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20 June 2019

EFA condemns lack of evidence at trial against Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş and demands his immediate release

Renewed EU institutions must take action against Turkey over political persecution of Kurdish representatives The European Free Alliance condemns the lack of evidence at trial against the Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been on unjustified pre-trial detention for more than two years now, and therefore demands his immediate release and the full acquittal on…

EFA President denounces political motivation on banning Junqueras from European Parliament

López de Lacalle says it would be undemocratic to constitute the assembly without an elected member The President of the European Free Alliance, Lorena López de Lacalle, has criticized the decision of the Supreme Court in Spain to bar Oriol Junqueras from taking up seat as a member of the European Parliament, and denounced that…

Alyn Smith elected President of EFA group in the European Parliament

Alyn Smith has today been elected President of the European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament. He succeeds Catalan MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras who stood down at the recent European election. An MEP for the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2004, Alyn was recently re-elected to the European Parliament, where he has served as…

EFA parties win 12 seats at European Parliament elections

The European Free Alliance (EFA) will be represented in the next European Parliament by at least 12 elected members of 8 regionalist or nationalist parties from 5 member states, who will be working in the coming five years to build a real Europe of all peoples based on democracy and the respect for diversity and…

SNP Conference endorses Scotland’s case for an independent nation within the EU

The Spring Conference of the Scottish National Party (SNP), a member of the European Free Alliance, took place in Edinburgh on April 27-28, welcoming 3.000 delegates of the biggest political party in Scotland. EFA President, Lorena López de Lacalle, and EFA Director, Gunther Dauwen, attended the 2-days conference in which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered…

Discover the work of the EFA Group in the European Parliament

Summary overview of the work of EFA MEPs in the European Parliament 2014-2019 The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament is made up of MEPs representing Europe’s stateless nations, regions and minorities. Over the 2014 -2019 Parliamentary term, EFA MEPs have come from Catalonia, Galicia, Latvia, Basque Country, Scotland, Valencia and Wales. The work…