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Volt Poland

Volt Poland is a pro-European, social liberal political movement in Poland, constituting the Polish subsidiary of Volt Europa, a federalist European political alliance. Volt Europa has 5 elected members of parliament advocating for deeper European integration within a centrist to centre-left political framework, with a core focus on evidence-based policy. Volt is pragmatic in their policy making by comparing and sharing best-practices among EU countries and municipalities.

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Volt Poland
Volt Polska
AbbreviationVolt
HeadquartersWarsaw
IdeologyEuropean federalism1
Social liberalism2
Pro-Europeanism3
Political positionCentre to centre-left
European political allianceVolt Europa
Colours  Purple
Website
Volt Polska

Volt Poland (Polish: Volt Polska, abbreviated mononymously as Volt) is a pro-European, social liberal political movement in Poland, constituting the Polish subsidiary of Volt Europa,4 a federalist European political alliance. Volt Europa has 5 elected members of parliament56 advocating for deeper European integration within a centrist to centre-left political framework, with a core focus on evidence-based policy.7 Volt is pragmatic in their policy making by comparing and sharing best-practices8 among EU countries and municipalities.910

History

National sections of Volt Europa. The borders of the European Union are shown in red. source ↗

Volt Poland has been a registered association since 2023. The first board consisted of three elected members: two co-chairs (which Volt calls co-presidents) and one treasurer.11

During its General Assembly on 28th March 2026 in Warsaw, a new board was elected by the members of the association: two co-presidents, one treasurer, and two non-executive board members. Additionally, three members of the internal audit committee (Komisja Rewizyjna) were voted for by the members of Volt Polska.12

Elections

October 16th, 2023 Laurens Dassen of Volt Netherlands was in contact with Volt Poland about the 2023 Polish parliamentary election. He expressed concern that the representative of Volt Poland felt “uncomfortable” speaking on the phone in public about the elections, which emphasised for Dassen how important these elections were. Dassen expressed relief that democratic candidates in Poland could win the elections after years of undemocratic ruling of Law and Justice (PiS).13

During the 2025 Polish presidential election Volt Poland did not have a representative running for president. After the 1st voting round, Volt Poland shared their recommendation whom to vote for during the 2nd voting round.14 On behalf of Volt Europa, the member of the European Parliament Reinier van Lanschot expressed support for Rafał Trzaskowski during the second election round between Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki.1516

Local initiatives

Volt Poland regularly organises open meet-ups in Warsaw, Kraków and Katowice that anyone can join. The time and places are communicated via their website and social media171819

March 29th 2025, Volt Poland co-organised an event about health care in Poland. The event was about ways to understand people’s needs, sharing experiences with local Polish institutions and comparing European health care systems.20

June 14th 2025, Volt Poland was present during the Equality Parade (Warsaw) at the “Pride village”.21

Cross border initiatives

Volt Poland supports other Volt representative during their national elections and Elections to the European Parliament. For example, during the 2025 elections in Germany, members of Volt Poland crossed the border to support Volt Germany with collecting signatures and campaigning.22

When Germany started temporary border controls, Volt organised a protest in Schengen, Luxembourg together with Young European Federalists (JEF) to express the importance of the Schengen Agreement for the European economy and social life.232425 For this protest, they used the slogan “Don’t touch my Schengen” from the organisation Young European Federalists (JEF). JEF started this campaign in 2016, to raise awareness of the Schengen agreement when politicians on national level plan to start border controls.2627

July 19th 2025, Volt organised protests in 9 border regions of Germany28 Volt Poland organised a protest in the border region Frankfurt Oder and Słubice.29 The route of the protest march was adjusted when the municipality of Słubice did not allow the protesters to cross the border to Słubice.3031 The given reasons to prohibit the continuation of the protest on the Polish side of the border, were a risk of counter protesters, social tensions, disrupting the work of border control agents, and the concern that the police could not guarantee the safety of the protesters and other people in Słubice.3233 After the protest in Frankfurt Oder, Volt Poland joined an alternative event that was organised by the municipality of Słubice: the 4th Słubice-Frankfurt Civic Picnic.34

