Europe

The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) condemned police operations against housing-rights protesters in Lisbon and Porto on 25 October, accusing the government of attempting to restrict the constitutional right to demonstrate instead of addressing the country's worsening housing crisis. Over the weekend, the party also participated in housing protests and held its own march and rally in Porto under the slogan “Salaries, Rights, Peace”.

The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party of France wrote the following op-ed for the International Communist Press. 

The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) has continued to focus on preparations for the nationwide housing general strike scheduled for 11 November and on solidarity with public education workers engaged in an indefinite strike in Madrid.

The Socialist Party of Latvia has called for a rally on 25 October in Riga to oppose proposed amendments to the country’s Labour Law, warning that the changes would weaken workers’ rights and reduce overtime compensation.

With Serbia’s early parliamentary elections scheduled for 25 October, the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) and Communists of Serbia have adopted different electoral strategies, backing separate political lists and expressing contrasting assessments of the student movement.

The decision by Kateřina Konečná, former chairwoman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), to join the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has triggered criticism from senior figures within her own party.