European Alliance for Freedom
European Alliance for Freedom | |
|---|---|
| President | Franz Obermayr |
| Vice President | Philip Claeys; Marine Le Pen |
| General Secretary | Sharon Ellul-Bonici |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Birkirkara, Malta |
| Think tank | European Foundation for Freedom |
| Youth wing | Young European Alliance for Hope (YEAH) |
| Ideology | Souverainism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism Nationalism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| European Parliament group | Europe of Nations and Freedom |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | |
| www | |
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. 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. The secretary-general was Sharon Ellul-Bonici from Malta.
The EAF was awarded a grant by European Parliament for 2011 of, at most, €372,753. In 2012 the EP's maximal grant dropped to €360,455. The party's affiliated European political foundation was the European Foundation for Freedom.