Volt im Römer
European Politics for Frankfurt
Who is Volt?
Volt is a european movement with more then 22.000 members in 31 nations. Already, more then 110 elected officials in the European Parliament, the national parliament of the Netherlands, and in cities all over Europe are members of Volt, including in Frankfurt. Founded in 2016, Volt was a reaction to Brexit. We realized: the challanges of our time can only be solved by working together. Be it climate change or the pandemic, national parties can only offer national solutions to these international problems.
‘Volt im Römer’ is the name of the Volt faction in the Frankfurt City Council (Stadtverordnetenversammlung), our ‘parliament’. On March 14, 2021, the municipal election 2021 took place in Frankfurt. Although we were on the ballots in Frankfurt for the first time, we received 3.7% of the votes and are thus allowed to occupy four of the 93 seats in the City Council. For the municipal election 2026, we were able to increase this result and gain a fifth seat with 4.8%. Today, our city councillors are Tiara Mengel, Tim Englert, Grit Winkler, Philipp Winghart, and Nina Adam.
In the local advisory councils (Ortsbeiräte) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and 12, we are represented by one member each.
The municipal foreigners’ representation (KAV) represents the foreigners who have a citizenship outside of the EU and therefore were not allowed to vote for the City Council. Of a total of 37 representatives in the KAV, two mandates with 4.5%, held by Maja Ivković and Seán O’Sullivan, belong to Volt.
Shape Frankfurt as honorary member of the magistrate
Volt Frankfurt: The Political Party
Volt Frankfurt is part of Volt Europe – the first pan-European party. In Frankfurt, at the heart of Europe, we fight for a progressive, sustainable and united EU. We work according to the motto: Think global, act local.
Nearly one million people live and work in Frankfurt. The challenges we face are shared with over 100 million people in metropolises all over Europe. Volt stands for the urban life of tomorrow, using progressive and pragmatic solutions.
We want to implement solutions that were already proven successful in other European cities. Be it lowering rents like in Vienna, cycling like in Copenhagen or digital government services like Estland: we want to solve Problems, instead of just pushing them to the next election cycle.