Out of the EU, for a Socialist Austria!

Commentary published in Zeitung der Arbeit, Organ of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA), on 1 November 2026 under the title "Raus aus der EU!":

 

By Lukas Haslwanter* 

Even a quarter of a century after the last World Savings Day of the schilling era, nostalgia for Austria’s former currency remains widespread, as sociologist Klaus Kraemer explained to Austria’s public broadcaster ORF on Saturday. 

Serbia: A whole list of monopolies and geopolitical rivalries behind the “Student List”

Article published in Rizospastis, Organ of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on its weekend edition (31/10 - 1/11). Read below the translation: 

By Kostas Papadakis

The bourgeois political parties in Greece greeted the election results in Serbia and the victory of the so-called “Student List” in last Sunday's elections with enthusiastic praise. They spoke of a “historic result that overturned the political landscape,” making sure to draw parallels between Greece and Serbia. 

Latvian website distorts KKE's position on Ukraine war

Comment by the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), published in Rizospastis, on the distortion of the Party's positions regarding the war in Ukraine by the Latvian site "The Insider": 

This is not the first time that attempts have been made to distort the KKE's crystal-clear position on the imperialist war in Ukraine and exploit it for the purposes of one or the other side in the imperialist conflict.

Koutsoumbas: Greek and Turkish Communists stand together against imperialism, nationalism and war

The joint struggle of Greek and Turkish communists against imperialist rivalries, nationalism and war was highlighted by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), during an event organized by the Party's Central Committee in Athens on Monday, October 12.

The event, entitled “Greece and Turkey in the Vortex of Imperialist Rivalries: The Way Out for the Peoples,” addressed escalating tensions between the two neighboring countries and the dangerous involvement of their ruling classes in wider imperialist confrontations.

 

European Communist Action: Communist Parties discuss NATO, EU and growing war danger

Communist and workers’ parties participating in the European Communist Action (ECA) met by teleconference in September for a discussion entitled “The EU, NATO, and other imperialist alliances: ‘Security providers’ or frameworks for deeper military involvement at the expense of the people?” The meeting was hosted by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), with the opening speech delivered by its General Secretary, Kemal Okuyan.

 

KKE: Von der Leyen’s EU agenda brings militarization, austerity and new burdens for the people

The European Parliamentary Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) strongly criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address, arguing that the priorities she outlined are “alien to the concerns and opposed to the interests of the peoples of Europe.”

According to the KKE, the European Union is seeking to strengthen the position of its monopolies amid intensifying competition with the United States and China for supremacy in the global capitalist economy. 

 

KKE strongly condemns Israel's settlement plans in the occupied West Bank

In a statement, the International Relations Section of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns the settlement plans of the state of Israel in the occupied territories of West Bank. 

“At a time when the ruthless occupying state of Israel, backed by the US and the EU, is continuing its deadly attacks and threats in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria and the broader region, and as the US - Israel war against Iran is escalating, a highly dangerous series of settlement activities in the Palestinian West Bank is being resumed.

KKE: The 200 communist heroes of Kaisariani shatter the EU’s historical fraud of equating communism with fascism

Once again, on 23 August, the European Union rolls out its anti-communist falsification of history, attempting the obscene equation of communism — the force that stood at the forefront of the struggle against fascism — with the Nazi monster itself. Yet history is stubborn, and the blood of those who fought and died against fascism cannot be erased by EU resolutions and manufactured “days of remembrance.”

 

KKE Europarliament Group denounces EU and Spanish Government over deadly Ceuta migrant crackdown

The European Parliamentary Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has denounced the responsibility of the European Union and Spain’s social-democratic government for the latest deadly events in Ceuta, where 99 refugees and migrants were reported dead and dozens more missing, accusing the EU of turning repression, pushbacks and the denial of asylum into pillars of its migration policy.

KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis raised the issue in a question submitted to the European Commission, highlighting the responsibility of both the Sánchez government and the EU institutions for yet another tragedy involving people uprooted by imperialist interventions, poverty and exploitation.

 

KKE demands immediate withdrawal of Greek Patriot missile battery and its personnel from Saudi Arabia

On Saturday, 25 July, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued a following statement condemning the reported involvement of a Greek Patriot missile battery in military operations in the Middle East. 

 

Among others, the Communist Party calls for the immediate withdrawal of all Greek military personnel and assets from overseas missions.  

