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This story reveals that the EU’s powers to enforce its own laws are slow and insufficient and that the Commission should have the competence to negotiate directly with the regional government EFA expresses its grave concern at the repeated attempts by the PP and Vox in the Andalucian Parliament to drive through a law that…

EFA believes that the changed circumstances since Brexit make it more important than ever that the people have their say on the future of Northern Ireland This Easter marks the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The Agreement was a milestone in the promotion of peace on the island of Ireland and has since…

The Bureau decided to have two candidates of two different genders to promote gender equality in the European institutions The European Free Alliance will run for the European elections 2024 with a Spitzenkandidat-tandem. Last Monday the Bureau of the party decided to elect two candidates of two different genders to lead their project in the…

The European political party visited Xanthi and Komotini for a series of meetings with their member party DEB Partisi and local organisations in the region representing the Turkish minority in Western Thrace. EFA heard of their struggles and the repression the community faces from the Greek government despite multiple ECHR rulings in favour of their…

In an international show of solidarity, the European Free Alliance has joined partners across Europe and further afield in expressing our support and solidarity with the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who face being banned by the government of Turkey. The HDP advocates a democratic and pluralist Turkey, in which people live in freedom and justice,…

On Tuesday (28/02) during a public hearing of the European Parliament Petitions Committee (PETI), MEPs and staff from the Left, The Socialists, the Greens, and the European Free Alliance left the room in disgust following yet another abuse of the committee by the chairwoman Dolors Montserrat of the Spanish Partido Popular party (EPP). Repeated abuse…

On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, EFA regrets that the conflict persists and calls for further humanitarian support for Ukrainian people and those fleeing from the war On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation escalated its conflict in Ukraine into a full-fledged invasion, bringing war back to Europe for the first time in…

In the early hours of the 21st of February, EFA MEP Ana Miranda was denied entry to Palestine by the Israeli authorities and sent back to the Spanish state. The Galizan MEP was due to spend a few days in Palestine as a member of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine (DPAL). Other…

Since 2017, a number of activists have been imprisoned and subjected to degrading treatment in the Macedonian prison system, many of them having been jailed on the basis of questionable charges. Their case is one of political persecution owing to their opposition to the government’s efforts to impose a change of the country’s name, against…

“QatarGate is an unmitigated scandal, but we cannot take our eyes off Morocco, a country that is becoming a powerful regional military power with long tentacles into the EU and where human rights violations are systemic.” EFA MEP Diana Riba In a Twitter thread originally published in Catalan, the EFA MEP sheds light on the…