Editing Plaid Cymru (section)

==European Free Alliance==

Plaid retains strong links with the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP),<ref>{{cite news |title=Plaid Cymru call for alliance with SNP to break up the UK |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/plaid-cymru-call-alliance-snp-break-uk-245521 |date=7 October 2018 |access-date=29 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |place=Edinburgh |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116110554/https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/plaid-cymru-call-alliance-snp-break-uk-245521 |url-status=live }}</ref> with both parties' MPs co-operating closely with one another.<ref>{{cite news |title=In full: Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price addresses first-ever virtual SNP conference |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18907294.snp-conference-2020-plaid-cymru-leader-adam-price-addresses-members/ |date=29 November 2020 |access-date=29 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |place=Glasgow |issn=2057-231X |language=en-GB |url-access=subscription |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211171036/https://www.thenational.scot/news/18907294.snp-conference-2020-plaid-cymru-leader-adam-price-addresses-members/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They work as a single parliamentary group within [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/27/otherparties.uk |last=Tempest |first=Matthew |date=2001-06-27 |title=SNP and Plaid join forces |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |access-date=2020-12-29 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806084529/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/27/otherparties.uk |url-status=live }}</ref> and were involved in joint campaigning, under the banner of a "Celtic alliance", during the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] and [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] general elections.<ref>{{cite news |date=2001-06-28 |title=Plaid and SNP form Celtic alliance |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1410009.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2020-12-29 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329223017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1410009.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/31/snp-plaid-cymru-celtic-alliance-hung-parliament |last=Carrell |first=Severin |date=31 March 2010 |title=SNP and Plaid Cymru form Celtic alliance to influence hung parliament |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411040734/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/31/snp-plaid-cymru-celtic-alliance-hung-parliament |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Plaid and the SNP, along with [[Mebyon Kernow]] of [[Cornwall]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Member parties |publisher=[[European Free Alliance]] |year=2013 |url=http://www.e-f-a.org/whos-who/member-parties/ |access-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921195518/http://www.e-f-a.org/whos-who/member-parties/ |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> are members of the [[European Free Alliance]] (EFA), a pan-[[European political party]] for [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]], [[Autonomism (political doctrine)|autonomist]] and pro-independence political parties across Europe. The EFA co-operates with the larger [[European Green Party]] to form [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]] (Greens/EFA) [[Political groups of the European Parliament|political group]] in the [[European Parliament]], although the UK is no longer a member of the European Union.