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 Communist Party of Greece (KKE) organized a large solidarity rally in Peristeri, Athens, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro under the slogan “We strengthen solidarity with Cuba. For a world without wars and exploitation, socialism.” The event drew workers, youth, and political activists who demanded an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba, the removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of “state sponsors of terrorism,” and stronger international support for the Cuban people.
The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) has strongly criticized the new governing agreement between the People's Party (PP) and Vox in the autonomous community of Castile and LeĂłn, describing it as a program designed to deepen the exploitation of the working class while presenting itself under the banners of "freedom" and "rural development." According to the party, the agreement serves the interests of the bourgeoisie and seeks to strengthen capitalist policies at the expense of workers' rights and public services.
The Revolutionary Communist Party of France rejects capitalist profits in healthcare and supports the demands of the Elsan medical staff.
Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) General Secretary Kemal Okuyan has said that Turkey's current political crisis is the result of a long-term erosion of republican principles rather than a recent development. Speaking on journalist Hilmi HacaloÄźlu's Rivayet Muhtelif program on Medyascope, Okuyan said the country's departure from the founding values of the Republic began well before the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and accelerated with the transition to the multi-party system.
Communist of Greece Party (KKE) has issued a wide-ranging political assessment ahead of the country's next parliamentary elections, arguing that growing economic pressures, political scandals, and international tensions are exposing deep contradictions within the Greek political system and creating conditions for increased popular discontent.
More than 2000 people participated in a mass rally in Wiesbaden against the deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) in Germany, organised by the German Communist Party (DKP), Socialist German Worker Youth (SDAJ) and various peace organisations.