The European Free Alliance

[edit]Members

Current state(s)	Party	Seeking to represent	Joined (Observer/Member[13])	MEPs
Austria	Unity List	Carinthian Slovenes	2005/2006	0
Belgium	Social Liberal Party(a)	Flanders	2001	0
Belgium	New Flemish Alliance	Flanders	2010	1
Bulgaria	United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin	ethnic Macedonians	2006/2007	0
Czech Republic	Moravané	Moravia	2006	0
Croatia	List for Fiume	Rijeka	2009/2010	0
Finland	Future of Åland	Åland	2005/2006	0
France	Savoyard League	Savoie	1999/2000	0
France	Savoy Region Movement	Savoie	1991	0
France	Occitan Party	Occitania	1982	0
France	Party of the Corsican Nation	Corsica	1981	1[14]
France	Breton Democratic Union	Brittany	1987	0
France	Unser Land	Alsace	1991	0
France	Catalan Unity	Northern Catalonia	1991	0
Germany	Bavaria Party	Bavaria	2007/2008	0
Germany	The Friesen	East Frisia	2008/2009	0
Germany	South Schleswig Voter Federation	Danes,  North Frisians	2009/2010	0
Greece	Rainbow	ethnic Macedonians	1999/2000	0
Italy	South Tyrolean Freedom	South Tyrol	2009	0
Italy	Liga Veneta Repubblica	Veneto	1999/2000	0
Italy	Sardinian Action Party	Sardinia	1984	0
Italy	Slovene Union	Slovenes	1991	0
Latvia	For Human Rights in United Latvia	Baltic Russians, Latgalians	2010	1
Netherlands	Frisian National Party	Friesland	1981	0
Poland	Silesian Autonomy Movement	Upper Silesia	2002/2003	0
Slovakia	Party of Regions of Slovakia	Prešov and Košice	2008/2009	0
Spain	Galician Nationalist Bloc	Galicia	1994/2000	0
Spain	Aragonese Junta	Aragon	2003/2004	0
Spain	Majorca Socialist Party	Balearic Islands	2000/2008	0
Spain /  France	Republican Left of Catalonia	Catalan Countries	1989	1
Spain /  France	Basque Solidarity	Basque Country	1986	0
Spain	Andalusian Party	Andalusia	1999	0
United Kingdom	Mebyon Kernow	Cornwall	2003	0
United Kingdom	Plaid Cymru	Wales	1983	1
United Kingdom	Scottish National Party	Scotland	1989	2

• (a)Merged into Groen! in December 2009. On the lokal level S-LP still has elected members who remain active under that name until 2012 when the next local elections will take place.

[edit]Observer members

Current state(s)	Party	Seeking to represent	Joined	MEPs
Belgium	ProDG	German-speaking Belgians	2009	0
Germany	Wendish People's Party	Sorbs , Lusatia	2009	0
Italy	Valdotanian Renewal	Aosta Valley	2007	0
Italy	Movement for the Independence of Sicily	Sicily	2009	0
Hungary	Renewed Roma Union Party of Hungary	Roma in Hungary	2009	0

[edit]Former members

Current state(s)	Party	Seeking to represent	Joined (Observer/Member[13])	Notes
Belgium	Party of German-speaking Belgians	German-speaking Belgians	1981	Ceased activity in 2009
Belgium	People's Union	Flanders	1981	re-emerged in 2001, and finally split into the New-Flemish Alliance andSPIRIT
Italy	Lega Nord	Padania		Suspended in 1994, left in 1996 (joined ELDR until 1997 then independent)
Spain /  France	Basque Nationalist Party	Basque Country		Left in 2004 (joined the European Democratic Party)
Italy	Valdotanian Union	Aosta Valley		Expelled in 2007 after lack of activity in EFA structures
Italy	Union for South Tyrol	South Tyrol		Expelled in 2008 over its opposition to the Bilbao declaration
Romania	Transilvania–Banat League	Transylvania and Banat		Ceased activity
Slovakia	Hungarian Federalist Party	Hungarians		Ceased activity
Italy	Emilian Free Alliance	Emilia	1999/2000	Ceased activity in 2010
Lithuania	Lithuanian Polish People's Party	Poles	2003/2004	Ceased activity in 2010

[edit]Non-members

Several prominent regional, regionalist, secessionist or minority parties are not members of EFA. These include:

•  Belgium
  • Vlaams Belang, non-inscrit
  • Democratic Front of Francophones, ELDR
•  Bulgaria
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms, ELDR
•  Croatia
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly, ELDR
•  Finland
  • Swedish People's Party, ELDR
•  Germany
  • Christian Social Union of Bavaria, EPP
•  Italy
  • Lega Nord, left in 1996, later ELDR, IND/DEM, UEN and now EFD
    • Liga Veneta
    • Lega Lombarda
    • Lega Piemont
    • minor "national" sections
  • Valdotanian Union, left in 2007
  • Edelweiss Aosta Valley
  • Autonomist Federation
  • South Tyrolean People's Party, EPP
  • Union for South Tyrol, left in 2008, later ELDR group
  • The Libertarians
  • Union for Trentino
  • Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
  • North-East Project/Union
  • Sardinian Reformers
  • Independence Republic of Sardinia
  • Movement for Autonomies
  • Force of the South
•  Latvia
  • Social Democratic Party "Harmony", S&D
  • Socialist Party of Latvia, EUL–NGL
•  Lithuania
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, ECR
•  Romania
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, EPP
•  Slovakia
  • Most–Híd, EPP
  • Party of the Hungarian Coalition, EPP
•  Spain
  • Basque Nationalist Party, formerly EPP, then EFA until 2004 and now EDP
  • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, ELDR
  • Democratic Union of Catalonia, EPP
  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens, EGP
  • Navarrese People's Union, EPP group
  • Canarian Coalition, ELDR group
  • Valencian Nationalist Bloc
  • Aragonese Party
  • Regionalist Party of Cantabria
•  United Kingdom
  • Sinn Féin, EUL–NGL
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party, PES