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 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 Hacaloğlu'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.
The Communist Party of Ireland issued a statement on the recent racist violence in Belfast. Fascist mobs targeting migrants, burned down a number houses.
The Communist Party of Britain issued a statement condemning the racist attacks in Belfast and Glasgow.