European Free Alliance: Difference between revisions

| membership        = {{EUPP data|individual members}}

| youth_wing        = [[European Free Alliance Youth]]

| ideology          = {{Nowrap|[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Autonomism (political doctrine)|Autonomism]]<br />[[Separatism]]}}

| europarl          = [[Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens/EFA]] (3 MEPs)<br />[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|ECR]] ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], 3 MEPs)<br />[[European People's Party Group|EPP Group]] ([[Manuela Ripa]], direct member)<br /> [[The Left in the European Parliament|The Left]] ([[Pernando Barrena]], direct member)

In the [[2004 European Parliament election]], the EFA, which had formally become a [[European political party]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Wolfram Nordsieck |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu-groups2004.html |title=Parties and Elections in Europe |publisher=Parties-and-elections.eu |access-date=20 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064901/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu-groups2004.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was reduced to four MEPs: two from the SNP ([[Ian Hudghton]] and [[Alyn Smith]]), one from PC ([[Jill Evans]]) and one from the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC; [[Bernat Joan i Marí]], replaced at the mid-term by MEP [[Mikel Irujo]] of the Basque EA). They were joined by two associate members: [[Tatjana Ždanoka]] of [[Latvian Russian Union|For Human Rights in United Latvia]] (PCTVL) and [[László Tőkés]], an independent MEP and former member of the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UMDR). Co-operation between the EFA and the Greens continued.

In the [[2009 European Parliament election]], six MEPs were returned for the EFA: two from the SNP (Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith), one from PC (Jill Evans), one from the [[Party of the Corsican Nation]] (PNC; [[François Alfonsi]]), one from the ERC ([[Oriol Junqueras]]), and Tatjana Ždanoka, an individual member of the EFA from Latvia. After the election, the [[New Flemish Alliance]] (N-VA) also joined the EFA. The EFA subgroup thus counted seven MEPs.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wolfram Nordsieck |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu-groups2009.html |title=Parties and Elections in Europe |publisher=Parties-and-elections.eu |access-date=10 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230142/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu-groups2009.html |archive-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Bureau and Secretariat===

The Bureau is completed by other ten vice-presidents: [[Jill Evans]] ([[Plaid Cymru]]), Wouter Patho ([[New Flemish Alliance]]), Frank de Boer ([[Frisian National Party]]), Livia Ceccaldi-Volpei ([[Femu a Corsica|Fermu a Corsica]]), [[Zsolt Szilágyi (politician)|Zsolt Szilágyi]] ([[Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania]]), [[Roberto Visentin]] ([[Pact for Autonomy]]), Lorena López Sánchez ([[New Canaries]]), Kerem Aptourachim Oglou ([[Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace]]), [[Lydie Massard]] ([[Breton Democratic Union]]) and Maiken Poulsen Englund ([[Future of Åland]]).<ref name="EFA-Bureau"/>

Before becoming a member party, an organisation needs to have been an observer of the EFA for at least one year. Only one member party per region is allowed. If a second party from a region wants to join the EFA, the first party needs to agree, at which point these two parties will then form a common delegation with one vote. The EFA also recognises friends of the EFA, a special status for regionalist parties outside of the European Union.<ref name="STAT"/>

===Full members===

| {{flag|Albania}} || [[Macedonian Alliance for European Integration]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mkd.mk/sterjovski-se-sretna-so-pretsedatelkata-na-efa-lorena-lopez-de-lakal/|title=Стерјовски се сретна со претседателката на ЕФА, Лорена Лопез де Лакал|date=9 March 2024|access-date=10 March 2024|language=mk|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309205431/https://mkd.mk/sterjovski-se-sretna-so-pretsedatelkata-na-efa-lorena-lopez-de-lakal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Ethnic Macedonians in Albania|Ethnic Macedonians]] ||  - ||  {{small|Not in the EU}}

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| {{flag|Bulgaria}} || [[United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin]] || [[Blagoevgrad Province|Pirin]] / {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria|Ethnic Macedonians]] || – || –

| [[Catalan Unity]] || [[Northern Catalonia]] || – || –

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| [[Occitan Party]] || {{flag|Occitania}} || – || –

| [[Unser Land|Our Land]] || {{flag|Alsace}} || – || –

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|{{flag|Greece}} || [[Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace]] || [[Western Thrace]] / {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turks of Western Thrace|Ethnic Turks]] || – || –

|[[Pact for Autonomy]] || {{flagicon image|Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.svg}} [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] || – || –

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| [[United Romagna]] || {{flagicon image|Flag of Romagna.svg}} [[Romagna]] || – || –

| {{flag|Netherlands}} || [[Frisian National Party]] || {{flagicon image|Flag of Frisia.svg}} [[Frisians]] / {{flag|Friesland}} || – || –

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| [[Estado Aragonés#Estau Aragonés|Aragonese State]] ||rowspan="2"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Aragon.svg}} [[Aragon]] || – || –

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| [[Més per Menorca|More for Menorca]] || {{flag|Menorca}} || – || –

| [[New Canaries]] || {{flag|Canary Islands}} || – || –

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| [[Socialist Party of Majorca]] || {{flag|Balearic Islands}}|| – || –

| rowspan=4|{{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Mebyon Kernow]] || {{flag|Cornwall}} || – || {{small|Not in the EU}}

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| [[Scottish National Party]] || {{flag|Scotland}} || {{Composition bar|9|57|hex={{party color|Scottish National Party}}}}|| {{small|Not in the EU}}

In line with the Regulation on European political parties and European political foundations, the EFA also raises [[Funding of European political parties#Private funding|private funds]] to co-finance its activities. As of 2025, European parties must raise at least 10% of their reimbursable expenditure from private sources, while the rest can be covered using European public funding.{{efn|For the purpose of European party funding, "contributions" refer to financial or in-kind support provided by party members, while "donations" refer to the same but provided by non-members.}}

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