The joint statement of the KKE, AKEL, the Portuguese CP and the CP of Bohemia and Moravia, initiated by the KKE, is a response to the anti-communist actions of some MEPs of the European People's Party (EPP). The joint statement condemning anti-communism, which has been sent to other MEPs for co-signature, will be delivered in the form of a letter to the President of the European Commission and the College of Commissioners.

The text signed by the MEPs of the four parties is as follows:

“At a time when the peoples are celebrating the 80^th anniversary of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples, when, with the decisive contribution of the USSR and the Red Army, as well as the popular resistance in various countries, fascism was crushed and humanity was freed from Nazi atrocities, it is tantamount to a provocation that five EPP MEPs have called for signatures to ban the hammer and sickle, Soviet symbols, the support to communist ideas, and the removal of Soviet and anti-fascist monuments.

Proposals that distort history and emanate from anticommunist forces, which insult the memory of the millions who died giving their life to the anti-fascist victory and the peoples of Europe and their struggles against the fascist monster. This is yet another attempt to whitewash fascism and constitutes not only an attack on communists but also on other antifascists, the peoples and their rights, which is advocated by forces seeking to falsify the contribution of communists to the liberating struggle of the people, mask the failings of their anti-people’s policies and promote the far right.

The attack on people's democratic rights and anticommunism will not prevail, historical truth will triumph, and the people will emerge victorious again, just as they did then.

Yours sincerely,

Lefteris Nikolaou - Alavanos

Kostas Papadakis

Giorgos Georgiou

João Oliveira

Kateřina Konečná”

20.05.2025