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On July 26, an officer from the Serbian Police Department requested the removal of some posters of Vojvodina Front in Žabalj, that were glued by some adherents to this front. The agent ordered the removal without prior representation, thus violating freedom of expression and committing an abuse of power. For this reason, the European Free…

EFA Member of the European Parliament Christian Allard, from the Scottish National Party (SNP), was born in Dijon (France) and has lived in Scotland for over thirty years where he has worked extensively in the fishing and seafood industries. He became a Member of the Scottish Parliament in 2013 and is passionate about Scotland’s future in Europe.…

The President of the European Free Alliance, Lorena López de Lacalle, participated on 5 July in an event organized in Rome by the women’s movement ‘Stati Generali delle Donne’, with presence in the different regions of Italy and advocating for a gender inclusive and sustainable Europe. “Women will play a key role in achieving a…

The European Free Alliance urges the European Parliament to protect the political rights of the three MEP-elect Catalan representatives –Oriol Junqueras, Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín– who have been barred from taking their seats by the Spanish judicial authorities, and calls for their recognition as elected members in order to ensure the chamber’s democratic legitimacy.…

The European Free Alliance calls for the Austrian and Carinthian region governments as well as the EU institutions to ensure access to quality education for the Slovenian minority in Austria, which would contribute to the protection and use of Slovenian language in South Carinthia. EFA member party Enotna Lista/ Einheitsliste is the only party defending…

The European Free Alliance party and the group in the European Parliament will strengthen their cooperation in the coming five years in order to join efforts in the defense of a union of peoples based on the respect for democracy and diversity, which includes cultural, linguistic and minorities rights. EFA party President, Lorena López de…

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…

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…

The European Free Alliance recalls the European Commission its duty to ensure the respect for minorities rights in Greece as it is the guarantor of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. In this sense, EFA regrets the fact that nor the European institutions nor the Greek government have taken substantial political action to…

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…