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• Post #4440688

  📦 The new #PPWR could make cross-border EU sales impossible for SMEs. Shipping one book to Hungary? Potentially ~€1,800 in compliance costs. 99.8% of EU businesses are SMEs. Why not one EU platform, one filing system and sensible thresholds? 🪦 Don’t kill the Single Market for small businesses. 🇪🇺 Let’s change it via a European Citizens’ Initiative. Join the 1 million. 👉🏻 https://actionnetwork.org/forms/we-are-the-1-million-join-us?source=ppwr

• Post #4406256

  Last week's #Ceuta incident exposed Europe's weakness: Instead of supporting Spain, 22 governments asked the Commission to crack down on a fellow member state. Tomorrow it could be Greenland, Belarus or any other external border. Europe needs unity and solidarity. That's why Volt is launching "We are the 1 Million." 💡 A list of at 1 million citizens to mass-file European Citizen Initiatives to put the topics that matter on the EU agenda. 👉🏻 Join the list: https://ac...

• Post #3993991

  I spoke with Jonas Laursen about @VoltEuropa@mstdn.social the plans with my co-president Inês Bravo Figueiredo for our mandate, our flavor of federalism, if we're a left party and more. Thanks for having me 👍 👉🏻 Watch the segment with Jonas and Paul Bekaert from EU Made Simple: 👉🏻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDFgKQzr3o 👉🏻 Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pW5bCUou0w

• Post #3794564

  Gelb 🟡 + Grün 🟢 + Europa 🇪🇺 = Volt Sehr cool, in der @saechsischede@bird.makeup über den Start unseres @voltsachsen Teams in Görlitz zu lesen. Danke für den Beitrag! Volt vereint pragmatische liberale und grüne Ideen mit einer europäischen Perspektive. In diesem Europa könnten Görlitz und Zgorzelec mittendrin statt nur dabei sein. Dafür braucht es echte europäische Parteien. Und da gibt es keine Alternative, sondern nur Volt. 👉🏻 Artikel auf https://www.saechsische.de/lokales/goerlitz-lk/goerli...

• Post #3626538

  For the last EU Council, Rob Jetten quoted Margaret Thatcher (or Destiny's child 🤷‍♂️) when asked whether the Netherlands would vote for the new EU budget proposal. "Nein. Non. No." was his answer and in stark contrast to his campaign where he demanded a 10x more ambitious EU (🙄 https://d66.nl/europa/nieuws/wederopstanding/). 👉🏻 Our opinion piece why more Europe actually saves tax payer money with @ReiniervanLanschot@mastodon.world and @laurensdassen@mastodon.nl in the Dutch @Trou...

• Post #2623399

  I took the early train 🥱 to Brussels to attend the EYL40 Alumni event before joining the @voltbelgium Meet&Greet to talk Volt Europa co-presidency 😊 We discussed how to grow a local team in the Euro-Bubble and being visible in the media. 💡This is where Volt Europa can really help if we develop our political weight and visibility.

• Post #2623397

  (catch-up post from my transnational listening tour) I stress-tested the Deutschland-Ticket switching many trains to meet Volt Dresden 👉🏻 We discussed the #fediverse and Volt playing a role of pushing decentralised platforms 👉🏻 to the political pressure from the extreme-right and the feeling of being left behind - now also across all of Germany! "The future of democracy will be decided in Europe": https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/ein-ende-der-scheinheiligkeit-europa-kann-nicht-die-...

• Post #2623396

  Happy to have attended the @voltnederland GA 🇳🇱 discussing: 👉🏻 lessons from Macron getting a bloody nose trying to turn the EU into a large version of France 👉🏻 Volt Europa doing the political work our MEPs cannot do because they are stuck in the legislative machine 👉🏻 Volt Europa visible in national media driving audience to our smaller chapters. I surely won't get all votes in the Netherlands, but I left for Amsterdam knowing that I will also have support here 😌

• Post #2623395

  Thanks for the interview, e.enimerosi! 👉🏻 https://e-enimerosi.com/politiki-oikonomia/sven-frank-i-evropi-chreiazetai-koini-politiki-voulisi-gia-na-epiviosei-geopolitika/ (Greek) 👉🏻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYNGgUZ-nQ (German) We discussed Europe's challenges, the lack of integration and political leadership and how @VoltEuropa can be a solution by being a counterweight to national politics.

