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EU minority rights under UN scrutiny

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…

EFA urges the EU Commission to protect linguistic equality in Latvia

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…

Roma security must become a priority for the EU

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…

EFA calls on the Council of Europe to continue closely monitoring minority rights in Bulgaria

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…

EFA calls attention to the importance of including minorities in political representation

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…

Democracy for all

8 September 2025

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…