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25 January 2019

Kurdish MP Leyla Güven out of prison but still on hunger strike against Erdogan’s isolation policy

European Free Alliance (EFA) calls for the end of the isolation regime for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and the release of all political prisoners in Turkey. Peace talks between Erdogan’s government and Kurdish authorities must resume in order to find a political solution that leads to a genuine coexistence of all communities and peoples in…

21 January 2019

EFA kicks off EU election race by launching a procedure to appoint a “Spitzenkandidat”

Ahead of the European Parliament elections 2019, the European Free Alliance has launched a procedure to appoint the first lead candidate in EFA’s history, also known as “Spitzenkandidat”, who will be formally presented on the 7th of March (18h) at the Concert Noble in Brussels. The elected “Spitzenkandidat” will be EFA’s main face of the…

17 January 2019

Parliament approves Terricabras report on Fundamental Rights

Press release from EFA MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras (ERC) The European Parliament has voted to approve a report prepared by MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya – ERC) which analyses the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (in 2017). The report, approved by MEPs, calls for “impartial” investigations into the excessive use of…