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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…

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…

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…

The webinar “Inclusive School and Inmersion Models in Europe” will include this Friday three round tables where experts will debate around this prominent topic for minorized languages The European Free Alliance organizes this Friday, together with its member party Eusko Alkartasuna and Alkartasuna Fundazioa, an event about linguistic inclusion at school. The webinar, which is…

EFA MEP Diana Riba spoke this morning in the plenary debate on “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” in the European Union. Ms Riba defended the right of women and girls to freely decide whether or not to continue their pregnancy. Currently, countries such as Malta, Hungary and Poland are among the most critical opponents…

EFA MEPs welcome the appointment of Roberta Metsola, as President of the European Parliament, the third woman in the history to be President and the first one in over 20 years. While the group are delighted on the election of a women President, it does come with scepticism in some of her stands towards reproductive rights…

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 Free Alliance (EFA), as part of its statutory activities and objectives, aims at serving its member parties in line with their political positions and needs and with the end goal of fostering European public policy issues. Within this context, EFA wishes to launch a Call for Proposals 2022 to support its member parties’…

EFA offers our heartfelt congratulations to our member party SSW for their historical success in the German Bundestag elections.  EFA member the Südschleswigsche Voters’ Association (SSW) gained a seat in the Bundestag for the first time in 70 years. Stefan Seidler will now represent SSW in the Bundestag. They gained 3.2% of the vote in…

From 20-23 September, the European Free Alliance gathered our European representatives in Bastia, Corsica. Our official mission provided the chance to plan our activities and priorities for our future work.  Through a series of internal and external debates, our leaders gathered to reflect on the role that stateless nations and regions should play in the…