Volt's vision on citizen empowerment

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In Volt's mapping of policies you can find the following:

''Volt will engage in capacity-building activities to strengthen citizens’ ability to meaningfully participate in and influence political processes. And of course, we will practice what we preach by applying the standards we put down for citizen empowerment to ourselves.”''

''“Empowered European citizenship requires vibrant, pluralistic, and accessible public spheres in the individual EU Member States and in Europe as a whole. Informed political decisions are only possible under conditions in which information is freely accessible. This requires a functioning, healthy and independent public sphere, one in which citizens not only have access to quality information, but are also able to process this information; where diverse perspectives are publicly deliberated by media, political actors, and civil society, and where citizens are able to choose between valid political alternatives”. ''

“Demand transparency of media ownership and influence.”

''“Advocate for a general increase in government transparency. Encourage making government data, priorities, and findings regularly accessible to citizens in a way that is easily understood, e.g. by regularly publishing “user-friendly” budget reports and by shedding light on legislative processes.” ''

''“Introduce digital platforms to communicate with administrations. Administrations shall be incentivised to introduce open digital platforms through which citizens can actively participate in relevant political discussions and decision-making processes. Subjects discussed on these kinds of platforms might include local infrastructure proposals or plans for restructuring public spaces.” ''