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."
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Communist Party of Ireland on EU threat to Aughinish Alumina
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.
Resistance against general attack
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.
KKE Europarliamentary Group questions repression of Anti-NATO mobilizations in Turkey
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 .
TKP members released
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.
AKEL against NATO involvement of Cyprus
AKEL Press Spokesperson, Giorgos Koukoumas, responded to DISY and the government, stating that any NATO involvement conflicts with the Guterres Framework and the goal of freeing Cyprus from guarantors and guardians.