The Constitutional Court (TC) accepted the registration of Volt Portugal as a political party, which becomes the 25th political force in Portugal, this movement announced this Tuesday, in a statement.
Volt Portugal, which will use the acronym VP, thus sees a process that started in October 2019, with the delivery of 9000 signatures to the TC.
Since the beginning of the process, the Constitutional Court has asked the Volt three times to change its statutes, so that they contemplate the possibility of appealing sanctions to an internal body, required by the Law on Political Parties.
Volt is a “pan-European movement” that emerged internationally in March 2017, as a reaction to ‘Brexit’, started by a collective of students in the USA. Andrea Venzon is the founder of the movement ‘Volt Europa’, which is already a political party in Germany, Bulgaria, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Luxembourg, Denmark, France, United Kingdom and Sweden.
“We want a truly united, democratic, supportive and inclusive Europe that values its citizens. A Europe that allows them to be part of the solution to the challenges they face. We defend a European Union with an elected president and government, as well as a more consistent political, social and economic integration “, reads the statement by Volt Portugal, whose president is Tiago de Matos Gomes.
The movement, which appeared in Portugal on December 28, 2017, has a MEP in the European Parliament, Damian Boeselager, elected by Volt Germany in the May 2019 elections.
The Volt aims to establish itself as a party in all European countries and to “work together” on a solution with a markedly Europeanist future.
In October last year, the Volt aspired to run for regional elections in the Azores (scheduled for October this year) – something that will no longer happen, the party said in declarations to Lusa, on the 12th of June.
“In fact, with this constant delay in party approval, the possibility of making this decision [candidatura aos Açores] as a party, it fades due to the electoral calendar and electoral and statutory deadlines for congresses and the drawing up of lists “, maintained Volt Portugal.
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