March 5, 2025 - The pan-European Volt party launches a petition to unite the European Union's armed forces by creating a defense union. The initiative aims to reach the European Parliament - 10,000 signatures have already been collected in a short space of time.

In a guest article, author and architect Volker Thurm-Nemeth sheds light on the historical, cultural and institutional challenges of European unification and presents a visionary idea: a “Europe of the regions”. These supranational, democratically elected regions are intended to create a new, more citizen-oriented and transparent structure for the EU as a third pillar alongside the Parliament and Senate - as the basis for a federal Europe capable of taking action.