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Shaping a Europe of All Peoples: our 10 proposals for the future of Europe

The European Free Alliance contributes to the Conference on the Future of Europe with 10 proposals, which can be read and endorsed in this link The Conference on the Future of Europe (#CoFoE) is an opportunity for Europeans to make their voices heard. The European Free Alliance is contributing to this debate with 10 proposals for an EU that truly reflects the…

EFA MEP Diana Riba speaks out for Mexican activists and journalists

Diana Riba MEP intervened today in plenary to raise awareness of the alarming situation for journalists and civil society organisations. In 2022 five journalists were murdered in Mexico, and since 2018 the number has grown to over 90 activists and 50 journalists murdered. The motion proposal led by Diana Riba MEP, amongst others, urges the…

Yvan Colonna's death proves the need for the repatriation for Corsican political prisoners

The European Free Alliance stands by the Corsican people, especially Colonna’s family and loved ones, and demands “Ghjustizia per Yvan” The recent death of Yvan Colonna has proved again the necessity that Corsican political prisoners are returned to the island. The right of the political prisoners to serve out their sentence in Corsica enjoys a…

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2 March 2022

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…

The celebration of Aosta Valley: 26 February

By Chantal CertanAlliance Valdôtaine delegate in EFA On 26 February, there is a celebration for the Aosta Valley. To understand the origin of this celebration, we have to go back through the history of our region to the period between 1944 and 1948, when the Valdôtaine autonomy was first organised. The special Statute, after several…

EFA condemns Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, which could have devastating effects

EFA condemns Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, which could have devastating effects. The European Free Alliance urges the EU to act accordingly to its values and principles and to do its utmost to foster diplomacy, dialogue, mediation, and a return to the Minsk Agreements. To avoid civilian bloodshed, Russia, Ukraine, the EU and the US…

Kurdistan: EFA and the Moravian Movement (MZH) support the HDP and demand the release of Kurdish political prisoners

Last week the European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey for imprisoning journalist Deniz Yücel, and ruled that lifting the parliamentary immunity of MPs of the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) violated their right to freedom of expression. Following the ruling, Selahattin Demirtaş and the other political prisoners must be released from Turkish prisons.The European…

EFA requests the European institutions to assist the reconstruction in La Palma Island

The European Free Alliance asks the responsible European Commissioners to activate the EU Solidarity Fund to cover the damages caused by the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano The President of the European Free Alliance, Lorena López de Lacalle requested the European Institutions this week to provide the promised assistance to La Palma Island, to…

EFA’s General Assembly 2022 will be celebrated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (12-14 May)

It is the first time that a European political party holds a General Assembly in the ultraperipheral territory of the Canary Islands The European Free Alliance will celebrate its annual General Assembly from the 12th to the 14th of May in the Santa Catalina Royal Hideaway Hotel, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). EFA…