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On May 19th and 20th, EFA held an interactive workshop giving participants insight into the process of creating a Citizens’ Assembly as a tool to bring democracy closer to people, and a way to shape policy.  The workshop was facilitated by Katie Gallogy-Swan, a Scottish political economist and prize-winning researcher. She has worked in Scottish politics…

“This is a vindication of the demand for devolution to the region.” That’s what Yorkshire party leader, and candidate, Bob Buxton had to say about our West Yorkshire Mayoral election result – 58,851 first preference votes and a 3rd place finish. Both the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats, well established, well-funded, with a national media…

EFA is concerned at the handling of the migration influx to Spain’s semi-autonomous Ceuta and Melilla enclaves.  It is clear that the EU’s current migration policy is not working. The events in the Ceuta and Melilla enclaves are not singular occurrences, but a culmination of failures to act by the EU. These issues must be…

EFA member party OMO Ïlinden-PIRIN have released their report on the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. The report details the situation of the Macedonian minority and important developments of the past year; the denial of the Macedonian minority, nation, and identity; the use of hate speech; the violation of the right of association and the refusal…

EFA strongly condemns the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people, which constitute serious violations of international law.  Following the latest series of Israeli attacks, EFA calls on the international community to protect the rights of Palestinian people and to ensure international law is respected immediately.  As enshrined in Article I of the UN Charter, self-determination…

In a huge step for the protection of national regions, the Citizens’ Initative for National Regions has surpassed the required number of signatures and will be debated in the European Parliament. The European Free Alliance (EFA) congratulates the citizens committee of the successful citizens’ initiative. The purpose of the initiative was to ensure a policy that…

Food sovereignty and the right of peoples to self-determine their agricultural system. A regional perspective for Europe Tuesday 4th May – 18:00 – 19:30 Online Conference – via Zoom Free: Register here. Session Focus The session will focus on food sovereignty, understood as the right of peoples to determine the agricultural and food policies that…

On 8 April 2021, the French National Assembly approved the ‘Molac’ Law: an opposition bill to protect and promote regional languages. With 51% of the French population speaking a different language at home than French, the lack of regional language protection until now may be startling to some. How did Paul Molac and other regional…

Lachlan Muir, SNP The Scottish parliamentary election on 6th May comes at an immensely challenging time – not just for Scotland but for the whole world. The global pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges and the impacts have been felt across every aspect of society and the economy.  The first priority of any government must be…

Dr Stoyko Stoykov is the Co-President of United Macedonian Organisation “Ilinden” PIRIN, a political party representing the Macedonian minority of Bulgaria and member of EFA. The European Union (EU) proudly espouses to build a society in which inclusion, tolerance, justice, solidarity and non-discrimination will prevail. The promotion of freedom, human dignity, equality, rule of law…