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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

„Ein vereintes Europa ist die beste Idee, die wir je hatten.“ 🇪🇺 Doch Österreich und 11 Staaten fordern ein Moratorium für EU-Gesetze. Nationale Parteien schwächen Europa. Für den Erhalt von Wohlstand und Sicherheit brauchen wir ein geeintes Europa und europäische Parteien - wie @volteuropa.org 🇪🇺

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

13 EU states want a 12-month pause on new laws, citing red tape - bsky.app/profile/huet... 💡 Better idea: Regulations instead of Directives. Directives mean 27 national implementations. Regulations apply directly EU-wide. Copy-paste-done. For competitive Single Market and 28th regime.

Copy-paste-translate-done or 27 variations of the same law. The choice is easy in theory.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Our industry data are a treasure,” said Ursula von der Leyen. Our personal data? Apparently free fuel for AI. AI can imitate how we look, speak and behave. Who should own that digital self? Digital property rights is a topic we should address with wearethe1million.eu. 🇪🇺 Join us!

Bye-bye personal data with the weakening of GDPR for AI

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Germany spends €2.5bn to cut diesel prices by 17 cents - not on electrification. The fossil-fuel order is fighting its last stand while China invests in the future. Europe must stop protecting the past and build the future. If national parties cannot think beyond borders, we need European parties

Capping fuel prices instead of investing in the future is so politics of the past

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A 65-year-old British man deported from Sweden and separated from his Swedish wife after losing his post-Brexit residency battle exposes the brutal human cost of ending free movement. Stripping citizens' rights tears families apart and destroys lives. Why tolerate this tragedy? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE

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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home

Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oulala, United States of Europe 🇪🇺? Sounds bold. Isn't. Attal proposes a core of France, Germany, Italy & Benelux integrating faster - while keeping the veto. Europe doesn't need another inner club. It needs common markets, foreign policy & defence - and real European parties & political leadership

I look so bad in sunglasses, just as a United States of Europe if proposed by national political parties

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Volt Italia @voltitalia.it · 18/09/2026

Trump minaccia dazi pur di impedire a Canada e UE di avvicinarsi. Ma Ottawa non arretra: von der Leyen apre allo status di membro associato UE, e Carney lo dice chiaro, il Canada sceglie da solo i suoi alleati. Le nostre democrazie non devono chiedere permesso alla Casa Bianca 🇪🇺🇨🇦

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Berlin ist wie Love Parade und BER Flughafen. Etablierte Parteien wählen heißt Politik à la BER Flughafen. Für neue Ideen, mehr "Love" und "Parade" braucht es eine Portion 👉 Unf*ck Berlin. 👉 #voteVolt am Sonntag

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh yes. "Europe’s problem is not in the policy proposals, but in the politics. And it’s no use delivering warnings about democratic backsliding and the irresponsibility of nationalism if your own party is courting all of the destructive forces." www.euractiv.com/opinion/ask-...

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Ask not what state Europe is in – ask what the EU is going to do about it | Euractiv

Von der Leyen’s State of the Union speeches are aimed at Europeans in general. Which is to miss the point entirely

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tomorrow: #SOTEU 🇪🇺 Europe needs foreign policy, defence and leadership. Instead, it's national solutions and bureaucracy. Europe needs geopolitics over policy. Integration over nationalism. Join us LIVE at 19:30 CEST to discuss what was said - and what wasn’t. www.youtube.com/live/FvxERbn...

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One market. 27 rulebooks? At the Houjarray Foresight Talks, we discussed how to make innovation a pillar of European power: create markets through procurement, simplify rules with a 28th regime, help ventures scale and pool resources. Europe can't build 27 champions. We need to think European.

Team photo, cropped sadly, even missing the house of Monnet in the back

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Auf den Punkt gebracht von @zeit.de : Föderalismus und europäische Integration sind die Antwort auf Nationalismus und Isolation Am Wochenende wird in #MecklenburgVorpommern gewählt. @voltdeutschland.org ist die strategische Wahl: für mehr Integration und gegen die AfD 🇪🇺 www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

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Rechtspopulismus in Europa : Die beste Waffe gegen Nationalisten ist Europa