• Post #2623394

  Next stop on my listening tour after Ede: Leiden 🇳🇱 I met the local team to discuss how to 👉🏻 activate more members, 👉🏻 find the right spots to contribute 👉🏻 build up the profiles of future candidates 💡 We agreed networking is crucial - whether in the local Tennis club or in European initiatives. Thank you for taking the time 💜

• Post #2623393

  (Catch up post from my 3rd leg to Berlin 🇩🇪 ) @voltdeutschland does a lot of other things right: 👉🏻 they use a Delegate Assembly with elected member representatives, 👉🏻 any member can propose motions provided sufficient endorsements and 👉🏻 topics are properly debated at the General Assembly ahead of voting. 💡 A more formalized, accessible and democratic system will also greatly benefit our European level. Thank you for hosting @VoltBerlin 💜

• Post #2623392

  After my visit to Leiden, I also passed by The Hague for a dinner with members from the local team 🇳🇱 👉🏻 questioning me on my programme 👉🏻 talking benefits and risks of European political leadership It is two worlds, a legislative and a political one. We must connect both. 💜 Thank you for hosting me Volt Den Hague

• Post #2623391

  After the Hague, I met the team members of Volt Rotterdam 👉🏻 I described "Fame, Fortune, Style and Substance" to build and candidate profiles 👉🏻 I learned how much effort goes into Community work and helping members to contribute I missed Hilgo (😶‍🌫️) already climbing onto my night bus to catch my flight to Ireland 🇮🇪 Next time

• Post #2623390

  Next stop: Dublin 🇮🇪 Thanks to the time zone difference, I could meet Volt Ireland and do the co-president debate "at the same time"👍 👉🏻 Ireland is quite strict with regards to foreign political influence 👉🏻 We discussed if random selection of Parliamentarians was more democratic 💡 like in a Volt Delegate Assembly Thank you for hosting me and Irish tied Polish for most difficult sentence to say for me...

• Post #2623389

  (Catch-up post from my transnational listening tour to Zurich 🇨🇭) We discussed 👉🏻 "10 million" - a textbook populist campaign. 👉🏻 that Switzerland is "mittendrin in nid dübii", 👉🏻 @voltswitzerland.org supporting the campaign against the referendum and the opportunity for Volt Europa to take a stand.

• Post #2623388

  (Catch-up post from my transnational listening tour to Lille 🇫🇷) I couldn't miss May 1st and the traditional soup festival, on which associations and political parties cook soup for a few thousand visitors to try. I was happy to see my former Lille team becoming a staple. It shows how continuous work builds our brand 💜 👉🏻 We discussed politics, next year's presidential elections and the parliamentary elections right after. 👉🏻 It was also great to meet fellow candidate Oliver Fo...

• Post #2251400

  I'm on the road again for the 3rd leg of my transnational listening tour, called "Homecoming" since I'm touring through Bavaria and Germany 🇩🇪 👉🏻 It was a great discussion and everyone agreed we need European political leadership - in Europe, but also within our movement. Thank you, @voltmuenchen for the invite, the Bayreuther Volters for joining and looking forward to catching up again.

• Post #2251399

  Next stop on my transnational listening tour: Regensburg 🇩🇪 where I studied over 20 years ago joining Volt Regensburg to discuss European politics. 👉🏻 We quickly agreed we need European political leadership. The EU, because there has to be a counterweight to nationalist policies. 👉🏻 I left with a lot of notes (and my Volt Regensburg notebook 😍). Thank you for having me and see you back soon 💜🇪🇺

• Post #2251398

  Europe is still stuck. ⛔ with national leaders only talking about Europe. 🗣️ Missing pressure for treaty reforms. 🗳️ Without a threat to loose seats. 👉🏻 I'm running for Volt Europa Co-President because we need European political leadership. Follow my campaign: https://svenfranck.eu/en/projects/campaign.html

• Post #2251397

  (catch-up post from my homecoming leg through the region I grew up 🇩🇪) Volt Bamberg organised a meeting with local elected officials, which I could join. I learned: 💡Local teams have a hard time connecting across borders 💡We need to balance workloads and prevent burn outs (Volt is a rabbit hole... ask me) 💜 A big thank you to @hgbruenker for organising local TV 👉🏻 https://www.tvo.de/mediathek/video/vollbluteuropaeer-mit-bayreuther-wurzeln-sven-franck-macht-jetzt-in-slowenien-politik/

• Post #1152514

  Very happy to have been invited to the Future500 initiative which aims to gather the European startup ecosystem to push for what's needed to keep innovations, founders and potential in Europe and scaling EU companies from billions to trillions. Damian Boeselager had one of the best speeches, I know why I'm in @VoltEuropa and that our arguments for a more integrated Europe are the ones we need to push today.