 

KKE's contribution at the International Meeting against NATO in Istanbul

A delegation of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), comprising Yannis Protoulis, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the KKE, and Aris Evangelidis, member of the Central Committee of the KKE, visited Istanbul, where, an International Meeting of Communist Parties from NATO member states was held on Saturday, 4 July. 

 

The meeting was organized by the Communist Party of Turkey ahead of the imperialist alliance’s summit in Ankara.

 

Have you no shame? The European Parliament passes despicable anti-Cuba resolution

The European Parliament has once again placed itself openly on the side of U.S. imperialist pressure against socialist Cuba, approving a hostile resolution that demands “profound economic and political change” (!!) on the island, calls for new EU sanctions and threatens the suspension of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.

The resolution was approved by a narrow majority, with 283 votes in favour, 199 against and 85 abstentions, following an intense campaign of anti-Cuban propaganda and pressure inside the European Parliament (Check HERE what every MEP voted)

KKE: The EU is complicit in the U.S-Israel's dirty war against Iran and Lebanon

Intervening in the debate on the Middle East held in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg following the announcement of the preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) European Parliamentary Group delivered a statement condemning the EU's role in the region.

KKE MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos stressed the following:

KKE MEPs denounce provocation by EU Commission

It demands the withdrawal of the persistent questions of historical truth raised by the sacrifice of the 200 communist heroes of Kaisariani 

The Commission is provocatively demanding the withdrawal of the Question submitted by the KKE’s MEPs. Based on the striking photographic evidence of the 200 communists who stood up face to face with the Nazi monster, the Question exposes the unhistorical nature of the EU’s ideology, which equates communism with the monster of fascism, as well as its undermining and deliberate stance towards the still-unfulfilled demand that German war reparations be paid for the Nazi atrocities in Greece.

How the European Parliament promotes anti-Cuban propaganda by applying double standards

A revealing case of “double standards” by the European Parliament has come to light regarding its stance toward socialist Cuba.

On 13 January 2026, the parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) scheduled an exhibition dedicated to the internationalist contribution of Cuban doctors, focusing on the Henry Reeve medical brigades and their role in supporting peoples affected by pandemics and natural disasters. The exhibition was rejected by the Parliament’s authorities.

KKE's Koutsoumbas warns of “extremely dangerous escalation” as Greece is drawn deeper into Iran war

Amid the intensification of the US–Israel war against Iran and growing pressure on allied states to contribute to military operations—particularly in the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz—the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, has issued a stark warning about the risks of a wider regional conflagration and Greece’s deepening involvement in it.

 

Political Bureau of the CC of the KKE: No sacrifices for the imperialists’ wars – Greece out of the war

Statement by the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 

No sacrifices for the imperialists’ wars – Greece out of the war

1. The KKE calls on the working class, the people and the youth to remain vigilant and to take militant action. Let the alarm be sounded everywhere. Let opposition to the imperialist war and to our country’s dangerous involvement in it be expressed and strengthened. Our country must not become a target for reprisals. The people and their children must not be made to bear the consequences of war. 

Four Years Under Death’s Ravenous Gaze

The conflict in Eastern Ukraine did not come as a surprise to the KKE. It marked the ignition of a confrontation that had long been in the making — methodically prepared in the pressure cooker of clashing powerful interests — and it is a direct consequence of the capitalist restoration that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It is worth recalling that at the time, the entire spectrum of Greece’s political establishment, from the far right to the so-called “renewed Left” — except the KKE — was proclaiming that “the avenues of peace and prosperity” were opening up for the peoples.

 

KKE in EU Parliament denounces U.S threats towards Cuba, submits question to Kaja Kallas

The threats of an imperialist attack against Cuba, along with the demand for the immediate lifting of the country’s economic blockade and its removal from the list of “states sponsoring terrorism,” are highlighted in a parliamentary question submitted to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Members of the European Parliament, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

 

KKE: The new crime with 15 dead migrants bears the stamp of the EU and the bourgeois governments of Greece and Turkey

15 dead migrants: A crime bearing the stamp of the EU and the bourgeois governments of Greece and Turkey

Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the CC of the KKE,  speaking on 4 February 2026 in the plenary session of the Greek Parliament during the debate on the bill of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum for the “promotion of legal migration”, demanded that responsibility be assigned, those guilty be punished and a full investigation be carried out into the real circumstances of the tragedy in Chios.