Via Szekler

Brussels, 24 October 2013.

The European Free Alliance (EFA) works to make the idea of a “Europe of the Peoples” a political and cultural reality at the European and international level. It is an umbrella organisation that gathers 40 progressive nationalist, regionalist and autonomist parties throughout the European Union (EU), representing stateless nations, regions, and traditional minorities in Europe.

We support the Autonomy demand of the SZEKLER people and we defend linguistic equality in Transylvania.

EFA focuses its activity on the promotion of the right of self-determination of peoples, human, civil and political rights, democracy, internal enlargement, multi-level governance, devolution of powers, cultural and linguistic diversity; as well as on nationalism, regionalism, autonomy and independence. The right to self-determination is a cornerstone of the EFA’s program and ideology.

That is why we on several occasions in past decades have been supportive to the peoples in Transylvania living under Bucarest oppression.

The European Free Alliance is a European Political Party recognized by the European Parliament since 2004 and develops its activity with the financial support of the European Parliament and EFA Members.

The European Free Alliance is a pro-European party that endorses the European Union’s values, namely the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. Through its member parties, the European Free Alliance’s scope is spread over 17 EU Member States (MS).

The EFA President Eric Defoort states:

"With this March, Szekler people are calling out to the world. This mass demonstration shows the ambition and determination you have to take more responsability into your own hands. This demonstration of civic nationalism cannot be ignored and shows that we, the Peoples of Europe, are building a new Europe."