The election for the European Parliament has shown nationally very different results, which must be especially evaluated by the respective member associations of the FIR and the social forces in the countries concerned. But nevertheless also generalized statements can be made:
1 The different election results in the participating European countries have a common problem: the …
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First ideas to the EP-election 2014
14. Juli 2014
Candidates support the FIR-call
3. Mai 2014
FIR asked in various countries candidates of different parties to support the attemps of antifascist movements and our call. We ask everybody to elect on 25 May 2014 those women and men for the European Parliament who support anti-fascist beliefs.
So far, 36 candidates from six parties in four countries have signed this appeal. They are:
Unterstützerliste …
Stop extreme right and neo-fascist forces in Europe!
31. März 2014
FIR expresses its great concern about the current situation in Europe, where extreme right and neo-fascist forces gain massive influence in countries of the European Union and outside the EU. For example, in Hungary they give the keywords for chauvinistic and racist policy, in Poland they exclude social minorities, in the Baltic states they operate …
Vote for anti-fascists in the European Parliament !
8. Februar 2014
Europa, Europawahl, European Parliament
Call of FIR: Appeal for the European election campaign
In May 2014, the European Parliament elections take place . For veterans of the anti-fascist struggle and anti- fascists of today’s generations , these elections are important of two main reasons:
The current policy and development of the European Union does not correspond to the interests of large …
900 days – unforgettable
24. Januar 2014
The International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR ) – Association of antifascists sent to the inhabitants of the Hero City Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, and the veterans of the Soviet Army, best wishes on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of the city by breaking through the blockade on 27 Januar 1944.
The …
Exhibition “European resistance movement” in the European Parliament
24. September 2013
Europe, INIG, Resistance fight
8 July 2013 opened in the foyer of the European Parliament, the joint exhibition of the Institut des Vétérans and the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists about the “European resistance movement against Nazism” on invitation of the Vice-President of the European Parliament Miguel Angel Martinez and in presence of numerous …
FIR awarded Michel-Vanderborght Price
24. September 2013
On an impressive ceremony at the second weekend of July the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-Fascists awarded the Michel Vanderborght Price in the ballroom of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels to eight personalities and initiatives. This prize, named after the Belgian Partisans and last president of the FIR, should honor …
The 14th regular congress of the FIR in Athens
29. Oktober 2007
On October 19 – 20, 2007 in Athens the 14th regular congress of the FIR took place. Round about 40 delegates from 15 nations were announced. Unfortunately the entry to Greece was refused to the veterans from Albania and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
On this congress balance of the reconstruction of the FIR was …
The requirement of time is disarmament and co-operation – not military armament and aggravation of regional conflicts
28. August 2007
Appeal of FIR as “Peace messenger”:
Today we have the 20th anniversary of the appointment of the International Federation of Resistance fighters (FIR) as “Peace messenger” by the United Nations. The obligations from this appointment remained current until today.
68 years after provoking the World War II with the German aggression against Poland and over 60 years …
