The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament currently includes representatives from Scotland, Catalonia, Galicia, Wales and Latvia.
Alyn Smith MEP has today been elected President of the European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament.
He succeeds Catalan MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras who stood down at the recent European election.
An MEP for the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2004, Alyn was recently re-el...
Summary overview of the work of EFA MEPs in the European Parliament 2014 -2019
The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament is made up of MEPs representing Europe’s stateless nations, regions and minorities.
Over the 2014 -2019 Parliamentary term, EFA MEPs have come from Catalonia, Galicia, Latvia, Basque Country, Scotland, Valencia and Wales.
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SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today given an impassioned speech in the European parliament in Strasbourg warning that the Leave campaigns lied and broke the law, and that politicians from the campaign will do so again in the upcoming EU elections.
Alyn said:
"President, thank you. So as a Scotti...
The SNP's leader in the European Parliament, Ian Hudghton MEP, has called out the 'idiotic Westminster chaos of Brexit'.
As the European Parliament debated recent developments in Brexit this afternoon, Mr Hudghton reminded MEPs that Scotland had voted to remain in the EU.
He argued...
SNP Member of the European parliament Alyn Smith has, to warm applause, urged the European Union to "leave a light on" for Scotland to find our way back to the EU if we are removed against our democratic will.
The intervention was warmly applauded across the Chamber and by Presidents Tu...
The European Parliament has backed a report setting out tough new measures to tackle tax avoidance and financial crimes.
This is the result of a year-long special committee which was set up to look into the matter, following several recent scandals such as Luxleaks and the Panama papers.
Green...
Catalan MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras (Greens/EFA) has welcomed today's vote in the European Parliament in favour of reforming the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI). The vote passed with 535 votes in favour, 90 against and 41 abstentions.
Terricabras is spokesperson for the Greens/EFA gro...
Press release from EFA MEP Jill Evans (Plaid Cymru)
Member of the European Parliament for Wales, Jill Evans, has joined calls with a cross-party group of MEPs in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May asking her to urgently bring forward a proposal to replace the funding provided for Wales by the EU.
Wales currently benefits from billions of pound...
Press release from EFA MEPs J-M Terricabras & Jordi Solé
EFA MEPs from Catalonia have spoken out in the European Parliament this week as the trial gets underway in Madrid of the Catalan political prisoners - government ministers, civil society leaders and former Speaker of the Catalan parliament - for seeking to assert Catalonia's right to self-determ...
Galician MEP Ana Miranda has insisted that the opening of infringement procedures against the Spanish state for non-compliance with EU rules on rail safety, announced last Thursday by the European Commission, should have political consequences for former Spanish ministers José Blanco and Ana ...
Conference on language technologies and digital equality in a multilingual Europe
Whilst many minority or smaller languages are thriving as community languages, it is often a different story online, where English often dominates. This is not only a problem for minority languages. Many EU languages are majority languages in the real world but have become minority languages in the digital world.
Exchange of views about fundamental rights in Spain
Watch a video clip about this event:
This exchange of views about fundamental rights in Spain will include the participation of relatives and lawyers of:
The Catalan political prisoners
the eight young peo...
EFA MEP Jordi Solé invites Juncker to visit Catalan political prisoners
EFA MEP Jordi Solé invites European Commission President Juncker to visit the Catalan political prisoners to discuss European values, during the European Parliament's State of the Union debate.
Jill Evans presents her report on language equality in the digital age at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, which makes proposals to help bridge the digital language divide.
EFA MEP Jordi Solé gives an update on the situation in Catalonia at a press conference in the European Parliament, alongside relatives of the political prisoners and exiled politicians, on 26 March 2018.
EFA MEP Jordi Solé asks a question of Irish PM Varadkar
In response to a question from Catalan MEP Jordi Solé (EFA) during a debate on the Future of Europe, Irish Taoiseach Varadkar called for dialogue between the Spanish and Catalan governments.
EFA MEP Jill Evans (Wales) in the EP debate on Brexit
EFA MEP Jill Evans (Wales) from Plaid Cymru talks about the importance of citizens' rights during the EP's Brexit debate ahead of December's European Council.
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