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European Alliance for Freedom

Not to be confused with European Free Alliance.

European Alliance for Freedom
PresidentFranz Obermayr
Vice PresidentPhilip Claeys;
Marine Le Pen
General SecretarySharon Ellul-Bonici
Founded2010
Dissolved2016
HeadquartersBirkirkara, Malta[1]
Think tankEuropean Foundation for Freedom
Youth wingYoung European Alliance for Hope (YEAH)[2]
IdeologySouverainism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Nationalism
Political positionRight-wing[3] to far-right[4][5][6]
European Parliament groupEurope of Nations and Freedom
International affiliationNone
Colours  Blue
Website
www.eurallfree.org

The European Alliance for Freedom (EAF) was a right-wing and Eurosceptic European political party founded 2010 and recognised by the European Parliament in 2011.[7] In 2016, it did not seek registration as a European party with the new Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations and was dissolved.

Unlike in most European parties, the members of the Alliance were not national parties but individuals. The head office of the Alliance was in Brussels, Belgium, and its registered office was in Birkirkara, Malta. Franz Obermayr, from Austria, was the president of the organisation starting in November 2012, succeeding founding chairman Godfrey Bloom from the United Kingdom. His vice-presidents were the Belgian Philip Claeys and the French Marine Le Pen.[8] The secretary-general was Sharon Ellul-Bonici from Malta.[9]

The EAF was awarded a grant by European Parliament for 2011 of, at most, €372,753.[7] In 2012 the EP's maximal grant dropped to €360,455.[1] The party's affiliated European political foundation was the European Foundation for Freedom.[10]

  1. ^ a b Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2012 March 2012, European Parliament. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  2. ^ Bell, Bethany (4 April 2014), Far-right youth movement seeks 'Europe of Fatherlands', BBC News – Inside Europe Blog
  3. ^ Wolfgang Sablatnig (30 June 2011), "Straches FPÖ mit Jobbik und Vlaams Belang in EU-Partei", Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German), retrieved 29 November 2011
  4. ^ Nathalie Brack; Olivier Costa (2014). How the EU Really Works. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4724-1465-6.
  5. ^ Waterfield, Bruno (23 October 2013), "France's FN to team up with other far Right parties for European elections", The Daily Telegraph
  6. ^ de Lange, Sarah L.; Rooduijn, Matthijs; van Spanje, Joost (4 February 2014), "The 'Le Pen-Wilders' alliance will change European politics", Policy Network Observatory, policy-network.net
  7. ^ a b "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2011" (PDF). European Parliament. April 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ^ FPÖ-Abgeordneter steht an Spitze von EU-Rechtspartei DiePresse
  9. ^ About EAF, European Alliance for Freedom, archived from the original on 26 March 2012, retrieved 7 July 2011
  10. ^ About EFF Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine European Foundation for Freedom. Retrieved 30 November 2013

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