 posts) before jumping on newcomers to do that? It's not welcoming and we risk disgusting them and never see them again. Let's make people easy first, get some followers and have fun. Once they'll want to stay we have better chance to engage with them on those topics with constructive consequences.
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@lexinova I support your attitude to put people in front of their contradiction but please, could you wait a bit (ie few weeks or 20 posts) before jumping on newcomers to do that? It's not welcoming and we risk disgusting them and never see them again. Let's make people easy first, get some followers and have fun. Once they'll want to stay we have better chance to engage with them on those topics with constructive consequences.
@lutindiscret like i said in a precedent message .
"also don't take my message the wrong way.
i tend to ask and warn about cloud act behing making the idea of "eu server" of us company non sovereign.
i do not judge people not knowing
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@VoltEuropa How about this: why not engage with us? There's plenty of tools to find things that might fall into your wheelhouse, that are worth jumping into the comments for.
I get wary of anyone who has a post/reply ratio that shows all post, no reply. Start by actually engaging instead of proclaiming and letting the comment section be a "talk amongst yourselves" wasteland.
We already have too many advertisement soapboxes, we need more conversation. And conversation doesn't end with the starter.
@mikka @VoltEuropa Seconding this. Don't apologize for "having limited resources". It just feels counter to the culture of this social medium.
Just give access to a bunch of valued people in the org (you know who they are) and let them drive this baby. Be the politics-nerd equivalent of @upcloud .
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@VoltEuropa Ok sure, bring it on!
I've seen you guys at Portuguese campuses and what not and I've followed Varoufakis enough to have a gist of what you are about...but:
What is the action plan for the next 5 years. What are the critical axioms you unite under and priority undertakings. I mean getting the sovereign nations of Europe to formally unite is a BIG undertaking that I'd be down with on paper, but not at all costs.@dotmavriq @VoltEuropa You seem to be confusing Diem25 (a leftist movement headed by Varoufakis that aspires to be paneuropean) with Volt.
I respect a few figures that are friendly to Varoufakis' movement, such as @pluralistic , and in my experience they are popular within Volt as well.
But in Volt we are pretty ok with economic liberalism, so there's that.
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Now, let's be honest. We know what it looks like when organisations show up, cross-post for two weeks, and disappear. We don't want to be that. But we're a small team with limited resources, so we need this to work both ways.
Engage with us. Challenge us. Tell us what you want to see from a European political party in this space. Help us make this worth it, for all of us.
This is the start of a conversation, not a campaign. Let's talk.
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@VoltEuropa
Hi Volt, I wondered if this would be a good place. You're not big in the UK?For grins, here's some options:
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/116162440169165718
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@dotmavriq @VoltEuropa You seem to be confusing Diem25 (a leftist movement headed by Varoufakis that aspires to be paneuropean) with Volt.
I respect a few figures that are friendly to Varoufakis' movement, such as @pluralistic , and in my experience they are popular within Volt as well.
But in Volt we are pretty ok with economic liberalism, so there's that.
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Now, let's be honest. We know what it looks like when organisations show up, cross-post for two weeks, and disappear. We don't want to be that. But we're a small team with limited resources, so we need this to work both ways.
Engage with us. Challenge us. Tell us what you want to see from a European political party in this space. Help us make this worth it, for all of us.
This is the start of a conversation, not a campaign. Let's talk.
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
@aral @VoltEuropa what Aral said!
I mean, bem-vindas!
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@aral @VoltEuropa what Aral said!
I mean, bem-vindas!
@aral @VoltEuropa also, please log in.
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
@aral @VoltEuropa yes, I'm also interested in your response to these questions.
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Hi Fediverse!
We're Volt Europa, a pan-European political party building a federal, green, and progressive Europe. We believe in digital sovereignty, transparency, and putting people before platforms. Sound familiar? That's precisely why we're here.
We're not just looking for another channel to broadcast on. We chose this space because it reflects what we stand for: open, decentralised, and community-driven. We want to be part of this, not just present on it.
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@VoltEuropa Hi and welcome! What do you see as the best strategy for a willing & good-faith UK government (let's just imagine) to approach closer ties/re-entry to the EU?
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
@aral @VoltEuropa Good call @aral Seconded
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
@aral @VoltEuropa Interesting questions, indeed.
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@aral @VoltEuropa yes, I'm also interested in your response to these questions.
@aral @VoltEuropa to add one of my own, how do you propose to address regulatory capture and malicious compliance, especially in sectors with corporations of exceptional size, wealth and influence.
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@VoltEuropa Welcome.
And let’s get started then:
• What is your position on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza?
• Ditto on the unlawful war of aggression being waged by the US and Israel?
• What’s your take on Frontex and the EU’s inhumane refugee policies. Will these continue as business as usual with you or will you reform them?
• What’s your position on Chat Control and Age Verification?
• Does your sovereign tech strategy rely on recreating Silicon Valley in the EU (with VC-funded startups, etc.) or do you favour a commons-based tech stack funded from and designed to serve the commons?
• If we created a United States of Europe, how do we ensure it doesn’t turn into the United States of America (but with different people at the helm?)
• In your vision, is the European Parliament still a toy parliament that can’t legislate or will it have legislative powers like every other parliament?
• Related to the above: Do you see a future for an unelected European Commission and what’s your stance on proportional representation?
Thanks + regardless of your answers good to see a group engaging here instead of avoiding it completely (*waves at Diem25*) or just broadcasting.
@aral @VoltEuropa Aral is not alone with these questions.
It's good that you're seeking a conversation with us. Let's see your answers.
