Thanks :)

Ikr volt is a foolish party

a migration policy all europeans can agree one? easy! close the european borders borders. i guarentee you no europeans will complain

@@ianbirchfield5124 okay you're right about that

Right now, every nation in Europe rejects any distribution of immigrants, with the possible exceptions of Germany and France.

Electrifying.

based

Shocking

Energetic man!

Stick to what you know

I always voted Greens but since Volt also puts big emphasis on Europe, transparency in the EU institutions (the European commission is not really "elected"), and digital revolution of government I think they won me over.

Also how I found it, now im electable

@Anakiana this right here.

Yeah, people who don’t live in a country with a federal system seem to think Federalism is a jump straight to fully centralized rule and not the compromise BETWEEN centralized and local rule that it’s always been. They see the US or Germany or Brazil and only see their unified foreign policies not the many more policies decided at a regional/state level.

@@IONATVS One must also look at weak federalism vs strong federalism. A key is are the governors (state/provincial heads of state) elected/appointed by the national govt (strong federalism) or the state govt (weak federalism).

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m Most people mean what you call weak federalism when they say federalism. Because if the State executive isn’t independent of the national executive, that’s not really “independent levels of government with power over different policy domains,” which is kinda the whole point of federalism

@@IONATVS Iirc, Russia and India, which are both federations, have the national govt appoint the state/regional governors.

Portuguese-Ukrainian!? I guess he knows how the Soviet, oh I mean European Union works...

@@anti-emo4721 lmagine comparing soviet union to european union. What a world we live in

@@anti-emo4721 there are a lot of Ukrainians in Europe, and, according to how they voted in Embassies and Consulates, they are REALLY anti-Soviet and anti-Russia

@@user-rq7zm9uw7d Not that suprising considering Russia annexed crimea and is keeping the war in eastern Ukraine going. The West meanwhile is leaving Ukraine to it's fate...

They already broke campaign promises in The Netherlands, very dissapointed in them.

Same here!

@@dredfell What topics interest you the most? Maybe I can give you some pointers.

Fill out the TLDR EU Google form :D

@Quixotic me too

It's obvious what they want. Overrun Europe with outsiders.

Yeah happens every decade or so. Never achieve enough support to make an impact and end up alienating most who did lend their support because of it. Youth are a great asset in politics but also have downsides - very easy for them to drink the Kool-Aid and become true believers, only to then be rocked to the core and utterly destroyed when it all flops, ending up alienated, or worse, apathetic

Zoomers that live in lala land.

I am young and no support for volt

I thought that was used a bad image used by TLDR. Is there an Volt-Slovakia story I don't know about?

@@Ronnet As a Slovak, I've never heard of Volt from any of our media outlets, must be a mistake in video-editing.

Yeah, I'm Slovak and never heard about Volt, I don't know what's happening about the whole thing

@@slendysmapping9038 I mean, I am from Belgium and I only first heard about Volt 1 year ago, so I guess you heard about them sooner than I did.

@@Ronnet Most Dutch never had heard of Volt. I don't know what will happen with the next election, but my expectations are modest.

Neither do i

?????

My guy the leader of you party is literally called o’tool your in no position to make fun of name

Hi JJ!

same

In the description you will find a link to suggest a video topic

talking about all national parties would take way too long, the epp alone consist of 51 parties where of 42 have at least one representitive in parlament

YES YES YES

@@SchwertKruemel They wouldn't have to mention all national parties within the trans-national groupings. They could just explain the general ideological affiliation of the groupings and talk about a few prominent national parties within them.

@@KarlSnarks they aren't always as coherent at the EU level as they tend to be at the national. Depends on their pet issues and where they're prioritised.

you want to live in a oversized bureaucracy/ Go live in China

I agree, but it will take a lot of time until it happen, united Europe have so much potencial, and it would protect democracy,i live in the Czech republic and i"am still waiting when we will accept euro, i hope that it will be in the next ten years.

I agree with you

Agreed, there is a strength in numbers

I don’t think federalism fits Europe. Rather confederation

Is it? They will remove you if you disagrew on lgbt stuff

Europeans lost their shared values after WW1 u muppet

@@lukas54cz71 What are those disagreements? Depending on what those disagreements are, they might be proven right or you made it clear it's a genuine concern.

@@tinfoil6626 Let me guess. Wanting for children to consent to puberty blockers even when they do not have that ability to concern. Pronoun issue is in western world but we did not agree to change our grammar to please beliefs of small group of individuals, then terminology concerning trans women and trans men, wanting them to be called something they ain't and then xenogenders. I think that is all. Homosexual issues are quite none as you cannot be converted to love same sex.

