AKEL C.C. Press Office, 20^th September 2019, Nicosia

Yesterday the majority of the European Parliament approved a blatantly unhistorical and propaganda Resolution entitled "The importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe", with which the equation of communism-fascism and erase of the Soviet Union's contribution to the crushing of fascism is again being attempted. Indeed, the Resolution mentions the various European governments that have proceeded to a criminalization of Communist ideology and activity, at the same time of course when these very governments are praising Nazi collaborators and leading the way in xenophobia and authoritarianism. Just like 80 years ago, the ruling powers in Europe today are paving the way and preparing the ground for fascism by reproducing the "theory of the two extremes".

You don't have to be left or a communist to know the truth about the Second World War. History cannot be turned upside down. The contribution of the Soviet Union and Communists all over the world in the overthrow of Hitler fascism is written with the blood shed by millions and cannot be erased. The only "meeting" between fascism and communism took place in Stalingrad, Kursk and so many other battlefields of the Second World War when the Soviet Union crushed the forces of Nazism and secured the triumph of human civilization on the planet.

The Resolution of the European Parliament claims to fight fascism too, but that is just a smoke screen. After all, a number of parties in the European People's Party have a relationship of tolerance, co-operation or/and in government together with fascist and far-right movements. In reality, they are targeting Communist ideology, historical truth, and the struggles of the peoples and working people who are again taking to the streets on the counterattack, asserting social justice and struggling for another Europe. In other words, the forces of the system and establishment, which with their policies are generating tens of millions of unemployed, poor and destitute across the continent, have decided to uproot from Europe the ideas, actions, history and visions of the communists and the Left. Of course, History demonstrates that anti-communist persecutions sooner or later turn against every progressive and democratic citizen.

The fact that the MEP’s of ruling DISY party voted for the anti-communist resolution isn’t surprising. What is surprising however is the attitude of the MEP of the Democratic Party DIKO who chose to vote for the resolution, while the MEP Dimitris Papadakis of social democratic EDEK acted correctly by voting against the unhistorical Resolution.