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25 February 2026

Diana Riba MEP: “We focus on the issues that matter most to people: housing, the special status of the islands, and the right to decide”

Having served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, Diana Riba MEP became President of the European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament in 2024. She represents Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya. In Parliament, she has been particularly active on civil liberties and justice, with a strong focus on fundamental rights, democracy,…

EFA pays tribute to the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, a great pro-European social-democrat and outstanding President of the European Parliament

On Tuesday, January the 11th, David Sassoli, the acting President of the European Parliament, passed away. The European Free Alliance in the European Parliament as well as the European Free Alliance party were most saddened by the news. The State funeral will take place in Roma today. Both the Parliamentary group and the Party want…

The European Parliament must act to protect the rights of barred Catalan MEPs

The European Free Alliance urges the European Parliament to protect the political rights of the three MEP-elect Catalan representatives –Oriol Junqueras, Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín– who have been barred from taking their seats by the Spanish judicial authorities, and calls for their recognition as elected members in order to ensure the chamber’s democratic legitimacy.…

Defending a union of peoples: renewed cooperation between EFA party and EFA members in the European Parliament

The European Free Alliance party and the group in the European Parliament will strengthen their cooperation in the coming five years in order to join efforts in the defense of a union of peoples based on the respect for democracy and diversity, which includes cultural, linguistic and minorities rights. EFA party President, Lorena López de…

EFA President denounces political motivation on banning Junqueras from European Parliament

López de Lacalle says it would be undemocratic to constitute the assembly without an elected member The President of the European Free Alliance, Lorena López de Lacalle, has criticized the decision of the Supreme Court in Spain to bar Oriol Junqueras from taking up seat as a member of the European Parliament, and denounced that…

Discover the work of the EFA Group in the European Parliament

Summary overview of the work of EFA MEPs in the European Parliament 2014-2019 The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament is made up of MEPs representing Europe’s stateless nations, regions and minorities. Over the 2014 -2019 Parliamentary term, EFA MEPs have come from Catalonia, Galicia, Latvia, Basque Country, Scotland, Valencia and Wales. The work…