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Saharawi people rights are Human Rights!

40 Saharawi people are currently trapped in Adolfo Suárez Airport in Madrid. The Spanish government denied them asylum, and they are in danger of being deported to Morocco. This situation has set the alarms of EFA, the European political party of self-determination, since a European member state is about to violate the human rights of…

Raise the voice for the rights of Afghan women!

EFA calls the European Union to step up for the protection of women in Afghanistan, after the Taliban regime announces further outraging laws and prohibitions The rights of Afghan women are at stake. Since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of international troops in 2021, the situation of women and girls…

An initiative for a more democratic Europe: sign the petition in Italy!

EFA member parties are among the promoters of the initiative “Io voglio scegliere” in Italy proposing a referendum to overturn some of the undemocratic Italian electoral rules The EU faces a serious democratic crisis. Unfair electoral rules affecting many member states are one of its most visible signs. The case of the Italian Republic, where…

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4 July 2024

French elections: Joint declaration by the European Greens, the Party of European Socialists, the European Left and the European Free Alliance

After the first round of the French elections, there is a real risk of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) obtaining an absolute majority in the French Assemblée Nationale. This threatens not only French democracy but also the future of the European Union. The French progressive parties have come together and joined forces in Le Nouveau…

EFA will be the voice of Europe's diversity in the European Parliament

The European Free Alliance will continue to be the voice of Europe’s diversity in the European Parliament. Following the European elections, our MEPs they will keep striving for a more democratic and diverse Europe from their place in the European Parliament. From EFA, we want to thank everyone that joined us during this campaign, amplifying…

Italy changing electoral rules months before EU elections means an attack on Italian and European democracy

In the Italian Senate, a group of senators affiliated with the “Fratelli d’Italia” party, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), have introduced an amendment that significantly alters the existing electoral regulations in Italy. It must be noted that Italian electoral laws are already regarded as some of the most convoluted and opaque in…

[UPDATE] EFA expels Latvian Russian Union

The General Assembly of EFA officially approved the expulsion of LRU from the organization This Thursday, the Latvian Russian Union officially ceased to be a member of EFA. The General Assembly of the European Free Alliance met extraordinarily to formally expel LRU from the organization. LRU was already suspended from the European Political Party. Last…

EFA General Assembly 2024: 7th and 8th of March in Brussels

The GA will include an internal day for EFA member parties to meet and debate, and an external day with an event open to the public and press EFA member parties will meet this year for the annual General Assembly in Brussels. After the successful EFA Congress 2023, which was held in October in Strasbourg…

EFA MEP Ana Miranda calls EU attention to the environmental catastrophe on the Galician coast

The BNG MEP spoke in a press conference about maritime security after 26 tons of plastic pellets spilled in the sea arrived at the coast Galicia’s coast has recently been flooded by a tide of plastic pellets after 26 tones of microplastics were spilled into the sea. It is an environmental catastrophe that will have…