It didn’t work on the first try. But in this year’s EU parliamentary elections, the small party Volt also wants to end up on the ballot box. To get the necessary expressions of support, they even enlisted the help of American pop star Taylor Swift.
Two tickets will be raffled among all official supporters for the Swift concert on August 10, 2024 at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. “We know that this action is quite unconventional. But on the one hand, we ensure that the younger generation is involved in European politics and elections, and on the other hand, we show that as a progressive party we are breaking new ground to achieve a major impact. even with a small budget,” said Nini Tsiklauri, Volt’s top candidate.
All envelopes marked on the outside with the password ‘Taylor’ will be entered into the lottery, the pan-European party announced on Tuesday. The transnational party’s stated goal, if the necessary 2,600 signatures arrive before April 26, is to get 23 elected representatives to the EU Parliament.
Party founded in 2017
The trans-European party Volt was founded in 2017 by the Italian Andrea Venzon, the French Colombe Cahen-Salvador and the German Damian Boeselager. In the 2019 EU elections, the party only managed to enter the European Parliament with Boeselager in Germany. There he joined the Green faction.
Source: Krone
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