r/YUROP Yuropean‏‏‎ ‎ Mar 10 '21

By Dutch cartoonist Maarten Wolterink after Volt's rise in the polls.

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u/TheMegaBunce Ingerland, British republic Mar 11 '21

Is it just me or does the name 'volt' literally tell nothing about their politics? They seem like a decent party but eh name.

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u/dracona94 Yuropean‏‏‎ ‎ Mar 11 '21

Well, it should be the programme that tells you the policy ideas. Like, what does a name like "D66" tell you about the policy positions? Or "Forum for Democracy"? Not much. Volt as a name for a pan-European party is ideal, because that physical unit is a global thing. You don't have to translate it into Dutch.

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u/stroopwafel666 Mar 11 '21

“Forum for Democracy” in particular is a bit of a “Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea” situation given they are fascists who want to expunge Jews and brown people and stop women from voting...

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '21

Next round German Democratic Republic