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Nearly ten years after the 1 October 2017 referendum, a major step towards ending the judicialisation of the Catalan independence process has been taken. The application of the Amnesty Law to embezzlement offences paves the way for the return of exiled Catalan leaders and marks a new stage in overcoming the legal consequences of the…

A study commissioned by EFA proposes an index to identify where housing stress exists, which factors may be contributing to it, and what type of response might be the most appropriate in each case The European Free Alliance presents a study on Housing Stressed Areas that would help the EU Commission to better implement its…

Wildfires across Southern Europe are no longer exceptional events: they are becoming a structural feature of our climate reality. This summer, fires affected regions across Europe, including areas that had rarely experienced such events before. Increasingly frequent and severe fires are exposing not only environmental vulnerabilities, but also deep-rooted territorial, economic and governance imbalances. As…

Last Sunday, the far-right AfD achieved its strongest result ever in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). With a 43% of the votes, they came close to an outright majority. The European Free Alliance believes that this is a deeply worrying signal for Europe, and a clear sign that the EU needs to offer its citizens an alternative for…

Katharina Kley (23, Northern Schleswig) was elected EFAY president last June in Gandia, during the EFAY General Assembly 2026. As the former President of Junge SPitzen, the youth organization of Schleswigsche Partei (SP), she represents the German minority in Denmark, where she grew up. She speaks both German and Danish as her mother tongues and…

The judgment confirms the law’s compatibility with EU law, but EFA stresses that the amnesty remains incomplete until it is fully implemented  The European Free Alliance (EFA) welcomes today’s ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), confirming that the Amnesty Law for Catalan independence leaders and activists complies with EU law. The judgment marks an…

At the EFA General Assembly in Gandia, the representatives of the European political party signed a manifesto reaffirming our vision for a Europe that is sovereign, democratic and rooted in its peoples and territories The European Free Alliance strives for a Europe that is sovereign, democratic, and rooted in its peoples and territories. A Europe…

On 21 April, an international delegation of the European Free Alliance met with Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Cohesion and Reforms. During the meeting, EFA President Lorena López de Lacalle handed Mr. Fitto a letter signed by more than 650 local councillors and regional parliamentarians from over 25 European regions.…

With a new pro-European government, Hungary will work closely with the rest of the EU to support Ukraine and promote peace and coexistence This Sunday, the people of Hungary went to the polls to push the country towards a new path. A path towards democracy, away from populism and in closer collaboration with the EU.…

A letter signed by EFA MEPs in collaboration with other parliamentary groups urges the EU to open dialogue and apply sanctions to Azerbaijan in response to violations of the Human Rights of the Armenians from the Republic of Artsakh More than 2 years have passed since Azerbaijan occupied the territory of the Republic of Artsakh…