Mit dem wachsenden Zuspruch europafeindlicher Parteien sind demokratische Politiker beim Thema EU verdächtig still geworden. Ihnen fehlt der Mut. Das ist fatal.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Beyond proud of our Berlin team! 💜 Behind the sparkle, our team and candidates Anna & Paul are showing up: 6:30 metro stations, listening, hosting events - and the only party at the Chemical Invention Factory Richtfest. We won 4.8% in 2024. Time for 5%. Berlin, dit krieg’n wa hin - vote Volt! 🇪🇺

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Hennie Poetsma 💜🇪🇺 @henniep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Btw, I'm happy to be part of the 1 Million - to be alerted when petitions are launched. This way I can actually make a change - improve my life by putting stuff on the agenda in Brussels! Great initiative @volteuropa.org @svenfranck.bsky.social and Inês Bravo Figueiredo⚡ bsky.app/profile/henn...

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Leaving #BledStrategicForum with mixed feelings. Business called for more Europe. National leaders blamed migration for the EU failing. Asked if @volteuropa.org vision is too optimistic, I wondered: Who else has one? We need European parties, because Benjamin Franklin put it right: “Join, or die.”

Some much needed Europe on the Bled Strategic Forum

The business community demanded more integration

While heads of state talk about immigration and the EU's days being numbered

My panel takeaway: It's make or break for Europe. National parties will break the EU. We need European parties.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Saxony-Anhalt votes soon. Moderate parties lack answers, while populists offer isolation. But integration is an alternative: on healthcare, education and economic renewal, solutions must cross borders. Saxony-Anhalt is at the heart of Europe. It needs a European voice. It needs Volt.

We could have a more European healthcare system.

We could have a more European education system to find job opportunities across Europe.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Very happy to speak at #BledStrategicForum on Europe becoming a strategic power. 🇪🇺 Europe has two choices: unite or be torn apart. The far right pushes isolation while national parties defend the status quo. We need European parties pushing integration. @VoltEuropa is the first.

Panel at the Bled Strategic Forum on European Power

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

On September 16, Ursula von der Leyen will deliver #SOTEU 🇪🇺, but national party politics increasingly trump European interest. Let's take back the agenda. One million citizens can mass-file Citizen Initiatives. 👉 Join us, Be #OneInAMillion: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-are-the-1-million-join-us

SOTEU Panel #1 I have a bridge to sell you

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 13/08/2026

PRO, D66 en CDA laten FvD, de partij van omvolkingstheorieën en Poetin-liefde, meebesturen in Gemeente Tiel. Normaal? Nooit. @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl, @minister-president.bsky.social, @henri.cda.nl neem hier onmiddellijk afstand van. Deze extremisten mogen niet genormaliseerd worden.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📦 The new #PPWR will make EU cross-border sales prohibitively expensive for SME: ~€1,800 in compliance to ship one book to Hungary 99.8% of EU businesses are SMEs. Why not one EU platform + sensible thresholds? 🇪🇺 Let’s fix it via a European Citizens Initiative. 👉🏻 actionnetwork.org/forms/we-are...

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#Ceuta showed Europe's problem: 22 governments turned on Spain instead of showing solidarity. If they will not demand unity, let's do as citizens. 👉🏻 Volt is launching #WeAreThe1Million to mass-file European Citizen Initiatives. 👉🏻 Join the list: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-are...

22 heads of state vs 1 million EU citizens. It's on!

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Italy's election campaign has begun. After Ceuta, Meloni called to suspend Spain from Schengen - a power no member state has - and reinforced border controls 2,000 km away. Europe needs one EU immigration system, not 27 national ones. 🇪🇺 Only true European parties can deliver. Like @volteuropa.org

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Letzter Stop vor der Sommerpause: Heute 16 Uhr Bürgergespräch mit Lucas Kemmesies von @voltsachsenanhalt.bsky.social auf der Ziegelwiese in #HalleSaale. Klimaschutz, Wirtschaft, Sicherheit: Nationale Antworten reichen nicht. Wir brauchen europäische Lösungen. Dafür steht Volt. 🇪🇺 👉 Kommt vorbei!

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

⛔ Mit der AfD ist kein Staat zu machen. Wer glaubt, „so schlimm wird es schon nicht“, sollte nach Italien oder Slowenien schauen: Demokratie wird Schritt für Schritt abgebaut. Die AfD geht noch weiter. Die Brandmauer schützt keine Parteien – sie schützt unsere demokratische Ordnung.