Go the the webside, scroll down and the link will be there. See you there soon :)

Can't wait to see y'all here!

It's an awesome server!

Make sure to join so you can find out even more about volt! 💜

Looks great! I will join!

Volt UK is known as the first party campaigning to rejoin the EU

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@@shaunfowley2584 from a fellow Irishman, I agree, EU really helped Ireland 🇮🇪💚🇪🇺

Northern Ireland is probably one of the most forgotten places in the world lol No disrespect btw

@@rjtimmerman2861 It is in the center of attention of both the EU and USA.

I would love to see it too. True, DIEM25 isnt quite a pan european party, more like an umbrella that support different left leaning parties across the EU.

I'd like to see a video about Diem25 too

@@kosinusify It's different because they are also not a Faction at the EU level (the EPP is a faction), and they dont have anyone at the European Partliament (as far as I know). But the dynamic has some similarities. Additionally, but are not centralized, and they are different parties with some key similar policies.

Interesting!

Same

nothing is stopping Germany and France from forming their own federation within current EU

@@lamebubblesflysohigh that's exactly what I want the actuel EU is stuck but it's way harder than it looks.

You're right. "European federalism" means "Countries will stop to exist as sovereign state". Many countries won't want that. Especially France, who have a history of wanting to maintain independence, and eastern Europe, for obvious historic reasons.

@@GASummary Im pretty sure everyone is scared of Germany as usual

France has a veto vote, and they are landlocked to many neighbours. People in France are also very largely pro-eu, so much so even the France en Marcche party had to change their euro-sceptic stance to maintain polling. Doubtful they`ll leave.

@@radugherman8026 You do understand there is a huuuuuge margin between being pro-EU as it currently exist, and accepting your country will cease to exist, right?

@@GASummary even states in US didn't fully cease their existence so unlikely it will happen in EU

For sure!

I'm greek and I'm sure you aren't

What? The founder drained Greece into even more debt, he bluffed the whole country against EU and pushed for Grexit. He should be in prison.

@@mkb6418 I hate him, but neither did he indebt Greece any more, nor did he push for Grexit. Exaggerating = lying. Do not do it. :)

@@herculeskoutalidis1369 He did both. That's why he resigned, Grexit was not implemented.

These people are not refugees. They are migrants. Illegal migrants.

My argument was always "How many Jews migrated to Nazi germany?"

But they don't argue "accept more refugees", they argue "the refugees should be spread more evenly".

@@eljanrimsa5843 They argue "we must make more legal ways for illegals to enter the EU", which does increase immigration. And the distribution of them rusults in the normally obvious problems (like increase in crimes) being less easy to spott. They wanto activly import people who have negative effects on countries and hide it, by trying to distribute the negative effects equally.

@@thomas3236 Regarding refugees, they argue they need to be split more evenly among the member countries. Regarding economic migrants, they argue if we create legal paths to immigration, there will be less illegal attempts.

Sadly last dutch elections gave a huge boost to xenophobe eurosceptic PVV. Luckly Volt kept its seats in Lower Chamber of NL ☑

Volt has already broken campaign promises in The Netherlands, can't be trusted.

@@exarder1377 Lol no.

@@basapon7074 Yes they have, look into the nuclear energy motion they voted against, whilst claiming they wanted to see more nuclear energy in The Netherlands.

@@exarder1377 And what reason did they provide?

@@exarder1377 That was not a motion for nuclear energy. It was a motion to add nuclear energy to a European definition called "EU taxonomy". The definitions of whether nuclear energy could fall under that is currently being investigated by 2 research teams, and Volt said "We are pro nuclear energy, but we want to wait for the results of the research to see if they would fall under the EU taxonomy". Political party who puts trust in research, I know, it's crazy.

Yes, join us! We'd love to have you🤗💜

And Volt will welcome you! May I know which national branch you'll be joining? 😉

Welcome then :)

We are always open to new members! A strong Europa that we envision it just starting! :D

Welcome to the club 😉

Wtf migration and foreign policy are absolutely not the topics of European scale, they are competences of the member states. No way in hell should some kind of European government get to decide on these issues.

@@JC-to5by finally a sane person in the comments

@@JC-to5by exactly

@@JC-to5by Finally, a normal person

Agreed👍🏻

I always think EU is more or less a federal country.

