Sven FRANCK
#jumpstartEU
Hey! My name is Sven Franck. I was lead candidate for Volt France in the 2024 European elections. Since then, I have moved to Slovenia where I'm helping to launch Volt Slovenia and try to learn the language. On this site, which I'm hacking myself, you can learn more about me and my political priorities. The most active sections are my blog and jumpstartEU - an initiative to find ways to relaunch the European project.
Projects
Today's EU is stuck like a car whose battery died. Europe could be everything we need it to be: a real union, a bastion of democracy, standing up for human rights and the right to self determination within its borders and beyond. An economically integrated union, leading a multi-lateral global economic zone that embraces future technologies, has figured out climate change and provides opportunities for everyone.... Something visionary like that. To make any of this happen, we first have to restart the EU's battery to then drive the project towards all of the above. I have jumped my share of car batteries and with jumpstartEU, I would like to apply jumper cables to the European project to get it back running - by finding political and grassroot angles to push national governments and the European Institutions to commit to reforming the European Union.
Latest blog posts
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Can the Franco-German couple still lead the European project?
(Sven Franck, )
France and Germany, the two motors of the European project, find themselves at a crossroads: real European integration could be a remedy against the far right at home and the threats posed by Putin and Trump. But a stronger Europe would also mean for France and Germany to take a step back. Why should they? Read the article. -
If Germany can live with Eurobonds, Denmark can pave the way for EU military
(Sven Franck, )
After the staccato of docile statements from EU and national leaders on Venezuela, Trump has its eyes firmly set on Greenland. Denmark, meanwhile, refused EU and member states military support months ago. With reality biting, isn't it time to reconsider? Read the article.
I am a member of Volt, a European movement and political party with over 35,000 members in 31 European countries. Together with our elected representatives at European, national and local level, we share a common agenda, one of the pillars of which is to reform the European Union into a federal Europe that is not only an economic union, but also a democratic and political one. Changing politics for the better is a long-term project, a bit like planting a tree. I'm into finding shortcuts to making this tree grow.