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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…

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…

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. 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…

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…