I don't see Europe ever becoming a proper union or Federalize government. too much bad blood and too much of a long, bloody history spanning back generations.

I think that the ideal would be a democratic and solid swiss-like confederation, over a federation similar to the USA. But I agree with the premise given today's context

@@havoc3742 Thats just not a really good argument. Scotland and England have been in a Union for 300 years and their history wasn't less bloody. the only reason they were in that Union was because of monarchical politics.

It makes less sense than your spelling of sense

@@kevint7649 lol dyslexic and not my main language but ye, true i guess..?

@@DrShocktopus While i do agree on most of what you stated, my main concern at this point is climate change and policies concerning this, as it is a global issue it calls for global solutions, and i thing some more centralization would not be a bad thing, when it comes to Europe.

@@DrShocktopus Also the chaos demonstrated in Europe's response to covid shows that the EU needs a Europe wide public health infrastructure. You cant have free movement of people unless you have a unified approach to public health

No it does not

You should look up on manifestos or even their KZfaq channel. Don't just wait on other people to make videos

That's indeed the idea behind Volt.

I don't know about Volt, but I like this argumentation.

Thats not the idea. Volt is a federal state. They want Europe to become the new usa. We have To fight against that. Its the worst model ever.

@@pierren___ Why is it the worst model? If subsidiarity is being applied?

@@dog-ez2nu it will not be and Europeans face more problems than subsidiarity. Federalisation would enworse the problems, ans they clearly said they want more migrants etc. They have no care for Europe and Europeans. Words =/= reality

pirate politics isnt necessary about federalization + pirate parties are created on national level

To my knowledge: No. The way I understand it, they sprung up every where somewhat simultanious but unrelated. Sure they consider each other friends, but they are each very much their own party

I'd say yes

I think, that we are somewhere in between. We are much closer to each other, then - let say social democrats, bud each national party is its own thing and the Europian Pirate Party is not a real coordinator or governing body of the individual parties.

In Germany, they were once relatively good, then there were scandals, e.g. with Gerwald Claus-Brunner: "On September 19, 2016, a suicide note reached Claus-Brunner's constituency office,[32] whereupon the police were notified. The latter found Claus-Brunner and 29-year-old Jan Mirko L. dead in Claus-Brunner's apartment on Schönhauser Straße in Berlin-Steglitz. A homicide squad and the Berlin public prosecutor's office began an investigation.[33] The autopsy revealed that Claus-Brunner died by suicide. The victim, Jan Mirko L., was himself a member of the Pirate Party,[32] had been acquainted with Claus-Brunner for several years, and was at times a staff member in his constituency office. Claus-Brunner is said to have been romantically attracted to the 29-year-old. The latter lived in a relationship with a woman and apparently did not return Claus-Brunner's feelings.[34] Jan Mirko L. had filed charges of stalking against Claus-Brunner in the spring of 2016, but these were allegedly not pursued further, as L. had not responded to police questions in this regard. [35] In addition, there had been a complaint by Claus-Brunner against L. for defamation.[2] The police investigated that on the evening of September 15, 2016, Claus-Brunner killed L. in his apartment in Berlin-Wedding by blunt force against the upper body[36] or by strangulation[20]. Claus-Brunner is said to have then taken the body to his apartment.[37] Five days after the two bodies were found, police were given a package that Claus-Brunner had sent to a former partner before his suicide and that had not reached the addressee. It contained a document in which Claus-Brunner confessed to killing the 29-year-old, as well as personal items. This document contained information about what the prosecutor's office called the "highly personal" motive. The public prosecutor's office then discontinued the investigation because dead bodies are not being investigated and further participants in the crime were ruled out.[35] During his last plenary speech on June 23, 2016, Claus-Brunner had said to the deputies addressed, they would for him "in the current legislature [...] at the beginning of any plenary session times may stand up and be silent for a minute", which was interpreted in retrospect as a hint at his later suicide.[38] According to the then chairman of the Pirate Party Berlin, Bruno Kramm, Claus-Brunner claimed to suffer from a chronic disease that leads to organ failure. According to a doctor's statement, he still had a life expectancy of about one year.[39] The Berlin public prosecutor's office stated that the autopsy showed no evidence of such a disease.[32]" Then a very leftist woman took over the party leadership and it went downhill with the polls, also because she had very specific statements about men, etc., which she voiced privately. For a few years now, the party has come out of oblivion again, because they have led a campaign against Article 17 and the other Eu plans and have organized protests. But they will not get over the 5% hurdle, because for most people they have become too left-wing and for leftists there are already the Greens and the Left.

indeed

Interestingly enough the fact that no one was espousing the ideals of getting the EU into a more federalised model, and I think that we (the UK) need to as well, was in part why I voted for Brexit. Another being I'm not sure I like the idea of the UK being a part of a more federalised EU, I suppose that it would depend on the details.

