🇪🇺🗳️ The European Free Alliance will be the voice of Europe’s diversity in the European Parliament.
We keep striving for a more democratic and diverse Europe
#ForAll
!
🔴Oriol
@junqueras
elected President of EFA Group in the European Parliament. EFA MEPs in
@GreensEFA
elect
@ERC_INTL
leader to succeed
@AlynSmith
.
"We are looking forward to welcoming him to Strasbourg next week to take up his seat", said
@F_Alfonsi
.
📣 Today MEP
@AlynSmith
from
@theSNP
has been elected President of the EFA group in the
@Europarl_EN
.
He will succeed
@jmterricabras
who in the past years has done a great job representing the diversity of Europe's stateless nations, regions and minorities
👏 Congratulations!
🚨 EFA PR 🚨
The arrest of Carles Puigdemont is unacceptable.
EFA calls for the EU to use their position as a democratic union to fairly protect the rights of their citizens, including the right to self-determination.
Read more here:
🔴
#Catalan
,
#Galician
, and
#Basque
are a step closer to becoming official languages in the EU!
👅💪We welcome Spain's formal appeal to the Council and proudly support this move towards linguistic
#diversity
and inclusion.
🗣️ EFA group President
@AlynSmith
to
@vonderleyen
during the debate before the election of the European Commission President:
"This house is not complete, we are missing 3 members from Catalonia, including our group colleague
@junqueras
"
#EPlenary
1/2
Find the differences between Spain and Poland and come to the conclusion that the EU -and most of its centralised member states- lack courage, are hypocritical and use double standards when it comes to democratic values, human rights,...
New Years wishes forc
@junqueras
(in prison for 59 nights) the leader of our Catalan member party
@Esquerra_ERC
. EFA wishes him for 2018 no longer to be a political prisoner. Lead your people to the Republic Oriol! Keep the faith!
📣 EFA calls on UK Government to allow
#Scotland
the right to decide its own future.
Tories cannot ignore the clear mandate for
#democracy
in Scotland by blocking the Scottish Government’s request to hold a referendum on independence.
#SelfDetermination
is a fundamental right.
Since the 16th of October 2017,
@jcuixart
President of
@omnium
has been in prison without bail, awaiting trial. He spent Christmas away from his family and friends. Our wish for 2018 is a EU free of political prisoners.
#LlibertatPresosPolitics
🔴
@KRLS
Puigdemont and
@toni_comin
have already been recognized as elected MEPs.
A victory for democracy, civil rights and freedoms that must continue with
@junqueras
seating immediately in
@Europarl_EN
.
🤝Looking forward to working together for the right to
#SelfDetermination
.
👉 A fair nation
👉 A sustainable nation
👉 A feminist nation
👉 An antifascist nation
👉 A pacifist nation
Over 40.000 people marching today in
#Bilbao
to demand
#SelfDetermination
and independence.
Gora Euskal Herria Askatuta! ✊
Catalan voices of democracy are being crushed, with the majority of Catalan leaders now in exile or in prison for holding a democratic referendum. EU inaction is un-European, un-democratic, unacceptable!
#LlibertatPresosPolitics
#Catalunya
#Catalonia
President of the Flemish Parliament convokes the Spanish ambassador in his office to explain that in a democracy presidents of parliaments, members of government, members of parliament aren't put in jail.
📜Glad to see the European Parliament recognizing
#Catalan
leaders Oriol
@junqueras
,
@KRLS
Puigdemont and
@toni_comin
as elected MEPs.
🗣️🇪🇺 Despite all vetos and obstacles, the voice of more than 2 million people will be finally heard in Europe. A victory for democracy.
Merry Christmas to all of you but most of all for the 4 in prison and their families having an empty chair, Merry Christmas to the 2 Jordi’s, Joacim and my friend Oriol. We think of you all!
#libertatpresospolitics
#bonnadal
#catalunya
#democracia
📰
@ClaraPonsati
MEP was arrested today after 5 years in exile.
