The MEPs of the KKE, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, put a question to the European Commission denouncing the recruitment tour of the fascists of the Ukrainian Azov Brigade in Europe.

According to reports, the tour takes place so that the fascists can raise funds and recruit “members and volunteers” among Ukrainians who have fled abroad and other nationals. In less than fifteen days, four officers of the Nazi brigade, which is part of the Ukrainian armed forces, have planned events in nine European cities in Poland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, apparently with the approval or connivance of the governments of the countries they are visiting.

Despite the fact that the EU has placed armed neo-Nazi groups in Russia on a sanctions list, such as “Rusich”, which has been integrated into the Russian armed forces over the past two years, it is showing tolerance and even open support for Ukrainian Nazis.

The European tour of the supporters of Stepan Bandera, a Nazi collaborator who is provocatively honoured as a hero in Ukraine, has sparked off reactions from organizations of the workers’-people’s movement, leading to the cancellation of several events. The systematic effort of EU governments and NATO member states, including Greece, to glorify and whitewash the SS collaborators, is the result of the unacceptable and unhistorical equation of communism with the monster of fascism, which is an official EU position. For years, the EU has been trying unsuccessfully to impose this position  through events that distort history such as the one on “totalitarian regimes” that took place on 23 August.

Thus, in addition to the EU’s support, funding and equipping of the Nazi battalions in Ukraine, we are witnessing the unacceptable honouring of Nazi collaborators in other EU member states, e.g. in Estonia, where, a few days ago, a few dozen people dressed in Nazi Wehrmacht uniforms demonstrated with the connivance of the government.

In the light of the above, the KKE MEPs, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, tabled the following question:

What position does the EU Commission take on:

• the visits by Nazis from the Azov Brigade to EU member states, which are tolerated, if not supported, by the governments of the member states concerned?
• the unacceptable events in honour of Nazi collaborators in a number of countries, such as Estonia?

30.08.2024