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New EU Commission: Diversity of peoples and minorities must be recognized

On 27 November the European Parliament approved the new European Commission with 461 votes in favour, 157 against and 89 abstentions. The newly elected commissioners, led by Ursula Von der Leyen, will take office on 1 December. The European Free Alliance calls on the new European Commission to recognize the true extent of Europe’s diversity,…

EFA calls for respect and recognition for Macedonian minority in Bulgaria

The European Free Alliance calls on the Bulgarian government as well as on local and regional authorities to ensure respect and recognition for the Macedonian minority in the country. Alleged violations of fundamental rights and rising cases in the use of hate speech and intimidations against this community must be tackled. EFA also reminds the…

EFA parties in the Basque Country and Galicia make progress at Spanish elections

Esquerra Republicana has been the most voted party in Catalonia . The European Free Alliance welcomes the results of EFA’s member parties at the Spanish parliamentary elections held on the 10th of November, in which its members from the Basque Country and Galicia have made important progress, despite the worrying rise of the far-right at…

EFA welcomes opinion from ECJ's Advocate General on immunity of MEP Oriol Junqueras

The European Free Alliance party and the EFA group in the European Parliament welcome the opinion from the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General in favour of Greens/EFA MEP Oriol Junqueras. The Advocate General stated on 12 November that an MEP’s mandate comes solely from the electorate and cannot be conditional on the completion of…

Camilo Nogueira and Patxi Zabaleta receive 2019 Coppieters Awards

Camilo Nogueira, a historical leader of the Galician movement and former EFA Member of the European Parliament, and Patxi Zabaleta, a salient champion of the cause of social justice and recognition for the Basque people, received the 2019 Coppieters Awards at an event in Brussels on the 6 November. The Coppieters Awards are an initiative…

Romani language must be recognized and promoted at European level

The European Free Alliance fully supports the recognition of the Romani language at European and international level, as well as its promotion within the educational systems and usage in speech and writing. On the International Romani Language Day, EFA calls on the EU institutions, EU member states as well as regional and local authorities to…

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23 October 2019

EU should impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria military intervention

Press Release from EFA Member of the European Parliament François Alfonsi EFA MEP François Alfonsi has called on the EU to impose sanctions against the Turkish regime in response to their aggression against the Kurdish people in Rojava, northern Syria. Turkey launched a unilateral military intervention and invasion of Kurdish controlled areas. This has caused significant humanitarian…

EFA defends Scotland’s place in Europe and the right to decide on its own future

The European Free Alliance calls on the EU institutions, as well as its 28 member states, to recognize the right of Scotland to remain in the European Union regardless of the Brexit outcome, and defends the right of the Scottish people to decide whether they want their nation to become an independent country in the…

EFA defends devolution to Yorkshire as a key tool for social progress

As the only European Political Party that actively works for self-determination and territorial autonomy in all its degrees, the European Free Alliance defends devolution to Yorkshire in order to achieve further social progress in the region. During a speech at the 2019 Autumn Conference of the Yorkshire Party, held in Wakefield on 11-12 October, EFA…

Self-determination is a democratic right: EFA demands amnesty for Catalan political leaders

Today, the Spanish Supreme Court has found Catalan leaders who promoted the self-determination referendum on 1st October 2017 guilty of severe charges such as sedition and has handed down jail sentences of up to 99 years in total. The European Free Alliance condemns this verdict, and believes that the criminalisation of the fundamental democratic right…