The Party of the European Left denounces the unprecedented authoritarianism of the Greek government and its attempt to censor freedom of speech and information by closing down its nation's public service broadcaster ERT . At the same time we support the mobilisation of the Greek people and the solidarity movements all over Europe.

We welcome the immediate decision of the European Broadcasting Union to broadcast ERT through its website.

The struggle for freedom of speech must continue in Europe. The EL demands from all European governments to denounce the actions of the Greek government and it will undertake activist and institutional initiatives on European scale, in order not to allow the censorship of Greek public media.

Party of the European Left Presidency

Brussels 13 June 2013