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We are deeply concerned with the European Parliament vote to lift the parliamentary immunity of Catalan MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí.  The lifting of parliamentary immunity sets a precedent for member states to use the European Parliament as a battleground for their personal grievances, undermining the democratic authority of the European Union…

EFA is concerned by the continuing oppression against the HDP (People’s Democratic Party).  In a recent letter sent to EU representatives and high-level officials from Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, HDP co-chairs, the HDP documents the series of measures taken against them by the government of President Erdoğan.  The internationally binding rulings, including those of…

EFA expresses its concern regarding violations of the ceasefire agreements in Nagorno-Karabakh and continuing breaches of international humanitarian law.  Paragraph 8 of the brokered ceasefire statement signed on November 9th, 2020 states that the “exchange of prisoners of war, hostages, and other detainees as well as the remains of the fatalities shall be carried out”.…

EFA is saddened to hear of the passing of Roelof Falkena, co-founder of the European Free Alliance and member of the Frisian movement.  Roel will be remembered in EFA for being one of the most charismatic and relevant politicians of Fryske Nasjonale Partij (FNP) and of the European Free Alliance. For more than two decades,…

English below // anglais ci-dessous Il faut préserver la diversité des langues Le refroidissement culturel est aussi mortel que le réchauffement climatique L’heure est à défendre la diversité biologique et la vie. Il faut contrôler toutes les activités humaines qui participent à la destruction de la vie sur notre planète. La faune, la flore, qu’elles soient…

As results are finalised from Catalonia’s elections on Sunday 14th February, the voice of Catalan voters is clear: independence and self-determination is Catalonia’s desire.  For the first time, pro-independence parties took more than half the votes, winning 51% – up from 47.5% in the last regional election in December 2017. Between them, they now hold 74…

On Sunday 14 February, Catalan voters head to the polls to decide on a new Catalonian government. Sunday’s vote represents an opportunity for Catalonia to bring in a new era of progressive and open dialogue on Catalonia’s future.  The current Catalan government is a coalition of pro-independence parties. With a clear political mandate for independence,…

EFA believes that all people, in their diversity, are equal in dignity. For this reason, social justice is a key priority in our programme. The EU must combat social insecurity and growing inequalities by giving more guarantees for social justice, combatting child poverty, the gender gap, generational poverty and social exclusion. These issues disproportionally affect…

An unprecedented survey on the state of the Union has revealed public apathy towards the United Kingdom is stronger than ever: and calls for independence are growing in both Scotland and Wales.  Collecting results of recent polls from Panelbase, YouGov, and LucidTalk, The Sunday Times – a traditionally unionist newspaper – have released a landmark…

Today marks two years since EFA’s original call for the end of the isolation regime for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and the release of all political prisoners in Turkey. In January 2019, Kurdish MEP Leyla Güven was released from prison following an 80-day hunger strike.  However, in December 2020, Güven was sentenced to 22 years in prison on terror…