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22 April 2026

EFA hands to the EU Commission more than 650 signatures from Local and Regional Councillors against the European funds’ centralization

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.…

A heavy blow to direct democracy: EU Commission rejects the Citizens’ Initiative to protect national regions

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…

EFA takes action to protect the Slovenian language in Carinthian schools

Following a motion unanimously approved in the last General Assembly, the European Free Alliance and Enotna Lista have contacted the Carinthian and Austrian authorities and the Head of Unit for Schools and Multilingualism at the European Commission The protection of minority languages is one of the key priorities for EFA, and central to our goal…

EFA requests the European Commission to favour small and distributed green energy initiatives over macro-scale projects

A letter signed by our President, Lorena López de Lacalle, together with representatives of ERC, BNG, Eusko Alkartasuna, Andalucía por Sí, MÉS per Mallorca, and Més-Compromís, has been sent to the European Comissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson The European Free Alliance has requested the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, to favour small and well-distributed…

EFA brings religious discrimination against Muslim students in Western Thrace to the attention of the European Commission

The President of the European Free Alliance, Ms Lorena López de Lacalle, asks the European Commission about the steps they will take to ensure that religious minorities can exercise their right to education without compromising their religious duties This week, the European Free Alliance has brought a case of religious discrimination against Muslim students in…

EFA Statement on the Commission's Response to the Minority SafePack Initiative

On 14 January 2021, the European Commission decided not to initiate legal acts for the protection of national and linguistic minorities under the Minority SafePack European Citizen’s Initiative. EFA is disappointed by the Commission’s decision to turn their back on the 1,123,422 signatories who demanded legal protection for the approximately 50 million citizens of the Union who…

EFA disappointed by von der Leyen’s European Commission

The next President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who will substitute Jean-Claude Juncker from November, has unveiled the proposed candidates for Commissioners and their portfolios. Over the coming weeks, nominees will face hearings in the European Parliament. The European Free Alliance party welcomes the fact that, for the first time, the European…

EFA condemns lack of evidence at trial against Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş and demands his immediate release

Renewed EU institutions must take action against Turkey over political persecution of Kurdish representatives The European Free Alliance condemns the lack of evidence at trial against the Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been on unjustified pre-trial detention for more than two years now, and therefore demands his immediate release and the full acquittal on…