Newsletter - September 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
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Bled Strategic Forum: Smaller EU member states need to think bigger
Newsletter - August 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
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
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
Newsletter - June 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
Newsletter - May 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
Newsletter - April 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
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.
Of soccer and ballet - Statement
In 2023, the then Dutch finance and first deputy prime minister Sigrid Kaag announced that she would not lead her party into the 2023 elections because of the impact of hatred and threats towards her and her family . Politics unfortunately remains a profession often hostile to women and on this March 8th and international women’s day, it is worth stressing how important contributions from women are for a functioning political system and representative democracy.
UNSC resolution - Joint Statement
Joint statement by Volt UK, Volt France, Volt Greece, Volt Denmark and Volt Slovenia on the recent United Nations Security Council resolution.
Newsletter - March 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our web comic.
EU Treaty Reforms - Joint Statement
Slovenia and other small member states are not invited when the future of the EU is discussed.
Newsletter - February 2025
Our monthly newsletter with news from Volt Slovenia, across Europe and our new web comic.
Newsletter - January 2025
We wish you a happy and healthy new year 2025! Stay in good spirits and welcome to our monthly Volt Slovenia newsletter.
Newsletter - December 2024
We are pleased that you are following our activities and developments at home and in Europe.
How Volt Slovenia would have voted in the referendum on Krško 2 - Position
Slovenia needs a second nuclear power plant for our country’s energy autonomy. But also more transparency.
Newsletter - November 2024
You are reading our first Volt Slovenia newsletter and we’re very happy to have you among our initial readers.
Draghi or why we need to think outside the national box
It has been a few days since Mario Draghi published his report on competitiveness in Europe. Reactions varied from raised eyebrows to the German liberals hyperventilating as the report suggested that Europe's innovation gap, decarbonisation and secure supply chains required increasing the contributions to the European Union to 4-5% of GDP up from its current level of a meager 1.5%. The report went even further and asked for fundamental reforms to the architecture of the European Union including
Volt gets 5 MEPs in the EU Parliament!
Volt gets 5 MEPs in the EU Parliament!