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PRESS RELEASE FROM EFA MEP JORDI SOLÉ The European Parliament has debated the situation in Afghanistan, discussing what the European Union’s response should be following the Taliban takeover. MEPs discussed the EU’s humanitarian response and the need for a strong EU role in helping resettle refugees. EFA Group President Jordi Solé spoke in the debate, calling for…

In this op-ed, DEB Partisi write on how Greece has refused to officially recognise NGOs and organisations belonging to Turkish minorities, regardless of ECHR rulings.  In Greece, NGOs of Turkish minorities are struggling to get official recognition.  As the European Court of Human Rights has underlined on so many occasions, the most important aspect of…

Following the regional elections within the French state, our parties provide the latest updates. Check back for regular updates.  A record low turnout of less than 35% was a severe blow for all parties, making it hard to draw clear lessons or predictions for next year’s presidential elections.  In Brittany, the UDB had a successful…

EFA is deeply concerned by a recent spate of anti-LGBTQI+ action across EU Member States.  The fundamental values of the European Union are clear: human dignity, equality, and fundamental human rights. The recent anti-LGBTQI+ bill in Hungary, banning the ‘display and promotion of homosexuality’ among under-18s clearly violates European Union values. Every European citizen has…

EFA welcomes the needed pardons given to Catalan political prisoners, but insists there is still much more work to be done to fully ensure the will of the Catalan people is respected.  The Spanish authorities approved the pardons of 12 Catalan independence leaders today, who were convicted over their roles in the Catalan independence referendum.…

It’s not every year that the G7 decides to host its annual meeting in your area, but that is what happened for Cornwall this year.  From Thursday 10th until Sunday 13th June, the leaders of the most powerful nations in the world met in Cornwall.  Of course President Joe Biden fell in love with the area, and, needing global…

EFA is the party of diversity, and as part of our work, we are dedicated to transforming EU processes in order to ensure a more representative, equal, and democratic Europe for all. There are a number of ways EFA advocates for European Political Parties (EUPPs) and political foundations, which would strengthen the role and improve…

EFA’s 2020 Annual Report is now available, detailing our mission, work, activities and developments of 2020. You can read the full report here.

EFA Member Party DEB Partisi, the Western Thrace community, and the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers have called for Greece to ensure that 3 long-standing freedom of association cases are promptly dealt with by the Greek Court of Cassation, in compliance with the ECHR.  The three cases concern Greece’s violation of Article 11 of…

As a source of inspiration for the peoples of Europe The right to self-determination of peoples continues to be the subject of great debate. Attempts have been made to interpret the right to self-determination restrictively and to limit its scope. International practice has also shown that attempts to confine this right to self-determination to the…