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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…

EFA calls for a permanent ceasefire and the end of hostilities in Gaza

Israeli Palestinian War, day 75. On 7 October Hamas killed about 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and took more than 200 people hostage. The Israeli armed forces, under Netanyahu’s Government, attacked Gaza as a result of it. Another 1.200 Israelis have been killed. Since then, Palestinian death toll in Gaza nears 20.000, mostly children…

EFA and Patto Autonomie e Ambiente will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Charter of Chivasso

The Charter of Chivasso, published in 1943, is the fundamental document for historical autonomism in the Italian Republic The President of the European Free Alliance Lorena López de Lacalle will visit Chivasso, in Piemonte, next Saturday. Together with Patto Autonomie e Ambiente, she will celebrate the 80 anniversary of the publication of the Charter of…

EFA Islands Forum demands affordable housing in Islands from Friesland

Representatives of various European island regions met together in Skylge island to debate housing solutions applied in different countries and regions The EFA Islands Forum, made up of all the EFA parties that represent island territories, met last weekend at the Frisian island of Skylge to demand affordable housing in European islands. Representatives from different…