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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…

As we approach our General Assembly on 27th May 2021, we look back at our achievements and successes from the past year. While the past year has seen the world change with a series of lockdowns and isolation, our work has not stopped – we have simply adapted.  In order to adapt to our new digital…

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…