The UK ain't rejoining.

@@billcipherproductions1789 idk about that, the uk could end up in a desperate situation that forced them back to to the eu.

@@jahbrenpanvilla we don't want them. They never adopted Euro or fully EU legislation. They only took the pros without cons which is typically British

@@lucadesanctis563 Why would anyone want to adopt a failing currency

That’s why Volt wants a federation. Not a centrist EU Power

@@fact6360 You mean central EU power. Do you honestly think the EU could survive becoming a federalist institution like the US ?. How would you feel about decisions impacting the economy and social policy of your neighbors being imposed on your nation without consent of majority in your nation ?.... Especially considering the EU may be liberal leaning conservative right now but could become majority far right or otherwise in the future.

@@lyca0n535 It doesn't need to be "a federal institution like the US". It could be like Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Belgium, Germany or Switzerland (to give examples other than the US). Switzerland especially is what I think could be the more closely comparable given that they use several languages and ethnicities as the "official" one. A federal Europe could even be distinct to other models and made to fit European necessities. The idea of a Federal institution is that each state has a say in what would be implemented throughout the federation while being able to make laws and policies individually. The fact that in countries like the US or Russia the central government is so much more powerful than the individual states doesn't mean that it has to be like that or that it would be like that for the EU.

@@nik021298 do yourself have faith in the banks and future political parties composing the EU succeeding in giving regional autonomy where all other world powers have failed ? As I certainly don't, I think more of a Confederation structure at best allows for decent regional autonomy while maintaining the goals set out by the union with trade, movement, environmental policy ect. But even then I genuinely worrying about the strife that this will bring

@@lyca0n535 I think it's unavoidable. Europe has been going through accretion for 1800 years now, why would it stop?

I would say as automation, 3D printing, AI and energy independence increases, counties will become less dependent on each other and more independence.

How about global ones right? Hey why even have politicians at this point, let's just leave it all for the corporations to be in charge. I agree, why even listen to citizens in a democracy.

But the world always swiches between globalisation and nationalisation. Only modern no nothing liberals think that history is a straight lime towards ”progress”

Economic globalization isn't inevitable though

@@alexm8047 Even with all those things, countries would still trade and exchange ideas. Not to mention there are some issues, such as pollution or climate change, that are global and therefore require global solutions.

The things you say are not in contrast with immigration policies, both can be achieved.

I believe that volt thinks more jobs in EU will arise with their environmental policies, which would make use of the migrants workforce given the EU low replacment rate.

While I see how creating safe conditions and stable jobs in the countries of origin of the migrants would be the optimal solution (as it tackles the problem at it's root), I think it is far more realistic to look for solutions inside the EU. The reason simply being that the EU has no jurisdiction and limited influence in third countries and therefore all efforts in those countries would be much more difficult, hard to push through and hard to maintain. Not saying we should not also persue those efforts, since migration to the EU is a symptom rather than the core problem, however there should be a back up plan in case the EU can not convince third countries to stop their wars or civil wars with the "Oh, come on, please?" method. (I know the EU has some more influence, but if a country is not interested in genuine cooperation and they don't depend on access to the EU markets, there is not much that can be realistically achieved.)

When an apartment building is on fire you don't plan for building safer, you rescue people. When loads of apartment buildings are on fire continuously you keep on rescuing people AND you start planning for and building safer buildings at the same time.

I do think we should stop climate change as quickly as possible, and their policies are quite good in that, but the EU alone isn't enough, while the USA has done very well with stopping coal, they still need to get better. Same with China, Korea, Japan, Austrlia, the rest of Oceania & Asia, Africa, & South America.

Didn't expect to hear about Estonia, when I clicked on this video. So as a Estonian, I was quite surprised.

Volt has no clue about Estonia's digital government. They only look for positive examples without understanding them and use them for their campaigning. They are like politicians in Africa: no clue, but many promises.

@@jayfraxtea If you are more knowledgeable on the issue, then please enlighten us on what exactly is wrong with the Estonian model.

