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.

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 […]

European Youth Poll: Immigration and Asylum policy in Europe

Have your say on Immigration and Asylum Policy in Europe and participate in the European Youth Poll organized by the European Youth Parliament. Please follow the link: http://polls.eyp.org/immigration-asylum

Meet Paweł Polok: Our RAS candidate for Senate elections in Poland!

Paweł Polok - political scientist, journalist, specializes in the history of Silesia and the current problems of the region. He graduated in political science at the Institute of Political Sciences and Journalism at the University of Silesia.Since 1996 he has been performing on stages in Silesia, Poland and Europe. He is also a soloist and […]

Brand UK: So last century!

1 September 2011 By Luke James, EFAy Bureau member and President of the Swansea University Students' Union In November, I and thousands of students from Wales and Scotland travelled to London to march in solidarity with our English neighbours against the reckless actions of the Westminster government, safe in the knowledge that upon returning home […]

Scottish Election Result

By Michael Dixon, EFAy Bureau member I was asked by EFAy to write something about the Scottish Election result in the immediate aftermath but I found it really difficult to do. In reflection that was probably because it was a bit overwhelming. The full extent of the implications of the election result is yet to […]

Declaration: On the Census held in Bulgaria in February 2011

DECLARATION of the undersigned Macedonian organizations in Bulgaria regarding the Census held during February 2011: We, the representatives of the Macedonian organizations in Bulgaria, assembled on March 20, 2011 in the city of Sandanski, after carefully reviewing and summing all the available evidence regarding the Census anonymously and without hesitation reached the following conclusions: 1. […]

Jong N-VA solidair monddood met Baskische partij Bildu

Jong N-VA protesteert op donderdag 5 mei tegen de uitspraak van het Spaanse Hooggerechtshof. Die uitspraak verbiedt de partij Bildu deel te nemen aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen op 22 mei. De jongerenafdeling van de N-VA vindt de veroordeling onterecht en ondemocratisch. De betogers zullen daarom - symbolisch monddood - protesteren aan de Spaanse ambassade. Volgens Jong […]

Article: Petite réflexion sur la journée de la femme - Irtati Aizpurua Alquezar

Je voudrais exprimer quelques mots sur la journée de la femme, que m’a inspirée cette journée. Il y a une question que je me pose chaque année, le 8 mars: quelle est la raison d´être de la journée de la femme? Autrement dit, pourquoi les femmes sont-elles « honorées » d’une telle journée spéciale? Cette journée a-t-elle […]

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