While a de facto state of emergency continues in the capital city of Turkey due to the upcoming NATO summit, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) marched to Kızılay Square, centre of Ankara, with the slogan “Down with imperialism, down with NATO!”
The Lassithi Sectoral Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has condemned the planned arrival of the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris at the port of Sitia on July 21, rejecting claims by government and local authorities that it represents economic development.
The Communist Party of Turkey issued a political note analysing of the situation, following the NATO Summit held in Ankara, Turkey. The note is entitled "The Reality of NATO After the Ankara Summit."
The Communist Party of Ireland issued a statement concerning the privatisation process of Aughinish Alumina and emphasised the danger of leaving strategic industry in foreign corporate hands.
The following article with a subtitle "The German government is doing everything it can for war preparations – corporations are filling their coffers", was published in Unsere Zeit, journal of the German Communist Party. It was written by Björn Blach.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Euro-Parliamentary Group highlighted the brutal repression of anti-NATO protests in Ankara, Turkey, before and during the NATO Summit held in that city. A question was submitted to the European Commission by Costas Papadakis .
Close to 150 members of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), who were detained in different cities across the country for protesting NATO, were released. The Party issued a brief on the subject.