@@user-xu2pi6vx7o, nothing is wrong with Estonia's e-government. I'm a huge fan and e-Residency user for years! What is wrong is that the incompetent wannabe-politicians of Volt copy all great ideas together without understanding them. They are nothing more than political Buzzword-Bingo players.

@@jayfraxtea You build on the shoulders of giants. Why not copy something, if its merits are clear for all to see?

The EU exists to solve EU-wide problems. If EU-wide problems persist, then the EU isn't fulfilling it's purpose that's it's employees are paid for. The fact is across the EU the democratic electorate don't want asylum seekers invading their communities, so why not respect that and stop accepting more of them? Apply some logic to the problem: root cause analysis. The problem with asylum seekers isn't with the EU, it's with the failed states the asylum seekers are leaving. That's what needs to be fixed, otherwise those failed states will persist.

@The505Guys no, as a hungarian, those laws are dubious. They violate the terms we joined on back in 04. Not to mention all the things happening that aren’t clearly written on paper. We need a (democratically elected) authority that doesn’t tolerate this, because otherwise my homeland will be lost.

can you name one dubious law in Poland?

@The505Guys to corruption, tyranny, communism, the east, authoritarianism, and through the current government and/or its spiritual successors.

I wonder how the UN would function if each nations ambassador was like an MWP (member of the world parliament) and directly-elected. Keep everything else the same and that would still be much more democratic at the UN level.. thst and eliminating the p5 of the Security council and its absolute veto of the world by one nation.

Same here next election they wil have my vote

I would have voted for them myself if i didn't suffer from the disadvantage of being Norwegian.

You're foolish. This party is dangerous.

Nazi

yes, because building large empires ruling across ethnic and cultural borders worked so well in the past and weren't at all hated by their subjects and ended up collapsing and dying.

@@saberswordsmen1 you can't create working democracy with 300 milion population, that speaks 30+ different languages, belive in different religions, have different culture and history and really doesn't have anything in common (like Americans have, as it is dominated by English language and culture and people who live there are almost all from the same immigrant background. The same goes for China and India - those states have one "dominant" culture of one nation inside their border). More power to EU =less democracy and more power to bureaucrats from "Core" european countries.

@@ianbirchfield5124 Several of these empires actually lasted a pretty long time and did fairly well, the problem is any empire (and even nation) eventually comes to an end regardless. The oldest nations currently probably exist for a thousand years, having gone through a lot of changes in that time (for example France today vs France 500 years ago or France 1000 years ago, big difference). Some empires (like the Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, ...) lasted for several hundred years, longer than several large nations today (US +-250 years, modern China +-70-100 years, Russia +-500 years, ...). Now, if we look at why these nations fall, it usually is more due to corruption and internal powerstruggles together with outside pressures then ethnic and cultural differences, these usually started to really cause trouble once the empires already were in decline (essentially when things go great/fine, people don't really care, but when things start to go more difficult/badly, they start to look at reasons and often they use culture and/or ethnicity as a possible solution, even if this is not the best thing to do).

@@deanromania6748 how? WHY?

Yeah I was having similar thoughts throughout the vid. What do you think of the idea of a two speed Europe, having the states who (in future) want to further integrate/federalize do so within the EU but separately to those who don't want to / aren't ready yet. Somewhat similar to how the Eurozone is managed at the moment... In that way perhaps further integration amongst some states can occur without tanking the EU in its current form?

Yeah i dont think they will made it at all in all europe, their policies stand more like north european social liberal policies, they wont be popular in eastern Europe, and i have doubt that they can get success in southern Europe as well considering their policies.

I wouldn't expect Volt to gain a foothold in Ireland tbh. Young voters who desire radical change are likely to vote for Sinn Féin, a left wing nationalist party which would not be supportive of a Federal EU. Also climate change is very far from the only important political issue at the moment. There's wars, famine, genocide, racism and a whole lot else going on in the world atm. Even in the west, multiple countries have housing shortages and a homelessness problem. You go and tell a homeless person today that the only important political issue is that rising sea levels will make them homeless again in 20-30 years. They already have serious issues now, they're not going to give a flying fuck about problems of migration or whatever in 30 years. And that's only one serious issue, there's hundreds more in each country. Climate change and other serious issues need to be tackled hand in hand. Focusing on just one won't cut it.

No. Cry about it

Yes. Enjoy it.

To be a bit of a pedant, DiEM is not actually a Pan-European party in the same sense Volt is.

I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR POLICY ON BAGELS IS...

