Category: Diversity for all
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EFA wants to include discrimination against minorities into the rule of law mechanism
The Macedonian minority in Bulgaria still faces discrimination and harassment by the state, the police, and nationalist hooligans The European Free Alliance considers it necessary to include discrimination against national minorities on the grounds to apply the EU rule of law mechanism against its own member states. Last Saturday, in an event in Sandanski, Bulgaria,…
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EFA calls the EU to listen to the needs of minority groups in the next term
In an event in Komotini (Western Thrace), EFA President and Spitzenkandidatin stressed the importance of minorities being recognised and represented in the institutions The European Free Alliance calls for the EU to take seriously the needs of the different minority groups in the European countries. In an event in Greece, EFA highlighted that there are…
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What does the EU do for minorities?
An EFA press conference in Flensburg (Germany) highlighted how important voting for transnational lists would be for minorities This week, the campaign for the European elections brought EFA to the German-Danish border region. On Monday, EFA held a press conference in Flensburg, on the German side, to explain our pan-European campaign to the media in…
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Help us build a more democratic and diverse Europe! Donate!
This article highlights the importance of donating to EFA and how your contributions can directly support our events and activities across Europe. EFA, like all other European Political Parties, is mainly funded by grants from the European Parliament, but as a condition of those grants, we must raise our own income. Some European Political Parties…
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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 island territories…
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Maylis Roßberg EFA Spitzenkandidatin round of contacts with NGO’s
Last November Maylis Roßberg, EFA Spitzenkandidatin, was in Brussels for meeting with different NGO’s. Maylis dedicated her time to engaging with various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are at the forefront of advocating for language and minority rights, sustainability, and women’s rights. Her presence and involvement in these discussions underscore her commitment to addressing pressing societal…
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EFA MEPs speak out for the recognition of Catalan, Basque, and Galician as EU official languages
MEPs Ana Miranda, Jordi Solé, and Diana Riba hosted a conference in the European Parliament to support the European Language Equality Network’s call for linguistic justice EFA MEPs Ana Miranda, Jordi Solé, and Diana Riba have thrown their weight behind the call of the European Language Equality Network (ELEN) to make Catalan, Basque, and Galician official languages of the…