EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The 'European Free Alliance' ('EFA') is a grouping of various political parties in Europe who believe in either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region.
The group has five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs):

★ Jillian Evans, Plaid Cymru, Wales

★ Ian Hudghton, Scottish National Party, Scotland

★ Mikel Irujo, Eusko Alkartasuna, (Basque Solidarity), Euskal Herria

★ Alyn Smith, Scottish National Party, Scotland

★ Tatjana Ždanoka, For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par Cilveka Tiesibam Vienota Latvija), Latvia
MEP Ždanoka is an individual affiliate to the EFA group at the European Parliament. Her party is not a member of EFA. EFA is in a joint group with the Greens in the European Parliament: European Greens - European Free Alliance.
In November 2005, Sveriges Television, Sweden's state broadcaster, reported that the June List, with 3 MEPs, were seriously considering changing allegiance in the European Parliament from the eurosceptic/EU-critical Independence and Democracy group to the centre-left European Free Alliance group.

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Participating parties

Parties with Observer status

References

External links

Participating parties

'Current State(s)'	'Party'	'Seeking to represent'
Austria	Enotna Lista	Slovenes
Belgium	Partei Deutschsprachiger Belgier	German speakers
Belgium	Spirit	Flanders
Finland	Ålands Framtid	Åland
France	Ligue Savoisienne	Savoie
France	Mouvement Région Savoie	Savoie
France	Partit Occitan	Occitania
France	Partitu di a Nazione Corsa	Corsica
France	Union démocratique bretonne	Brittany
France	Union du Peuple Alsacien	Alsace
France	Unitat Catalana	Northern Catalonia
Greece	Vinozhito Rainbow Party	Ethnic Macedonians
Italy	Libertà Emiliana-Nazione Emilia	Emilia-Romagna
Italy	Liga Fronte Veneto	Veneto
Italy	Partido Sardo d'Azione	Sardinia
Italy	Slovenska Skupnost	Slovenes
Italy	Union für Südtirol	South Tyrol
Lithuania	Lithuanian Polish People's Party	Poles
Netherlands	Fryske Nasjonale Partij	Friesland
Poland	Ruch Autonomii Śląska	Silesia
Spain	Bloque Nacionalista Galego	Galicia
Spain	Chunta Aragonesista	Aragon
Spain / France Andorra / Italy	Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	Catalan Country
Spain / France	Eusko Alkartasuna	Basque Country
Spain	Partido Andalucista	Andalusia
United Kingdom	Mebyon Kernow	Cornwall
United Kingdom	Plaid Cymru	Wales
United Kingdom	Scottish National Party	Scotland
Czech Republic	Moravane	Moravia
Bulgaria		Ethnic Macedonians

Parties with Observer status

Romania	Liga Transilvania - Banat	Transylvania
Slovakia	Hungarian Federalist Party	Hungarians
Spain	Partit Socialista de Mallorca Entesa Nacionalista	Balearic Islands
Germany	Bavaria Party	Bavaria
Italy	Renouveau Valdôtain	Aosta Valley

The Union Valdôtaine, which stood among the Alliance's founders has ceased to take part in its activities and is no longer a member since April 2007.

References

External links

★ European Free Alliance website

★ European Free Alliance (EFA) Manifesto for the June 2004 European elections

★ The Greens-European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament

★ European Free Alliance Youth EFAY