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Conference Held in the Capital of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union: "Europe Must Condemn Fascism"
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas, and Chairman of the Union of Greek Veterans Christos Tzintzilonis took part in the event, along with members of the Greek Parliament, the Latvian Saeima, Ukrainian public leaders, writers, experts, and journalists.
Regrettably, Ukrainian MP and member of the Communist Party Aleksander Prisyazhnyuk was unable to attend the conference: the new Ukrainian authorities did not allow him to leave the country. In his address to conference participants, Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko remarked, "Ukrainian Communist MPs are subject to attacks. Our activists have been beaten, threatened, and murdered. Gunmen have launched attacks on Ukrainian Communist Party offices, looting and burning our buildings and stealing our property.
In his opening address, the leader of Greek Communists spoke of the need to step up the struggle against fascism in Europe , using the example of Greece , where, as we know, several right-wing deputies were arrested on organized crime charges.
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Member of the Parliament of Latvia :
Leader of the leftist Borotba Party ( Ukraine ) , the subject of persecution in Ukraine , remarked,
Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies ( the Hague ) :
Director of the Research & Branding Group polling agency ( Ukraine ) noted,
During the conference, presented his new book , co-written with political scientist Alexei Kochetkov .
Conference participants were presented with the newly published brochure , which recounts the terrible tragedy in Odessa on 2 May, when Ukrainian fascists set fire to the Trade Unions Building, which killed dozens of innocent people.