@@orderofazarath7609 what are bagels but a circle of bread? And since bread is a culturally important food in Europe, and the EU flag has a circle of stars, ergo Volt must love bagels!

@@dylanrichter9735 Genious...

As a member of DiePARTEI I cannot believe that you would waste your energy on small splinter parties like that! I only affiliate myself with successful people, and nobody has shaped German politics more successful than DiePARTEI.

just entered the party yesterday, seeing this video today was indeed a surprise.

@@xellos5262 Looking at your posters under our posters I can only surmise that your statement is in jest, as you are clearly trying to surf on the wave of our sucess by plagiarising our posters ;)

@ You must be mistaken. Our plagiarism policy clearly states to only copy successful strategies. Which is why we have such great... respect is the wrong word... awareness, of the AfD. Learning from their tactics of catching idiots, we reversed it to catch intellectuals, who just don't know any better, than to vote for us. There is nothing really left for you to ride on, meaning you're riding on the dead horses others left behind. While we advocate recycling that one goes even too far for our tastes.

@@xellos5262 what can be more successful than a party which is the same in all EUROPE and not only in Germany? You’re thinking locally meanwhile these guys and girls are thinking globally.

What's that?

@@GTA5Player1 It's a very pro-european, pro-european federalization subreddit

Should rather be EUSSR.

@@ZsoltLauter more like EUr mom 😎

Oh god those idiots

I voted for them in the first round of the 2021 French regional election. They did 0,26% but the only fact that i can vote for a Pan european and federalist party is awesome. I hope they will have seats in Bundestag

@@mathisbenderradji4724 Kind of a bummer they didn't make it but their vote skyrocket every election

I don't think you can have a true pan-European party as it will face still competition from established parties, therefore attract very little support.

So these type of globalist parties force you to vote for things you don’t like? That seems kind of dumb

@@TKUA11 That's literally every political party though. You have to be astonishingly lucky to find a political party on any level that has a platform you agree with 100%. Every time you vote you're voting for a party or an individual who has more policies you agree with than ones you don't.

Afs has a bigger chance of getting into parliament than Volt does in Sweden.

@@Alex-df4lt the good thing in Sweden is that we separate votes on 4 different levels, so you can vote for a party in your municipality, your region and to the riksdag in the normal election. And in the EU election you can vote for someone else, this has led to things like the pirate party getting like 0,5% in the normal election but 13% in the EU one

Definitely, we need to have more of them. DiEM25 and Volt are the only ones as far as I know.

European parties must mainly operate at a European level. It is not desirable for many countries to bring European affairs to a national level. This would mean that a country's culture has to adapt to the whole of Europe. The Netherlands without drug regulation? Spain without Tomatia partying? Germany without Indeterminate speed on the autobahn? Small countries such as Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, which are not allowed to have tax benefits, suddenly have nothing to say anymore. Strange, because Volt uses the position 'it doesn't stop at the national border'. That's right. But the European tax system is not a solution for tax havens. it ensures that tax havens move outside the eu. By the way, the small countries are not tax havens according to the law, but simply champion bookkeepers. They transfer money and profit margins back and forth..which is just legal. So you can choose to "make a little money and create work" or make no money and lose jobs".

average amerilard

@@You-mr3lo I honestly dont know what to say, but there were actually some very good points you brought up. I am simply not informed enough to give you a concrete answer. I just though that pan-european parties sounded like a cool idea.

@@takeyourdamnmeds im swedish...

I second this

Immigration from the south to the north must become forbidden (and obviously, parties like Volt would make sure this never happens). Change me mind. :)

@@herculeskoutalidis1369 if we were to fix the south we wouldnt need to close the borders. The only reason they are coming to the eu is constant intervention and war.

@@ZugloHUN so why are Hungarians and Greeks moving to Germany then? is there a war in Hungary and Greece right now? :) The reason immigrants come to the EU, is because their lives would almost instantly be improved, as a result of a better economy, and a better culture. (better houses, better cities, better climate, better clothing, better countryside, and obviously, better purchasing power).

@@herculeskoutalidis1369 I can personally comment on the Humgarian part since I'm one aswell. Hungarians are leaving en-mass because of the economic situation hungarian monthly minimum wage is about 450 euros a month, you cant possibly live on that and even our best payed jobs are worthless compared to germany or the UK. Secondly the government is corrupt and stealing from the people constantly, many people don't want to put up with this and just leave. As for the culture, and economy, you are right, if there were no constant wars in the middle east and everything was stable maybe they would have nice houses not torn down by bombs and a livable environment, but that doesn't seem to be the first thing on the mond of the wealthy elite.