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’m looking for an Executive Assistant 🇪🇺 If you • have a proactive generalist mindset, • can organize and multitask, • have classical, digital and social media literacy, • have strong and responsive communication skills, 🔗 apply here volteuropa.org/executive-in...

Job offer for Volt Europa - Co-President executive assistant

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Anna Strolenberg @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org · 14/07/2026

The racists are coming to the heart of Europe

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I spoke with Jonas Laursen about @volteuropa.org, the plans with my co-president Inês, our flavor of federalism, if we're a left party and more. Thanks for having me 👍 👉🏻 Segment with Paul Bekaert from EUMS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDF... 👉🏻 Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pW5...

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Gelb 🟡 + Grün 🟢 + Europa 🇪🇺 = Volt Sehr cool, in der @saechsische.de über den Start unseres @voltsachsen.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy Teams in Görlitz zu lesen. Danke für den Beitrag! 👉🏻 Artikel auf www.saechsische.de/lokales/goer...

Volt started in Görlitz und positioniert sich gegen illegale Grenzkontrollen

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Lifelong ineligibility for abuse of elected office. Perfect 👍 Marine Le Pen pitched this (www.brut.media/fr/articles/...), but still runs for president. Time for other presidential candidates to realize elections are about needs of the people, not trashing your opponent. Better realize quickly 🙄

Chief embezzler still proclaiming to be Gulf-of-America-innocent

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 06/07/2026

Nein, non, nee. Als je Thatcher's koers volgt, krijg je geen sterker Europa. Jetten, kies voor een nieuwe Europese koers. Mijn opinie met @svenfranck.bsky.social en @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Rob Jetten quoted Margaret Thatcher (or Destiny's child 🤷‍♂️) if he would vote for the new EU budget. "Nein. Non. No" was his answer Our op-ed why Europe saves tax-payer money with @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org & @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org in the @trouw.nl 👉🏻 www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Rob Jetten doing a 180⁰ on his campaign pitch for a 10x more ambitious Europe

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Volt Slovenjia @voltslovenija.org · 21/06/2026

Naš mesečni Meet & Greet v Ljubljani! Če vas naše gibanje zanima, se nam pridružite na sproščenem druženju ob pijači. To bo priložnost, da se spoznamo, izmenjamo ideje in se povežemo v prijetnem vzdušju. Prisrčno vabljeni! 📆 Kdaj? 23. 06. ob 18.00 📍 Kje? Sax Pub, Eipprova ulica 7

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My first trip as @volteuropa.org Co-President-elect takes me to Poland 🇵🇱 to "form" the Weimar Triangle alongside Clement Beaune, Konrad Szymański and Maciej Witucki and also provide the European perspective on how we can implement the changes the EU needs. See you next week in Warsaw!

Panel I will be speaking on next week in Warsaw on the Leaders Forum for a better Europe

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I love it when a plan comes together 🙂 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported me and believed in me 🙏 Many members told me how inspiring my campaign was. Some even chose to watch the election results over World Cup because it was more exiting. We may be on to something...

Sven with a proud smile and uncooperative eyebrow

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

That's the wrap up of my tour All of Volt is talking about it. That was the goal. 👉🏻 Because we need such stories 👉🏻 Because we need to make a colossal effort for 2029 👉🏻 And because we need to show that we care. For leaving no one behind. ✅ We have all the ingredients to change Europe. Time to vote

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Final stop on my tour: Rome 🇮🇹 👉🏻 The key task will be to give our teams arguments to differentiate ourselves from national parties 👉🏻 Everyone knew the Italian EU Commissioner - impressive. 💡 I liked the political and critical questions 💜 Thank you for the opportunity. See you in Bratislava 😊

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

After Mailand it was a quick hop to Malta 🇲🇹 This was country 31/31 on my list and the official end of my tour 😊 👉🏻 Matthias gave me a briefer about politics in Malta 👉🏻 It's a country with accessible politics 💡 We need provide political support. 💜 Thank you for taking the time 😊

My transnational listening tour stop in Malta

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From Vilnius I made it to Milano to meet @voltitalia.it 🇮🇹 👉🏻 It was great to learn about Volt in Italy 👉🏻 We talked politics, from the need to unite political streams to the potential of European integration 💡 I learned about the difficulties in being in the media 💜 Thank you for the evening & pizza