Goals

Goals of the Volt Polska association are formally registered at Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy (KRS)35, the Polish public registry where basic data of organisations and companies are registered and maintained by the Ministry of Justice (Poland).36 The goals mentioned there show a close overlap with activities of Volt Europa and Volt There37

Additionally, the Volt Polska association claims to have more specific goals:

  • Make a transnational voting ballot during EU elections38
  • Reform the European Union.3940
  • Keep Schengen borders open41
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Stagni, Federica (6 December 2018). "Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe". Italics Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Teffer, Peter (27 May 2019). "'Pan-European' Volt and DieM25 manage one MEP each". EU Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Volt Europa country list". Volt Europa.
  5. "Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance".
  6. "Fresh setback for Renew as 5 MEPs choose Greens". www.politico.eu. 20 June 2024.
  7. "Ist die Volt-Partei links oder rechts? Einfach beantwortet" [Is the Volt party left-wing or right-wing? Simply answered] (in German).
  8. "Bundestagswahl: Volt stellt Spitzenduo auf".
  9. https://rejestr.io/krs/1083281/stowarzyszenie-volt-polska
  10. https://youth.europa.eu/news/empowering-europes-youth-volt-europas-innovative-approach-political-engagement_en
  11. "Zespół Volt Polska".
  12. https://rejestr.io/krs/1083281/stowarzyszenie-volt-polska
  13. "Lijsttrekker Volt dolblij met voorlopige uitslag in Polen".
  14. "Volt Polska rekomenduje głos na Rafała Trzaskowskiego".
  15. "Instagram".
  16. "Instagram".
  17. "Instagram".
  18. "Instagram".
  19. "Instagram".
  20. "Mind the Gap: Exploring healthcare and mental healthcare across Europe and in Poland". YouTube. 29 March 2025.
  21. "Parada Równości 2025 w Warszawie".
  22. "Volt tritt in 16 Bundesländern an; Bamberg mit 3 Kandidat:innen vertreten". 28 January 2025.
  23. "Protest rally demands end to border controls". 3 November 2024.
  24. "Volt Luxembourg".
  25. "Joint Statement - European protest against national border controls - JEF Europe".
  26. "Young European Federalists demand: "Don't Touch My Schengen!"". February 2016.
  27. "#DontTouchMySchengen - JEF Europe".
  28. "Not Only Poles Protested Today. So Did the Germans-But They Were Marching for a "Europe WITHOUT BORDERS"". 19 July 2025.
  29. "Nie chcą murów na Odrze. Protest przeciw kontrolom granicznym we Frankfurcie".
  30. Protest przeciwko kontrolom na granicy, ale nie w Słubicach – DW – 18.07.2025
  31. "Protest przeciwko kontrolom na granicy, ale nie w Słubicach – DW – 18.07.2025". Deutsche Welle.
  32. "Miał być marsz przeciw kontrolom na granicy, jednak władze miasta nie wydały pozwolenia. Powód? Obawa przed kontrmanifestacją". 18 July 2025.
  33. "Niemcy protestują przeciwko polskim kontrolom granicznym » Kresy - wiadomości, wydarzenia, aktualności, newsy". 19 July 2025.
  34. "Piknik Obywatelski nad Odrą. Słubice i Frankfurt wspólnie świętują".
  35. https://rejestr.io/krs/1083281/stowarzyszenie-volt-polska
  36. https://rejestr.io
  37. https://voltthere.eu/our-mission
  38. "Volt presents 'symbolic' transnational list for Europeans". 8 April 2024.
  39. "Volt's Mapping of Policies" (PDF). volteuropa.org.
  40. "Nasza wizja europejskiej niepodleglosci stany zjednoczone europy". voltpolska.org.
  41. "Demonstranten fordern Ende der Grenzkontrollen". 2 November 2024.