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The awarded provider will be required to take pictures and record short videos and edit them to be available at the end of each day of the event. EFA’s Communication team will coordinate and monitor the work, as well as prepare and deliver the working schedule for the provider. EFA is hiring (at least) two…

The President of the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament, Oriol Junqueras, has written an opinion article aimed at all European democrats, encouraging them to foster the dialogue process between Catalonia and Spain and to end the repression, which would bring Europe back to the darkest moments of its democracy. Junqueras also urges…

EFA MEPs elect ERC’s Junqueras to succeed Alyn Smith Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras has today (Tuesday) been elected President of the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. He succeeds SNP MEP Alyn Smith who was elected to the UK Parliament at the December UK General Election. The European Free Alliance forms a joint parliamentary group…

Yesterday, European Court of Justice ruled that our colleague Oriol Junqueras has the right to be a Member of the European Parliament. The Spanish Supreme Court had ruled that Junqueras could not take up his seat after he was elected in the last European elections in May, as he was in pretrial detention for having…

Plaid Cymru to retain its 4 MPs at Westminster The European Free Alliance welcomes the positive results of EFA’s member parties at the UK general election held on 12 December, in which the Scottish National Party (SNP) have made big gains across Scotland, winning 48 out of 59 seats. The SNP secured 45% of the…

 “Waiting for the Western Balkan countries to join the European Union, without clear rules and specific requirements on what we are expected to do, works to the detriment of the Western Balkans, the Balkans in general and Europe as a whole,” said the Chairman of the Committee on European Integration of the Assembly of the…

The European Free Alliance supports its member party Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine (LSV) on the adoption of the ‘Memorandum on the future of Vojvodina’, a document signed by representatives of the LSV and other parties on 26 November. The memorandum, which was announced in the town of Subotica, emphasizes a “democratic and pro-European commitment”. EFA, as…

The European Parliament voted on 18 November to declare a climate and environmental emergency in Europe. In the past weeks and months, there were calls for the EU to take the necessary action in cutting greenhouse gasses in order to achieve climate neutrality. The historical resolution was supported by EFA group MEPs. The party of…

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,…

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…