Volt Malta

As part of the European network, Volt Malta follows a pan-European approach to many policy areas such as climate change, migration, economic inequality, international conflict and the impact of the technological revolution on the labour market.[6] In addition, the party has set out to address a wide range of issues in Malta, such as corruption through the promotion of transparent governance and separation of powers, or environmental and climate protection, through an emphasis on a circular economy.[8] Volt is committed to sexual & reproductive rights and calls for the decriminalization of abortion and the classification of all contraceptives as essential medicine, making it the first pro-choice party in Malta.[15] Period poverty is something the party wants to fight and advocates for free menstrual products in educational institutions, public health facilities and hospitals, food banks, prisons, homeless shelters and public toilets and menstrual products to be covered under the 0% VAT regime.The party brought its proposals on this to the White Paper process to develop guidelines for dealing with drugs in Malta.Volt proposes to impose prison sentences on illegal brothel operators and human traffickers and to create support services for people who are forced into prostitution.[30] A non-governmental body is to conduct an audit and performance review of the entire public sector and publish the results.To this end, the party wants to open up North America as a new market and attract people of Maltese descent as a target group.[4]Thomas 'Kass' Mallia was the first transgender woman to contest Malta's general elections and stood for the party in Districts 10 and 11.[41] On 1 March 2022, the party published its 54-page election manifesto,[42] which placed an emphasis on the expansion and protection of legally enshrined human rights, particularly in the areas of social and financial affairs, education, health, transport and migration.The party is running for the European elections together with the rest of the Volt Europa movement with a joint programme that was adopted in Paris in November 2023[47]
National sections of Volt Europa. The borders of the European Union are shown in red.
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