My transnational listening tour stop in Milano

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From Tallinn I went to Vilnius 🇱🇹 👉🏻 We talked positioning and pushing the same topics across Europe 👉🏻 I learned about the beginnings of Volt Lithuania and the need of support 💡 I see many chapters are at the same level and little guidance on the next step. The goal. 💜 Thank you for taking the time

My transnational listening tour stop in Vilnus

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Volt Slovenjia @voltslovenija.org · 09/06/2026

Družba mora biti zgrajena tako, da nihče ne ostane zadaj. Kaj želimo? ✔ družbo, ki pomaga ljudem pravočasno ✔ močnejšo socialno varnost ✔ več vključevanja in manj sistemskih ovir Ker demokratična družba ni uspešna, če ljudje nimajo osnovnega občutka varnosti in dostojanstva. #VoltSlovenija

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

From Helsinki I continued to Tallinn 🇪🇪 👉🏻 We have a small and active team in Tallinn but there is a lot of political apathy. 👉🏻 We also discussed communicating not only in Estonian but also in Russian 💡 I have to look more into the 10% of stateless citizens in Estonia 💜 Thank you for the getogether

My transnational listening tour stop in Tallinn

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

After breakfast in Stockholm I went to Helsinki 🇫🇮 👉🏻 I learned about about the difficulties of restarting Volt Finland 👉🏻 I could give some examples from building Volt Slovenia 💡 It's interesting many chapters are at the same level 💜 Thank you to Elias and Niklas for having me!

My transnational listening tour stop in Helsinki

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

From Oslo I continued to Stockholm 🇸🇪 👉🏻 We discussed the upcoming Swedish elections 👉🏻 As a small chapter with no elected officials, a visible Volt Europa would be very helpful 💡 I also understood the voice of Volt was missing in the Swedish political spectrum 💜 Thank you to everyone else who joined!

My transnational listening tour stop in Stockholm

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

After lunch I continued to Oslo 🇳🇴 @voltnorge.org is one of our new chapters and I was curious to meet the team 👉🏻 We discussed how we launched Volt in Slovenia 👉🏻 I learned about the EU stance of other political parties 💡 Volt Norway could have a unique position. 💜 Thank you Geoffrey.

My transnational listening tour stop in Oslo

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

After Germany I went to Copenhagen 🇩🇰 👉🏻 We discussed how we took Slovenia to registering as a party 👉🏻 I learned more about the signature hurdles: 21k for Parliament and 75k for European Parliament 💡 A law made in 2024 prevented Volt Denmark from running with a German MEP 💜 Thanks to the team

My transnational listening tour stop in Copenhagen

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

From Kiel I went to Bremen 🇩🇪 to meet @voltbremen.org 👉🏻 We discussed our organisation and debate culture. 👉🏻 We spoke how our European level could help regional and local level 💡 I learned about regional elections and the good scores of Volt 💜 Of course I had to rub the donkey's legs for good luck 😌

My transnational listening tour stop in Bremen

Rubbing donkey legs for good luck (on a statue)

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Next stop on my tour was Kiel 🇩🇪 👉🏻 The team was working to reactivating members. 👉🏻 We discussed my programme and the emphasis on political visibility. 💡 I learned that Volt was supporting and financing the mayor of Neu-Münster running for re-election. 💜 Thanks for a constructive lunch stopover

My transnational listening tour stop in Kiel

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

From Leipzig I went north to Hamburg 🇩🇪 👉🏻 We discussed concrete projects instead of requiring members to attend calls. 👉🏻 This is important since the next local elections are four years away 💡 I learned that Volt Hamburg has far more active members than other teams 💜 Thank you for the organisation!

My transnational listening tour stop in Hamburg

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Next stop after Magdeburg was Leipzig 🇩🇪 I joined for a workshop for the mayor elections 👉🏻 We brainstormed around unity, urbanism and Europe 👉🏻 We argued for the need to have a European vision 💡 It found angles to match our European identity to a local campaign 💜 Thank you for the organisation

My transnational listening tour stop in Leipzig

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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Next stop on my tour was Magdeburg 🇩🇪 👉🏻 I learned that already putting up posters can be dangerous 👉🏻 We talked about more visible political leadership 💡 Europe should stop dreaming of making the world better - the future of democracy will be decided here 💜 Thank you for the open discussion.

My transnational listening tour stop in Magdeburg

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