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Volt demands Europe to unite after the military operation in Venezuela

Ljubljana, 05/01/2026 - Volt chapters from across the EU call on their respective governments to allow Europe to lead a new initiative to respect the international order and to speed up efforts towards European autonomy, deterrence, foreign policy alignment and federation.

Volt, Pirates join forces for Slovenian general elections

Ljubljana 19/12/2025 - Volt Slovenia and the Pirate Party have agreed to run together in Slovenia’s general elections in March. Both parties cooperate at the European level as members of the same political group in the European Parliament.

Referendum on assisted dying: much ado about nothing?

Ljubljana 09/12/2025 - Volt Slovenija asks why we do not seek inspiration from abroad on holding referendums in a more transparent way as well as on already established practices for assisted dying.

The US National Security Strategy is all over the EU’s omnibus legislation - why is Slovenia supporting it?

Ljubljana 08/12/2025 - The United States National Security Strategy indirectly calls for government change in Europe, dismantling the European Union and for the US to dominate our economies. Easy to achieve, if the European Commission proposes omnibus laws that push US interests to remove environmental and digital safeguards. Volt Slovenia is asking why the Slovenian government is supporting this ?

Newsletter - December 2025

Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.

Volt: Launching a European party in Slovenia

Ljubljana 13/11/2025 - Volt Slovenija held its first press conference at 11h00 in front of the Parliament to announce the intention of registering Volt as a political party. Three members of the founding team introduced Volt, the political priorities and ambitions.

Newsletter - November 2025

Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.

Ljubljana: A city for people or a city for cars?

If we look across Europe, we see metropoles trying to transition into the 21st century and create more liveable cities. Ljubljana and its traffic planning go in the opposite direction: create more space for cars - like with the propose traffic overflow road cutting through Štepanjsko naselje and Nove Fužine already proposed in 2010. We are asking why?

Novo Mesto: How to prevent further tragedies?

Volt Slovenija’s key message is clear: instead of expanding powers, we want more effective enforcement of existing criminal law and strengthening of proven integration and social measures.

Newsletter - October 2025

Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.

Chat Control: Why is Slovenia just abstaining?

Ljubljana 29/09/2025 - Even though 72% of Europeans oppose chat control, the EU Commission's initiative risks passing in the October 14th member state vote. Considering it is the 3rd attempt to introduce mass surveillance of private digital communications, Volt Slovenia asks why Slovenia only wants to abstain and not vote against the proposal?

Bled Strategic Forum: Smaller EU member states need to think bigger

The recent 20th Bled Strategic Forum showed three things: (1) the future of the European Union is discussed on and beyond its eastern borders, (2) the largest member states dictate the EU’s foreign policy agenda but are absent and (3) a Forum that can set exclamation marks should not shy away from challenging the status quo.

Newsletter - September 2025

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Newsletter - August 2025

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EU-US trade deal: Buying time for EU reforms?

Joint statement by Central and Eastern European chapters of Volt Austria, Volt Czechia, Volt Hungary, Volt Polska, Volt Slovakia and Volt Slovenia on the recent EU - US trade deal

A referendum on NATO membership - seriously?

Volt Slovenija would have liked the government to push for Eurobonds or European defense integration to allow us to reach 5% or any percentage above 2% of GDP on defense spending while protecting our social welfare state. Instead, the government is holding a referendum on Nato membership - the latest in a series of misuse and disrespect of referendums by parliament.

Newsletter - July 2025

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Newsletter - June 2025

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Newsletter - May 2025

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Newsletter - April 2025

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Minis discover Europe - our webcomic

We are launching a comic to explain the European Union. It is designed by Slovenian artist Izar Lunaček and made possible by Sven with the help from the Dutch Volt There Foundation. The two protagonists are Hedge and the Professor, called the “Minis”. In our strip, Hedge has just been elected to the European Parliament and now they discover the European Institutions.