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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…

A Step Forward for Europe’s Peoples and Regions The recent vote in the French National Assembly on Corsican autonomy should be seen less as a breakthrough than as a belated recognition of a reality that has long been acknowledged elsewhere in Europe. In reality, it represents a delayed recognition of a situation long addressed elsewhere…

10 years later, Brexit appears increasingly difficult to justify as a strategic choice. Ten years after the Brexit referendum, dominant narratives remain focused on trade, regulation and the United Kingdom’s global position. Yet one dimension continues to receive comparatively little attention: the internal territorial and democratic tensions that the vote exposed, and arguably intensified, remain…

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…

The European Free Alliance (EFA) reaffirms its unwavering support for the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria following a powerful and dignified gathering in the town of Melnik. On 26 April 2026, hundreds of Macedonians gathered to honor the 111th anniversary of the murder of the great revolutionary Jane Sandanski, issuing a defiant vow to continue their fight for the fundamental rights…

The European Free Alliance sent a dedicated briefing on minority rights in the EU to the UN Special Rapporteur, ahead of their visit to EU institutions this week This week, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat, is finishing an extensive visit to the European Union. This visit aimed to examine the state…

In a letter, EFA warns the EU Commission that the amended Value Added Tax Law in Latvia violates European legislation and linguistic rights In Latvia, different languages coexist. Its people speak mostly Latvian (64%), but also Russian, Belarussian, Latgalian, or Roma languages. Nevertheless, in such a diverse country, under a new law buying a book…

The Romani People face discrimination across Europe, yet the EU continues to exclude them from European security plans, leaving the responsibility entirely to member states Last week, the European Free Alliance hosted an international delegation of Romani parties and organizations in Brussels, the Global Roma Alliance for Strategic Security (GRASS). The goal of the visit…

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…

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…