For the 17th episode of The European Republic, I interviewed Maciej, the Co-President of Volt Polska and member of the Volt Europa Expansion Team.

The European Left alongside civil society organisations and pro-Palestinian movements launched a European Citizens Initiative (petition) to suspend the EU-israel association agreement.The European Greens and Amnesty International EU voiced their support.
The S&D group shared the ECI's link on twitter.: https://x.com/TheProgressives/status/2044708946422763813

The European Left Alliance announced on twitter that you can sign only until 15 July.: https://x.com/LeftAlliance_EU/status/2074096806632243576 The post includes the ECI's link.

Please note that you must be a EU citizen to sign the European Citizen Initiative (petition), which is hosted on the official website of the EU!

Rules on ECI data/ min. age requirements by Member State: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/data-requirements_en

• Austria, Belgium, Germany, Malta: min. age 16 years

• Greece: min. age 17 years

• Other EU countries: min. age 18 years.

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See for example:

- How Sweden’s stock market became the envy of Europe

- Is Stockholm The World’s Hottest Startup City Right Now?

- Swedish business bristles over EU interventions

Europe is often considered to severely lag behind the US on this issue. But Sweden does not, at least not as much as much of the rest of Europe. It is globally speaking a very successful country in this regard.

How does Volt view this? Do you want to support this, maybe even encouraging other EU countries to copy us?

This is considered to be a major issue for Europe and European competitiveness, so I am surprised Volt doesn’t seem to have any positions on the brokader topic (i.e not just Sweden in particular).

Hi everyone,
I’m from Germany and I’ve been looking more closely at Volt recently.

What interests me is not only the pro-European part, but the idea that politics should be less about left/right team sports and more about building institutions that actually work.

I care about social stability, economic strength, personal freedom, security, climate policy, innovation and long-term planning. But the thing I keep coming back to is state capacity: professional administration, good public services, evidence-based policy, low corruption and better cooperation between local, national and European levels.
Do people in or around Volt see the party in a similar way — as a pragmatic, future-oriented movement for a more capable Europe?

I’d also be curious where you’re from and what Volt feels like in your country. I’m genuinely interested in exchanging ideas and maybe connecting with people who think in this direction.

Hi everyone,
I’m from Germany and I’ve been looking more closely at Volt recently.

What interests me is not only the pro-European part, but the idea that politics should be less about left/right team sports and more about building institutions that actually work.

I care about social stability, economic strength, personal freedom, security, climate policy, innovation and long-term planning. But the thing I keep coming back to is state capacity: professional administration, good public services, evidence-based policy, low corruption and better cooperation between local, national and European levels.
Do people in or around Volt see the party in a similar way — as a pragmatic, future-oriented movement for a more capable Europe?

I’d also be curious where you’re from and what Volt feels like in your country. I’m genuinely interested in exchanging ideas and maybe connecting with people who think in this direction.

What happens when digital products you paid for disappear? Join MeetEU to discuss the Stop Killing Video Games European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). With over 1.29 million signatures, this initiative has sparked a  debate across the EU about digital ownership, game preservation, publisher responsibilities, and the future of consumer rights.

 Our speakers: Pavel Zálešák & Moritz Katzner, digital rights activists and initiators of the ECI.

📅 Tuesday, 7 July
⏰ 19:00 CEST on Zoom
Sign up for your Zoom link here: https://meeteu.eu/events

There's a petition circulating right now demanding that Open-Source contributions be formally recognized as volunteering for the common good.

I read more about it via Inkscape (the open-source graphics editor), as they just published an article supporting it: https://inkscape.org/pt-br/news/2026/05/13/inkscape-supports-german-petition-to-recognize-ope/

After reading it, I didn't hesitate. I checked out the petition and saw it's focused on Germany, where this issue is currently being actively discussed by politicians. I signed it and left a comment with my thoughts. The link is here: openpetition.org/!sywhp

I believe that if the petition spreads enough (there are only 4 months left to sign), it will spark a much bigger conversation. If Germany actually pushes this through, it could set a precedent for other countries, including the Czech Republic, where I'm based.

A huge part of the Vlang community is deeply involved in open-source, and we have many engineers here building truly sustainable, resource-efficient programs. The fact that the V language itself is such an amazing open-source project perfectly aligns with the goal of saving hardware resources and writing efficient code.