From EFA, we celebrate her return home and call the
@EP_President
to make sure her rights as an elected member of
@Europarl_EN
are respected.
Independent expert
@Alfreddezayas
: "The right of states to territorial integrity cannot be used against the right to self determination. Other states must not interfere, but still the population within one state can indeed secede from its own state democratic and peacefully"
We wish you good luck at
#BenidormFest
,
@tanxugueiras
. We are glad to listen to your amazing song in Galician! We need more presence of minority languages in Europe! You are music, you are feelings, you are Europe! 🇪🇺🎶
We‘d have appreciated to be in the
#Spitzenkandidat
debate tonight to
#TellEurope
about our proposals for the
#EUelections2019
Unfortunately, our SK
@junqueras
is facing an unfair pre-trial detention in ES and his civil rights have not been protected so that he could be present.
Let’s not forget that Spain escalated the conflict: putting politicians in prison, police violence (PP prison-police) and the EU said nothing! Although it’s never too late to speak, now would be a good time! Catalonia has become a European affair anyway!
Today we mark 31 years since the 1991 referendum and declaration of independence in Nagorno-Karabakh.
We support the right to self-determination for the people of Artsakh.
Spain jails 5 more Catalan pro-independence leaders, rising the number of
#presospolitics
to 9, 7 have been forced to go into exile.
Massive
#CatalanSpring
demostrations being prepared.
#EuropeWakeUp
"Civil and fundamental rights in the EU: the Catalan case" conference at the European Parliament, by MEPs
@jordisolef
&
@jmterricabras
.
#catalancase1O
We will be covering it on twitter on this thread ⬇️⬇️
🗣️ "I am being persecuted for my ideas and not for the facts [...]
Nothing of what we did is a crime. Voting in a referendum is not a crime nor it is working peacefully for the independence" says
@junqueras
at Spanish Supreme Court
#JunquerasAcusa
#DemocracyOnTrial
Today the
@Europarl_EN
starts its new term in
#Strasbourg
, but there are 3 Catalan MEPs that have been banned from taking their seats.
@DianaRibaGiner
shows MEP-elected
@junqueras
picture to denounce he cannot be there for defending democracy and the right to self-determination
He is Roger Español. The 1 Oct 2017 went to vote. When Spanish police was leaving after taking the ballot boxes away, they decided to fire rubber ballots - banned in Catalonia since 2014.
Roger Español lost an eye.
He is the face of impunity of the Spanish state
#catalancase1O
The
@EFAparty
demands amnesty for all Catalan leaders sentenced for carrying out their democratic mandate.
Organising a referendum cannot be a criminal offence. We call on the EU institutions & international community to support dialogue.
👇Press release
The Spanish Public Prosecutor had to withdraw the arrest warrant in Belgium as it was clear that President
@KRLS
would not be extradited. We await now what could be yet another fiasco for Spanish "justice" abroad.
We are deeply concerned with the European Parliament vote to lift the parliamentary immunity of Catalan MEPs
@KRLS
,
@toni_comin
and
@ClaraPonsati
.
Read our full statement here:
#Solidarity
with Catalonia coming from Vallée d'Aoste/Valle d'Aosta, where the regional parliament has passed by 31 votes in favour and 1 abstention a motion in support of the Catalan people.
#WithCatalonia
#AmbCatalunya
En conclusion de ses travaux, le Conseil de la Vallée a approuvé une motion de solidarité à la Catalogne. L'Assemblée se réunira à nouveau mardi 5 et mercredi 6 décembre.
An inspirational leader who has been a formidable ambassador around Europe for Scotland, for
@theSNP
, and for EFA.
We want to say thank you, tapadh leat
@NicolaSturgeon
Today thousands of people are peacefully marching in Barcelona, calling for amnesty for Catalan political leaders.
The current conflict between Catalonia and Spain can only be solved through dialogue. Repression should never be the answer!
