In the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt ran in eight member states with a shared platform, emphasising solutions to supranational challenges, such as climate change, defense, energy policy, migration, economic inequality, terrorism, welfare, and the technological evolution of the labor market.

Initially using the slogan "Neither left nor right", Volt is now generally perceived as centrist[14][15] or centre-left, with a core focus on evidence-based policy and best-practice sharing among EU countries and municipalities.

Since then, Volt has developed local teams in all EU member states, as well as in non-EU countries like Albania, Switzerland, Kosovo, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

[26] On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt elected to join the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.

[27] In the future, Volt hopes to be able to form its own political group in the European Parliament, which would require a minimum of 25 MEPs from at least seven different member states.

The statutes of Volt Europa lay out a general assembly, open to all members, which decides on important issues, and elects a gender-balanced board of nine directors.

The six non-executive board members elected were: Ines Consonni, Anouk Ooms, Lucia Nass, Thor Larholm, Charles Evain and Lucas Amorelli Ribeiro Kornexl.

[citation needed] On 27 November 2023, Volt adopted its joint European election programme during its General Assembly in Paris.

Upon a unanimous recommendation by its newly elected MEPs, 87% of voting party members chose to remain affiliated with the Greens/EFA group.

In this model, individuals earning below a set threshold receive payments instead of paying taxes, providing a safety net and incentivizing work.

Volt argues that the legal basis for an EBI is already established under Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and that its implementation would harmonize member states' welfare systems.

To implement the target, Volt proposes a broad certificate trading scheme, the proceeds of which should be redistributed to citizens.

[28] The highest authority of the party is the General Assembly, which consists of all AISBL members and can pass motions on all matters relating to the organization.

However, informally the Country Council plays an important role in advising and overseeing the work of the European Board.

The NGO JoinPolitics has donated €50,000 to Volt Germany for a joint project ("Team Europa") to mobilize minority candidates for the European elections.

The party planned to take part in the European elections in 2019,[58] but did not succeed in collecting the required 2,600 signatures in time to qualify for the ballot.

It intended to partake in the 2024 European Elections and promised to give two of the people who signed tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, but was not proven effective as the party did not gain enough signatures.

[62] During the 2019 European Parliament elections, Volt participated in the Dutch Speaking electoral college, receiving 0.48% of the vote, not enough for a seat.

In November 2023, MP Alexandra Attalides announced her intention to join Volt and was subsequently elected co-president at the party's founding congress.

[84] In the 2024 European election, the party ran as part of the Europe Territoires Écologie coalition, but did not manage to win a seat.

[86] The German branch's initial focus was the five "challenges" of "an intelligent state, social equality, economic renaissance, politically active citizenship" and "global balance".

[92][93] Later that year, the party won seats on the city councils of Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, Siegen, Münster, Düsseldorf, and Paderborn.

[94][95] The party also won seats in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Fulda, and Heusenstamm in the 2021 Hessian local elections.

[102] However, the Green & Purple alliance was barred from participating in the May 2023 legislative election by the Supreme Court of Greece due to its late submission of relevant forms.

[107] The party was unable to take part in the 2019 European elections, failing to obtain the required 150,000 notarised supporter signatures.

[115] In the November 2023 general election, Volt received 1.69% of the votes, resulting in 2 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives.

[121] Volt Portugal initially planned to contest regional elections on the Azores in Autumn 2020, but was unable to do so due to a slow registration process, which did not allow enough time to recruit candidates.

[137] In early November 2021, the Ljusnarsberg branch of Liberalerna (The Liberals) announced its intention to become an association and run for Volt in the local elections.

[147][148] The party is part of the Swiss Europe Initiative, which calls for the Parliament and the Federal Council to start negotiations with the EU on institutional issues and cooperation.

[150] Its founder and chairman is Mykhaylo Pobigay, a war veteran and the head of the non-profit organisation Land of The Free.