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Oriol Junqueras elected as EFA Lead Candidate for European elections

Catalan leader and former MEP Oriol Junqueras, currently imprisoned, has been designated EFA’s first-ever Lead Candidate for the European elections 2019 after receiving the support of the delegates from the 45 parties taking part in this year’s EFA General Assembly in Brussels More than a hundred delegates from the 45 member parties of the European Free…

EFA’s campaign for a Europe of ALL peoples to be launched in Brussels

Ahead of the upcoming European elections, the European Free Alliance will appoint the first lead candidate in EFA’s history, also known as “Spitzenkandidat”, who will be presented with the rest of the candidates during the launch of the campaign EFA’s vision for a Europe of ALL peoples will be unveiled during the launch of the party’s European campaign on…

No fair trial for Catalan political prisoners

The trial starts with the request of 214 years of prison for the Catalan leaders The members and friends of the European political party European Free Alliance (EFA) want to express our deep concern about the unfair trial that is about to begin against the Catalan leaders and Catalan political prisoners, who have already been on…

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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…

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…

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…