Nazi

dirty imperialist!

@@ianbirchfield5124 Exactly.

and i agree with olof

The world has changed and culture must change accordingly. New global culture has already won, we're just seeing the old nationalists ones die off. I personally like this new world, the real question is how can we stop the billionaires and Thier corruption from hijacking it?

So europe is destiny to internal war ?

@Mr Polish nationalism is evil

It's never gonna happen on the issue of migration at least, that is.

@@Tovalokodonc One thing I've learnt in life is that things change and can't be certain about most things when it comes to the future.

@@onestrangeanimal3212 Well, one thing you definitely not learnt in your life yet is that Central Europe with the exception of Germany wants nothing to do with outsiders. So, good luck with a more centralized union.

@@Tovalokodonc Again, things change. In fact change is the only constant in life. I'm not saying it would be possible now, but we just can't be certain about the future. And since you mention Germany, remember that 80 years ago Germany was a hyper racist Nazi state, but then things changed.

@@onestrangeanimal3212 Except these things won't. Immigration is a senseless thing and usually things do not change for the worse especially in a society. By the way, Germany and N@sisim didn't passively change. Germany got "liberated" and the people were sick of him of dragging them into another losing war.

@Robert Kaevur you don’t need to lose your culture in a federal states of Europe

All for it as long as the transfer of wealth from North to South /East stops.

@Robert Kaevur ah yes, the great country of estonia that has the biggest economy on the planet that can compete with china, india and usa. Also the biggest millitary in the world that puts US, Russia and China to shame. Don't kid yourself....there are vilages in China with bigger population than your entire country. Small countries like estonia can only survive in federations such as Europe might be.

@Robert Kaevur and out of the federation all alone you dont think that will happen? the question is not IF we in the EU become a federation, but when.

@Robert Kaevur not sovereign in a federation? do you even know how stupid that sounds? Do you even know what a federation is? nobody rules you in a federation. So stupid.

But reality is way different, specially in Europe where there heavy historical scars. Poland fought for independence over 200 years, just to be take over by yet another force, by throwing money at out corrupted polics that are ready to sell there country for there own benefits, leaving nation on ice unable to do anything and demonized for trying to be themselves in there own territory, because they "wont be european enought". I can tell you there be a lot of internal conflicts, and pretending that people with diffrent opinions don't exist or are strigh up demons only will heat up situation..... it something that happens in US but we are way more divided the them

@@ShadowriverUB I said I dream of a world like that. Not that it would actually be possible of even feasible.

It will be a nightmare

@@ishaannag4545 there are many things I want but mostly: Stronger Europe Carbon tax Digitization Nuclear power What they all support 😄

@@ishaannag4545 Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland

@@sanderlmgent How sad you are.

@@ishaannag4545 Supporting just an other liberal party with the same globalist policy as all other liberal parties and then pretend like you are part of some sort of revolution in politics, its just sad. Almost as sad as lgbtq pretending to be an rebel group fighting a homophobic system all the while they get support from not only said system but all the corporations aswell.

@@ishaannag4545 Offcourse its my opinion, what else did you want? An essay?

Volt wants to replace the council of ministers with a government formed by the European parliament

How does not having a direct influence on the EU lead to you voting for Brexit??

@@leif_____8579 If one believes and desires democracy and transparanacy. then does it seem unreasonable to vote against remaining in a system that is undemocratic and opaque?

@@Hfil66 You don't have a direct say in it, but that doesn't mean it's totally out of control. Plus, it's not like it's getting any better for anyone if Brexit happens

@@leif_____8579 Brexit has happened and there is little point continuing the arguments about it now. All I was saying is that it might have made a difference to my decision making at the time. Whether you agree or disagree with my decision making at the time is now too old history to spend too much energy over at this point in time.

If you want to get them even more popular, vote for these guys. Most of their policies would anger even the pro-EU side.

Nazis

@@Kalimdor199Menegroth Which is a good thing as most pro-EU parties are not pro-EU enough to make the change that EU needs.

@@wietsenouws6207 The change EU needs right now is called decentralization. More power and decision to national governments as well as flexibility when it comes to policy enforcement. Bruxelles was envisioned by the founding fathers as a mediator, not a lynchpin. Most pro-EU parties are not pro-EU enough because at the end of the day those people still care more about their country of origin. Which is only normal.

