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Communication and organisation of a pan- european political party on the example of Volt Europa
Lekeš, Martin ; Stauber, Jakub (advisor) ; Michal, Aleš (referee)
This thesis concerns the political party of Volt Europa, which was founded in 2017 as an attempt to create a political party on the pan-european level. The thesis describes the mutual relationship between political parties and the European Union, as well as the evolution of typologies used to describe internal organisation of political parties. The thesis utilises the typology of Nicole Bolleyer, who divided political parties into hierarchies, stratarchies and federations. In the analytical part of the thesis there is an attempt at categorising the party Volt Europa into one of these three categories, with the help of an analysis of the party statutes and interviews with key party members in various positions.
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Volt Europa: A New Kind of European Political Party?
Trunečka, Adam ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Martin (referee)
Alongside the process of European integration in a large number of policy areas, scholars have also observed political integration in the EC/EU. The major European political parties, or Europarties, were founded by and subjected to their constituent member parties, not their individual members - many of them do not even offer individual membership. This is why the Europarties are described as "parties of parties". Throughout time, there have been attempts at establishing grassroots pan-European parties. The most notable contemporary examples are DiEM25 and Volt Europa. The aim of this thesis is to understand whether the self-presentation of Volt as "the first pan-European party" is in fact reflected in its internal structure and whether it is different from the "classical" "parties of parties". The typologies of vertical party organization developed by Maurice Duverger served as a framework for this thesis. Using thematic analysis, I studied the statutes of Volt and some of its branches. This was complemented by semi-structured interviews with some of the party members. I concluded that Volt Europa gives its individual members extensive rights and a central role in its party structure. Conversely to typical Europarties, it also has some power over the national branches. Additionally, it partially...
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