Today all day this prison cell is stationed at the heart of the EU institutions! What is Europe doing to free the Catalan Political prisoners? You cannot jail ideas, democracy, let alone a whole People.
#LlibertatPresosPolitics
EFA wishes to congratulate
@HumzaYousaf
on his election as the leader of our member party
@theSNP
We look forward to working with you and ensuring Scotland's voice is heard and represented in Europe.
🏴🇪🇺
CONFERENCE | ‘LAWFARE': Judicialisation of politics.
Two panels to stress the use of judicial structures for the persecution of political opponents:
📅 19 February 2020 (09:30 -13:30)
📌Brussels (The European Parliament - Room ASP1G2)
🗞️
#LawFareEP
Thousands of Basques marched today under the rain in Bilbao, demanding an immediate end to the cruel and unnecessary dispersion of Basque prisoners.
#PrestGaude
#EuskalPresoakEuskalHerrira
The Catalan issue is not only an issue about independence. It is truly a matter of human rights in the EU. And the EU has chosen to side with those who use forbidden weapons to injure voters.
We work everyday for
#AnotherEurope
#catalancase1O
🗣
@KRLS
President Puigdemont: “The rational solution of holding an agreed referendum like happened in
#Quebec
has been rejected more than 10 times. We want to vote. If Spain is a real democratic Spain, it should listen to the demands of the
#Catalan
people”.
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Republic of Artsakh's Declaration of Independence.
But it is not a day of celebration for the people of Artsakh. They are suffering immensely under the blockade imposed by Azerbaijani forces.
👏👏 Congratulations to EFA member party
@Esquerra_ERC
for the great results in State elections: most voted party in Catalonia for the 1st time, 15 seats (+6). Moltes felicitacions!
#EleccionesGenerales28A
Conference about the
#CatalanTrial
starts with the openi words from
@NVA_EU
MEP
@ralphpacket
: “Despite Tajani’s decision, we will continue fighting for democracy and freedom of speech”.
The double standards of the European institutions at their highest levels. If breaches of democracy and human rights in Poland and Hungary are dealt from Brussels, Spain's authoritarian response to
#Catalonia
should too!
#LlibertatPresosPoliticsCatalans
.
@dolorsbassa
has been active for workers' rights for 15+ ys. She was Minister of labour &soc. affairs in
#Catalonia
until 27/10 when she was dismissed for holding a referendum.She has been in prison for 25 Days. Show your support through
#freedomletters
#LlibertatPresosPolitics
📸 PHOTO ACTION!
All EFA politicians from the EFA family are invited today to take a photo with the poster of Carme Forcadell & tweet: "As a member of the ___ , I call for the immediate release of the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Carme Forcadell
#FreeForcadell
"
Today is
#DiaDasLetrasGalegas
. All European languages have to be protected and normalized to build a more plural and diverse Europe, a Europe of All Peoples.
#QueremosGalego
Campaign for Catalan elections starts tomorrow, and Catalan VP and
@Esquerra_ERC
leader Oriol
@Junqueras
along with 3 other independentist leaders will remain in prison.
As Catalan President Companys said in 1936: We will suffer again, we will fight again, and we will win again!
📢 The
@EFAparty
will always defend the respect for civic and political rights and the right to decide of all peoples in Europe, also in
#Catalonia
.
We call for the end of repression and release of all prisoners
👇 Press release on the
#Diada2019
German Justice Minister Katarina Barley hails the decision to free
@KRLS
#Puigdemont
warning Spain: " proving misuse of funds will be hard! Following insufficient evidence Puigdemont is a free man in a free country."
#libertatpresospolitics
#AnotherEurope
Scotland’s ‘14 referendum was a gold standard for giving people the right to choose.
So much has changed! The people of Scotland want to rejoin the European family, and we’re backing them! It’s time for Scotland to have another vote and take control of its future 🏴💜🇪🇺