@@wietsenouws6207, Volt is so "pro-EU" that they would destroy it. They have no clue about anything, but tons of wishes that they blend together without adding up the costs.

Considering I am also European i can safely say that you don't speak for all of us

@@nathanshaw5037 well I’m 100p pro EU, but due to polls made here in Denmark at least. I can speak for most Danes, we do not want federal EU. It got the perfect size now

@@nathanshaw5037 I'm irish and I want out of this shitty union

@@Timonster007 Same here in Sweden no party is propagating for more EU, everyone is pissed because a bunch of hippies in Europe think they know anything about forestry and is trying to legislate and regulate outside of the treaties. (even the few people who agree whit the policy are not arguing in favor of the EU but in favor of the policy). There is a telling silence about Europe in the political discourse. The Swedes are trying to figure out where the line goes were we say here but not anymore, if we should negotiate a Norway solution or if there are other alternativs. No one wants to adopt the Euro no one wants more Europe we like the common market and travel area that's it.

Yes we do

Federalism is the new nationalism >:)

I know the major parties are shit, but please don't use that as an excuse to vote for Volt of all things

It is quite a centrist position in the eyes of many

Far left? What?

I am Center-left and I support a European Federation

I mean, such a party already exists - the European Democratic Party. It's in the Renew Europe coalition.

What if a right wing pan European party was also formed, thus moving the debate in each country from the national to the continental level? The EU federalism would get stronger from the nature of the debate between the two parties, and the idea of a United Europe would no longer be an issue of right or left wing politics.

the only revolution i want to see is a nationalist/traditionalist one.

Volt, what a horrible idea

There's nothing revolutionary abput them, they are just a bunch of liberals.

@@ianbirchfield5124 this is not a revolution, this is a regretion

@@prkp7248 they have new and revolutionary ideas

No you will vote for them because you are for their project. There are thousands of other parties with very little representation that I'm sure you won't vote for.

Nazi

@@deanromania6748 Nationalist says what?

It would be interesting to see. Just as the us breaking up would harm the global economy and themselves, so too would the EU breaking up. Perhaps the EU needs a Shay's rebellion to actually create a federation like it did in 1787 US (previously a confederation). The other thing to look at is a compromise: libertarian-style minimalist govt (preferably regional, national, and EU wide). An EU that can only handle immigration quotas/border protection, monetary & fiscal policy (we've seen what happens without), and self-defence (Japanese-style article 9). Nations could handle culture & tourism promotion, zoning guides to keep the national look, and incorporation of businesses. Local govt could implement the zoning guides, education, and healthcare. As for other non-criminal(?) laws we have now, business associations and unions would need to negotiate for 3-5 year contracts on policies (some done by govt now) and could do so EU-wide as those contracts would only apply to the businesses and their workers.

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m Well... I'm talking to a Japanese, so I'm not shocked by your opinion given the fact that you played a major role 80 years ago...

@@deanromania6748 Who's Japanese? 🙃

Here is the answer: A disaster...you pay 30% over your bills now and get nothing back...I can't even use my heater anymore cause it's too expensive!

@@TheKeystoneChannel Good for you, I guess. I empathise with your plight, but do not much sympathise. For we all must suffer a little to cover the crimes of humanity at large in terms of pollution.

@@sully9767 Wut? We are pretty much a tiny country that always had a low carbon foot print, so why the heck do we need to pay for that nonsense while the rest of the world went on polluting for decades ..you must be out of your mind or not understanding Holland!

​@@TheKeystoneChannel Holland has been a beneficiary of the industrial era and industrialised technologies that began much of the pollution we see today. Whether or not it was statistically significant is unimportant, you benefitted, you pay like the rest of us. Climate change cannot be solved if we let even one small nation get away with breaking rank and if they do, they must be pummelled into submission. Pummelled, broken, made to obey. It is too important.

Centralized? Why? Centralization only benefits the center.

Good thing Volt doesn't want a centralized EU

Cebtralisation will only hurt the European project the only viable way to move forward without it leading to a terminal struggle where nationalistic party's want to tear it back up again is a federation of equals.

Centralisation is impossible in Europe for foreseeable future. We're not USA where we say I'm American and then ie Californian. We are saying ie French and after EU

centralisation is an awful idea, keep to decentralised federal Europe.

What is wrong with you people. Nothing beats a fresh bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese.

We may agree to disagree on politics and ethical things... BUT NEVER ON BAGELS! I declare war! Long live Bagels!!!

Bagels are worse than donuts