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Since 1974, every year on 5 June World Environment Day is celebrated worldwide. This year’s theme is ‘Biodiversity’ and aims to raise awareness about this specific issue, of particular importance in the midst of a global pandemic. COVID-19 has demonstrated to us all how inter-dependent we are as human beings and the urgent need to…

Following EFA President’s letter sent to Commissioner for Crisis Management on the current situation of the Sahrawis trapped in refugee camps in Western Sahara, Janez Lenarčič has replied highlighting his concerns about the humanitarian crisis and the harsh living conditions of the Sahrawi. Commissioner’s response reports the envelope for the humanitarian aid delivery in the…

Following Israel’s announcement of the annexation of parts of the West Bank, EFA calls on the international community to protect the rights of Palestinian people and to respect the international law, which establishes that the settlements in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 are illegal. The continuous threats of annexation by Israel of parts…

Dr Bob Buxton has been elected as the new leader of the Yorkshire Party and outgoing leader Chris Whitwood will be taking on the role of Yorkshire Party Ambassador to the European Free Alliance. Dr Buxton, who joined the party in 2014, and was one of the first party members to be elected as a…

According to reports by human rights and prison monitoring organisations, the conditions of prisons in Turkey have worsened during the pandemic. Since early March, the government of Turkey has been implementing various measures to fight COVID-19 within prisons across the country. This includes a highly contested amnesty law that was utterly unfair and discriminatory at…

EFA President Lorena López de Lacalle has sent a letter to Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič addressing him some questions on the current situation of the Sahrawis trapped in refugee camps in Western Sahara. The letter has been sent amid severe concerns over the humanitarian conditions and the devastating effects the pandemic might cause…

EFA calls on the Government of Turkey to suspend its anti-Kurdish policies and to not use the COVID-19 pandemic to further repress Kurdish democratic institutions, including their municipalities. This does not only undermine local democracy and the political will of Kurdish people, but also destroys the already weak social and healthcare infrastructure, making them even…

EFA member party OMO “Ilinden” – PIRIN, together with a group of organisations representing the Macedonian minority in the Republic of Bulgaria, have written a joint declaration to strongly condemn the latest provocations perpetrated by the Bulgarian Government, which operate against the opening of the European integration negotiations of the Republic of Macedonia. The signatories…

The Congress will take place in the historical location of Flensburg (Südschleswig, Germany), marking the centenary of the 1920 referendum on the border between Denmark and Germany. It will be hosted by EFA’s member parties Südschleswigsche Wählerverband party (SSW), representing the Danish minority in Germany, and Schleswigsche Partei (SP), representing the German minority in Denmark.…

Today we celebrate Europe Day immersed in an unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. We have heard a lot about the need to reconstruct Europe, but normality is not an option: the post-pandemic Union must be a Europe of all Peoples. Read our full Op-Ed on the future of Europe published on Euractiv website to mark Europe Day…