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Basque Country: right to decide
2008-10-29 » The President of the EFAy offered his support at a series of protests organised by Basque nationalist political party Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) this weekend. The protests were organised to campaign against a Spanish Constituional Court decision to stop a referendum taking place in the Basque Country, asking the electorate [...]
EFAy invited to attend SNP Conference
2008-10-25 » The President of the EFAy, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, was one of the delegates invited to the Scottish Nationalist Party's (SNP) Conference in Scotland last week. The Young Scots for Independence (YSI) - the youth group of the SNP - invited the EFAy President to attend as an Observer Delegate to the Conference [...]
EFAy Network in Kiev
2008-10-16 » The EFAy atended the European Youth Forum (EYF) event in Kiev last week (8-11 October 2008) as an International Non Governmental Youth Organisations (INGYO) observer member of the Forum. The event was an opportunity for the EFAy to network with other European youth organisations, ahead of the EYF meeting [...]
'Portrait de Jeunes'
2008-10-09 » 'Portrait de Jeunes' is a series of interviews that are being conducted by the Jeunes de l'Union Démocratique Bretonne (Youth of UDB) for readers of their blog site. The interviews are intended to highlight the role and work undertaken by young people involved in politics in Europe. The first [...]
Commission respond to EFAY concerns about anti youth device
2008-10-01 » The European Commission (EC) has replied to the EFAy regarding the concerns the organisation made about the use of the Mosquito youth device. The EFAy asked the EC to start an investigation into the safety and human rights implications of the use of such a device. The EC said that [...]
EFA - looking for new stagiaige
2008-10-01 » EFA is seeking to hire a STAGIAIRE (trainee) for its office in Brussels. The person will be in charge of a project currently running or planned within EFA to be decided in accordance with his/her abilities and skills. Primary responsibilities will be the daily management of the chosen project as [...]
29 augustus 2008: L² reikt politieke truitjes 2008 uit
2008-09-23 » Naar jaarlijkse gewoonte reikt L² tijdens de zomer zijn politieke wielertruitjes uit. Deze gaan naar politici die zich volgens de jonge links-liberalen het voorbije jaar hebben onderscheiden in een aantal categorieën, zoals in de Ronde van Frankrijk. Principieel komen politici van VlaamsProgressieven niet in aanmerking voor deze truitjes. De gele trui, [...]
“Festimanif”of Nantes: a big success for UDBy
2008-09-23 » Over 10000 demonstrated last Saturday to demand the reunification of Brittany (the Loire Atlantique’s department is not part of the administrative region of Brittany since 1941), but also to demand rights for the Breton’s language and more powers for the region. The Breton Democratic Union (UDB) was very noticable in [...]
Linguistic Rights move up the UN Agenda
2008-09-18 » It is “the human right of every individual to speak his or her own language”, according to the President of CIEMEN, who presented the case to the United Nations in Geneva yesterday (Wednesday 17th September), who urged UN member states to adopt a United Nations Declaration of Linguistic Rights Aureli [...]
EFAy Bureau Meeting, Corti, Corsica
2008-09-15 » Members of the EFAy Bureau met in the Corsican town of Corti this summer to discuss a tightly packed agenda and to meet up with the newly appointed EFAy Coordinator. The decision to meet in Corsica for the bi annual EFAy Bureau Meeting, as opposed to the usual venue of Brussels, [...]
Member of EFAy Bureau Invited to Speak in Budapest
2008-09-09 » Retour de Budapest en Hongrie où l'Union Démocratique Bretonne était invitée par l'Alliance Libre Européenne et la Fédération Internationale des Hongrois pour faire un discours sur le jacobinisme français et la situation (résumée) de la Bretagne. J'ai donc tenu le discours qui suit en anglais lors d'une conférence dédiée aux [...]
Appeal to EP for support of voting rights Latvian ‘non-citizens’
2008-06-30 » Individual member of the European Free Alliance, MEP Tatjana Ždanoka (Latvia) has launched a campaign in order to support non-citizens of Latvia - persons belonging to Russian-speaking linguistic minority. One half of this minority (or one-fifth of Latvian residents) has such status. Non-citizens of Latvia are now fighting for [...]
EFAy call on MEP’s to sign declaration on “Youth Empowerment”
2008-06-19 » The European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy), along with the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) have been lobbying the EFA Members of the European Parliament (MEP) and others to sign a written declaration on “Youth Empowerment” at an EU level. The declaration, which has been drafted by several MEP’s, calls on [...]
EFAy follow up resolution with Israeli PM
2008-06-10 » strong>The EFAy has written to the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, to draw his attention to a number of points in the EFAy resolution passed at its 2008 AGM in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca. In the letter EFAy President Rhisiart Tal-e-bot says: “Over the coming months, the EFAy will be [...]
Youth in Elections seminar a great success
2007-12-11 » The EFAy hosted a European seminar for their members this weekend (7th – 8 th December) to explore ways of attracting more young people into politics. The event, Youth in Elections, allowed 31 representatives from EFAy member organisations to share ideas, experience and best practise of how to encourage young people [...]
EFAy march against climate change
2007-12-10 » EFAy members marched against climate change on the weekend (08/12/07) as part of a global day of action around the world. The EFAy took to the streets in Brussels and formed part of a 5000 strong crowd of demonstrators calling for world leaders to take urgent action against the growing threat [...]
EFAy Bureau Meeting
2007-12-07 » The EFAy held its third Bureau meeting this year in Brussels on the 7th December 2007. This was the first Bureau meeting with Chobentú Jóvenes de CHA (Aragon), who is the new member organization represented on the EFAy Bureau. Chobentú Jóvenes de CHA (Aragon) will be represented on the Bureau [...]
EFAy Condemn Violence
2007-12-03 » The EFAy condemn the escalation of the Basque conflict that left one member of the Guardia Civil dead and another seriously injured in the northern Basque town of Capbreton, 20 km from Bayonne/Biarritz in the state of France on Saturday 1st December. It is believed that those responsible belonged to the [...]
Protests in the Basque Country follow further arrests
2007-12-03 » A pro democracy and independence rally took place in Iruna/Pamplona yesterday (02/12/07) following the arrest of 46 people, many from left wing political and social youth organisations. The arrests followed a Spanish High Court decision to issue the arrest warrants for members of Basque groups Ekin, Orain, Xaki and Fundación Joxemi [...]
Young Scots call for a lower voting age
2007-11-29 » At the Scottish Nationalist Party's (SNP) 73rd annual conference at the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort, between Friday 26th to Sunday 28th October, the Young Scots for Independence (YSI) resolution was unanimously supported by SNP delegates. The resolution read: "Conference re-affirms the party's long standing support for reducing the voting age to [...]
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