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 Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) supported a nationwide demonstration against high electricity prices held in Nicosia on 17 October 2026.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) held a political event in Alexandroupoli on 18 October, bringing together representatives of the KKE and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to promote friendship and joint struggle between Greek and Turkish workers against exploitation, imperialist rivalries and war.
The Revolutionary Communist Party of France (PCRF) published a statement on October 16, 2026, as civil service strikes and high school student protests continue across the country.
The Communist Youth Collectives (CJC), the youth of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), has strongly condemned brutal police repression against students and university workers in Madrid, reporting five arrests, including one CJC militant, and several injured militants who required hospital treatment.
Members of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) are being prosecuted with prison sentences of between six months and three years, following the anti-NATO demonstration in Ankara during the NATO summit in July.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has accused the Greek government of helping rehabilitate convicted neo-Nazi political figure Ilias Kasidiaris, following anti-communist remarks by Konstantinos Kyranakis, a prominent official of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party.