Ethnic minorities and religion
Work for interfaith dialogue and minority rights.
Europe throughout its history and conflicts has become a patchwork of different national groups and religions. Not without reason, the European Union’s motto is to be united in diversity. Slovenia is no exception with Hungarian, Italian and the Roma minorities being officially recognised while beyond our borders, recognised Slovenian minorities exist in Austria, Hungary and Italy.
Similarly, close to 60 religious groups currently call Slovenia their home with Catholic being the principal denomination and the country, like many EU member states, strictly separating state and church.
Volt Slovenia proposes:
Religion
Actively promote interreligious cooperation and interfaith dialogues between the various religious professions.
Ethnic Minorities
Work positively towards improving and ensuring the rights of Slovenian minorities living abroad in Italy, Austria and Hungary, especially with regards to bilingual education, administration and court matters, but also availability of Slovenian media and including Slovenian in the respective countries' cultural and historical heritage with equal access to public financing.
Follow the example of Germany with their Danish and Frisian minorities and request the Slovenian minorities to be exempt from electoral thresholds to ensure their political representation on local, regional and potentially also national level abroad. Push for a harmonized regulation on European level that ensures a political representation of recognised minorities.
(version 2025-02)