Opinion articles

This is a collection of articles written by EFAy members proposing ideas, sharing experiences and suggesting new solutions to the key issues our organisations, communities and our continent face.

EUROPE OF THE REGIONS: TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF EUROPE?

"Medium powers must act together because if they are not at the table, they are on the menu. Today's major powers can afford act alone; they have the market size, military strength and ability to dictate terms. [...] In a world of rivalry between these major powers, countries in the middle have a choice: compete […]

Il silenzio della RAI sulla Sicilia, il fallimento del servizio pubblico e l’illusione dell’unità

di Gabriele Violino, Vicepresidente della European Free Alliance Youth Mentre la Regione Siciliana conta i danni, scava tra i detriti e prova a quantificare una devastazione che si preannuncia miliardaria, l’interesse del sistema informativo italiano sembra focalizzato da tutt’altra parte. Il Ciclone Harry ha sferzato l’isola con una violenza inaudita, lambendo tutti i vertici della […]

Europe, Alsace and the Stocamine case: can autonomy be a tool for environmental protection?

On the first Saturday of November, the city of Mulhouse (Alsace) hosted a meeting between the bureau of EFAY - European Free Alliance Youth, the Coppieters Foundation and the political movement Unser Land - Mouvement Alsacien on the occasion of the international conference “Ecosystem Integrity in Europe - mitigating water pollution, mining risk and health […]

Peršmanhof, Carinthia, an episode sign of the times?

In Carinthia, a large-scale police operation at the Peršmanhof memorial, one of Austria's most significant memorial sites dedicated to the resistance and civilian victims of the Nazi regime, has drawn harsh criticism from civil society and political leaders. A ‘heavy-handed’ operation at a place of remembrance On July 27, police raided the international youth education […]

Best wishes to Primorski dnevnik on his 80th birthday

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Primorski dnevnik, EFAY would like to express its heartfelt wishes and sincere congratulations to the entire editorial staff, contributors and readers of this historic newspaper, which for eight decades has represented the voice of the Slovenian minority in Italy with passion, commitment and professionalism. Eighty years of […]

Europe: Not only bad news

Amid the turmoil of the German elections, which saw the rise of the Alternative fur Deutschland (Afd) - a party with explicitly neo-Nazi elements - to 20%, the SSW's historic result passed (almost) unnoticed. The SSW (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband), the autonomous party representing the Danish minority in Germany and active in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, achieved […]

Foar de stim fan Fryslân - For the voice of Fryslân

It was an interesting weekend the one spent between 19 and 22 September in Leeuwarden, capital city of Friesland - Fryslân in Frisian - on the occasion of the bureau meeting of EFAY (European Free Alliance Youth). The weekend was an important opportunity to get to know the Fryske Nasjonale Partij (Frisian Nationalist Party), which […]

Article: New Spanish attacks against the Catalan language and Self-government

By Max Zañartu Plaza, EFAy Bureau member Catalonia is living one of its most important moments in the history since the Spanish transition. After the Catalan Statute’s cuts introduced by the Spanish Constitutional Court in 2010, Catalonia is again under attack. This time the target is not the power of its Regional Parliament but the […]

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