European Free Alliance Youth

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European Free Alliance Youth (EFAY)
President	Jezz Anbleydh
Founded	2000
Headquarters	19 Woeringenstraat, 1000-Brussels, Belgium
Political Ideology	regional-autonomous-Progressivism
International Affiliation	European Youth Forum
Mother Party	European Free Alliance
Mother European Parliament Group	Group of the Greens and the European Free Alliance
Colours	Blue and Yellow
Website	EFA YOUTH
See also	Politics of the EU Political parties Elections

European Free Alliance Youth is a youth organisation made up of members who belong to organisations, movements or political parties that safeguard and promote the cultural, linguistic and national diversity of Europe. The EFAY therefore is an alliance of the youth branches of nationalist and regionalist political parties and organizations throughout Europe, who are actively engaged at the State-Regional and European level. Our members work towards a greater recognition of European diversity.

EFAy is the youth wing of the European Free Alliance European political party. Created by Mikel Irujo (currently Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Eusko Alkartasuna) in 2000, when he was Secretary for international issues of Gazte Abertzaleak. Its current president is Jezz Anbleydh (Kernow X, from Cornwall), elected in the last General Assembly, celebrated in Barcelona on the 26 March 2009, when he replaced the last president, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, from Kernow X.

Although it is a pro-European organisation, the EFAY believes in a different European model to the one which is being offered at the moment. Opposed to the idea of a Europe of the States and the present European model. EFAY’s vision is of a Europe that upholds and celebrates national diversity against State assimilation and uniformity. The EFAY is in favour of a ‘Europe of the Peoples’; a Europe that respects and protects its different national minorities and identities, languages and cultures; and believes in a Europe that upholds the principle of subsidiarity, supports and encourages self-determination, campaigns effectively for social justice and environmental protection and pursues progressive democracy and recognises diversity.

Contents 1 Bureau 2 Members and observers 2.1 Members 2.1.1 Belgium 2.1.2 Finland 2.1.3 France 2.1.4 Greece 2.1.5 Italy 2.1.6 Lithuania 2.1.7 Netherlands 2.1.8 Poland 2.1.9 Spain 2.1.10 United Kingdom 2.2 Observers 2.2.1 Czech Republic 2.2.2 Romania 2.2.3 Slovakia

[edit] Bureau

EFAy Bureau (2009-...)

Position	Name	Organization	Represents
President	Jezz Anbleydh	Kernow X	Cornwall
Secretary General	Lucy Collyer	JEN	Mallorca
Vice President	Gael Briand	UDBy	Brittany
Vice President	Gudrun Kofler	Süd-Tiroler Freiheit	South Tirol
Vice President	Meilyr Hedd	Cymru X	Wales
Vice President	Arseni Armengou Coromina	JERC	Catalonia
Vice President	Antoni Lluís Trobat	JEN	Mallorca

EFAy Presidents

Name	Organization	Represents	Years
Jezz Anbleydh	Kernow X	Cornwall	2009-Present
Rhisiart Tal-e-bot	Kernow X	Cornwall	2007-2009
Lander de Bilbao	Gazte Abertzaleak	Basque Country	2005-2007
			2001-2005
Mikel Irujo Amezaga	Gazte Abertzaleak	Basque Country	2000-2001

[edit] Members and observers

[edit] Members

We draw together 31 youth organisations from 29 different regions/nations in 14 European states

[edit] Belgium

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Jong Spirit	Flemish Progressives	Flanders	JS
Partei Deutschsprachigen Belgier (PDB)	Party of German-speaking Belgians	German speakers	PDB

[edit] Finland

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Alands Framtid	Future of Åland	Åland	AF

[edit] France

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Ligue Savoisienne	Savoyard League	Savoie	LS
Partit Occitan (PÒC)	Occitan Party	Occitania	PO
U Partitu di a Nazione Corsa	Party of the Corsican Nation	Corsica	PdNC
Union Démocratique Bretonne (UDB)	Breton Democratic Union	Brittany	UDB
Union du Peuple Alsacien (UPA/EVU)	Union of the Alsatian People	Alsace	UPA

[edit] Greece

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Macedonian Minority in Greece (Youth section inside the Party)	Rainbow (Vinozhito)	Macedonians	MMG

[edit] Italy

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Partito Sardo d'Azione (PSd'A)	Sardinian Action Party	Sardinia	PSdA
Jeunesse Valdotaine	Union Valdotaine	Aosta Valley	JV
Liga Fronte Veneto	Liga Veneta Repubblica	Veneto	LFV
Libertà Emiliana	Emilian Free Alliance	Emilia	LE

[edit] Lithuania

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Lithuanian Polish People's Party	Lithuanian Polish People's Party	Poles	LPP'P

[edit] Netherlands

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Fryske Nasjonale Partij (FNP)	Frisian National Party	Friesland	FNP

[edit] Poland

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Upper Silesian Youth (Ruch Autonomii Slaska)	Silesian Autonomy Movement	Silesia	USY

[edit] Spain

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Gazte Abertzaleak	Eusko Alkartasuna	Basque Country	GA
Jovens d'Unitat Catalana	Unitat Catalana	Catalan Countries	JUC
Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	Catalan Countries	JERC
Juventudes Andalucistas	Partido Andalucista	Andalusia	JJAA
Galiza Nova	Bloque Nacionalista Galego	Galicia	GN
Chobenalla Aragonesista	Chunta Aragonesista	Aragon	Chobenalla
Joves de Esquerra Nacionalista	Partit Socialista de Mallorca	Balearic Islands	JEN

[edit] United Kingdom

Name of the Organization	Mother Party	Represents	Link
Young Scots for Independence (SNP Youth)	SNP	Scotland	YSI
Federation of Student Nationalists (SNP Students)	SNP	Scotland	FSN
Cymru X	Plaid Cymru	Wales	Cymru X
Kernow X	Mebyon Kernow (The Party for Cornwall)	Cornwall	Kernow X

[edit] Observers

Observer organizations are:

[edit] Czech Republic

• Young Moravians - Moravia (Observers)

[edit] Romania

• Organisation of students (Romania, Transylvanian Party) (Observers)

[edit] Slovakia

• Youth organisation of the Hungarian Federalist Party Hungarian Minority (Observers)

European Political Youth Organisations
EFA Youth | European Christian Political Youth Network | European Democrat Students | European Liberal Youth | Federation of Young European Greens | Young Democrats for Europe | Young European Socialists | Youth of the European People's Party
European political parties and pan-European political organisations without youth wings
European Anticapitalist Left | EUDemocrats | Party of the European Left | European National Front | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | Nordic Green Left Alliance
Related articles: European political parties

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