• Post #1152513

  Half a day in Budapest to warm-up for my transnational campaign to become Volt Europa co-president. Details in my campaign newsletter (coming soon), but let's root for Hungary to begin a new chapter - more democratic, more prosperous, more European 🇪🇺 and with Volt Hungary writing a few lines 💜

• Post #1152512

  Another long day with lots of ☀️ in Prague with @voltczechia 🇨🇿 Adding 🇪🇺 challenges for my campaign to become Volt Europa Co-President: ✅ speak the local language ✅ try a local dish Plus my website and newsletter coming up. Stay tuned! A big 🫶 to Adam and Kateřina for hosting me.

• Post #1152511

  A day in Warsaw with @voltpolska.org 🇵🇱 . Very European with 🇬🇷🇷🇴🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮 (and me for 🇸🇮) attending the Polish GA and the #weareeurope event, but I learned that the government avoids talking about Europe giving a platform to the #polexit debate that will only gain more traction. Volt is needed in Poland 🇪🇺

• Post #1152510

  Next stop on my transnational campaign: @voltoesterreich 🇦🇹 hosting me in Vienna! A great panel with Tamara Ehs & Robert Menasse. The takeaway: 👉🏻 National parties dodging their European responsibility is a recipe for disaster We did talk until 2am on why Austria doesn't contribute to define "Neutrality" for the European Union 🇪🇺 rather than 60% of the population being reluctant to provide military aid to a neighboring member state.

• Post #1152509

  On the road again in #Cyprus 🇨🇾 for my campaign to become Co-President of Volt Europa 🇪🇺 Nicosia as the only divided capital in Europe really gave me a "Berlin vibe" 🕊️ The human rights charta in front of the border crossing should remind our political leadership that people wish to live in peace and freedom. Volt Cyprus is running in the upcoming elections with this message. Their voice is needed in the Cypriot Parliament - as is the voice of Cyprus in Europe. Αλλάζουμε ρεύμα...

• Post #1152508

  Next stop on my campaign trail: Bucharest 🇷🇴 and with little time on my schedule, Volt România made the most of it joining for a book presentation of Sandu Cuturela on Geopolitics. What I understood reminded my somewhat of Dave Keating "Owned Continent" and the need to also defend our culture and European way of life, so I'm happy, the same ideas exist in all corners of the European continent. A big mulțumesc to Ana Măiță, Mihaela Sirițanu and the whole team of Volt Ro...

• Post #1152507

  After another sleepless overnight bus to #bulgaria 🇧🇬, Simeon from Volt Bulgaria welcomed me and we started the day with принцеса (Princesa) and calories for the next 48h 😌 👉🏻 Volt Bulgaria is polling at 3% close to the 4% threshold in the Siyanie coalition for road infrastructure and safety. Fingers crossed to enter Parliament and have Volt deputies again. 💜💪🇪🇺 (and I almost aced my sentence in Bulgarian: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW3tlePDJTY/?img_index=6)

• Post #1152506

  Next stop on my list: Greece 🇬🇷 with a morning in Thessaloniki and Athens and welcomed by @voltgreece 💜 💡 I learned a lot about Thessaloniki rebuilding its past of having been a flourishing multi-ethnicity metropole. 👉🏻 the government in the meantime is knee-deep in a corruption scandal for misuse of EU agriculture funds ✅ Food and hospitality was out of the world, I'm very happy to come back - special thanks to Odysseas, Christos and Electra for welcoming me. 👉🏻 more on https://www.ins...

• Post #1152505

  Last stop on my transnational "listening tour": Tirana 🇦🇱 💡 With Volt Albania, I spent the day discussing Albania's accession to the EU, because while the city is full of EU flags 🇪🇺, after applying in 2009, the goal is to join the EU by 2030. 👉🏻 We really should have gradual accession as we propose