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A reduction of international oversight of Bulgaria would undermine the credibility of the Council’s human rights protection system, as the country has failed to implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights It is time for the Council of Europe to step up its efforts in protecting minority rights in Bulgaria. On December…

One year ago, a wave of protests spread across Serbia after the roof of Novi Sad railway station collapsed, killing 16 people. Over the past year, citizens have peacefully called for justice, transparency, and genuine democracy. Instead of taking responsibility for the government’s negligence, President Aleksandar Vučić’s autocrat administration has responded with violence and repression,…

The renationalisation of European funds proposed in the MFF 2028-2034 would increase the economic gap between peripheral regions and the already wealthier European capital cities The cohesion between EU regions is at risk. The EU Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) creates a new architecture for shared management built around the National…

The European Free Alliance, together with our member party DEB Partisi, raised our voice in the European Parliament for the rights of national minorities. The parties organized a joint event that highlighted the need to ensure proper political representation for national minorities, and called on the EU to step up to protect minority rights and prevent EU states…

In 13 years since the mechanism came into effect, not a single direct legislative act has followed the European citizens’ proposals Yesterday, the European Commission communicated its decision to disregard, once again, another European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). This time, the European executive refused to accept the ECI for National Regions, a proposal that aims to protect…

Last week in Corsica, EFA hosted an event to raise awareness about the need to propose European solutions to common challenges in Southern Europe Climate change is 20% more severe in the Mediterranean than elsewhere in Europe. Every year, we witness its huge impact. Natural catastrophes occur more often, leaving victims and a lot of…

The European Union must take action to protect minority groups from rights violations in its member countries On July 27, an antifascist camp of the Slovenian minority was the target of a massive police raid in Carinthia, Austria. This operation has deeply shaken the Slovenian community in Carinthia and raised serious concerns about the disproportionate use of…

EFA expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian people. We rise our voices to:

Bulgarian MEPs, with the complicity of the EPP, pressured to delay the report on the EU accession of Macedonia to legitimize their nationalist aims and continue to deny Macedonian identity Last week, the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee was forced to postpone the vote on the report on European accession for the Republic of Macedonia. After huge…

The date and location for the 2025 EFA General Assembly have been set! All EFA member parties are called to join us in Brittany from the 8th to the 10th of May 2025 in EFA’s annual meeting. This year has been a hectic period, with the European elections campaign. EFA proposed 2 Spitzenkandidaten and actively…