Motions & Declarations

This is a record of all Motions & Declarations accepted by a majority vote by EFAy member organisations at the annual EFAy General Assembly, these form the views, beliefs and core aims of EFAy.

2017 GA Declarations: Resolution on Western Sahara - Africa's Last Colony

Western Sahara is the last African decolonization case on the agenda of the United Nations and it has been on the UN list of the Special Committee of 24 since 1963 when it was under the Spanish colonial rule. The General Assembly has consistently recognized the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and […]

2017 GA Declarations: For the demilitarisation of the Basque Country

Bearing in mind that: The recent developments regarding ETA’s disarmament,which would lead to ETA being fully disarmed by April the 8th of the current year; a huge step towards the pacification of the Basque Country and the resolution of the Basque conflict. The nonexistent willingness by the Spanish government to cooperate in the process of […]

2017 GA Declarations: Croatian - Slovenian border without barbed wire

In 2015 Slovenia has started erecting a razor wire fence along parts of its border with Cro- atia amid heavy security to "direct the flow of migrants" into the country.The WWF and the inhabitants of the regions from both sides of the border have protested against the decision to put up the razor-wire fence. Bearing […]

2017 GA Declarations: Meran Declaration - Motion against Far Right and in Defense of Diversity

Meran Declaration MOTION AGAINST FAR RIGHT AND IN DEFENSE OF DIVERSITY The European Free Alliance Youth, the youth of the stateless nations, regions and minorities of Europe, following the conclusions of the debates developed in Südtirol in May 2016 during the conference «Far Right and State Populism», presents this declaration to its General Assembly. Given: […]

2017 GA Motions: Historical memory to fight against Franco Dictatorship

The beginning of the 20th century was a convulsed time for the Spanish state, firstly with the consequences of the loss of the colonies and then with the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. In April 1931, the municipal elections were a triumph for the republican parties in 41 of the 50 capitals of province. The king […]

2017 GA Motions: Support for the referendum in Catalonia

Taking into account: The recognition of the right to self-determination must be the most basic and essential rights of an advanced democracy. The best tool to learn the opinion of the majority of the Catalan citizens towards independence is the referendum, as it requires a clear question, a binary answer and allows the acknowledgement of […]

2017 GA Motions: Close the CIES

The European Free Alliance Youth, in its radical defence and belief in Human Rights, cannot accept the existence of the seven CIEs (Centro de Internamento de Estranjeros, Foreigners Internal Centre) in the Spanish state, two of which are in the Catalan Countries. These centres act as administrative prisons where foreigners are retained in order to […]

2016 GA Declarations: Support to the Basque Peace Process

The Basque political conflict can be argued to have been present in the Basque Country for more than a century. However, the current Basque armed conflict started in the 1950s, with the creation of ETA and its fight against the fascist dictatorship in Spain. Since then the conflict has broadened, and after it reached its […]

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