Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

The Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) is a European Marxist–Leninist political group. INITIATIVE has 30 member parties from all over Europe.[1] The Communist Party of Greece was the main founder of INITIATIVE.[2] The goal of INITIATIVE is to "contribute to the research and study of issues concerning Europe, particularly concerning the EU, the political line which is drawn up in its framework and affects the lives of the workers, as well as to assist the elaboration of joint positions of the parties and the coordination of their solidarity and their other activities".[3]

Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
PresidentCollective leadership
Founded1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
IdeologyAnti-revisionism
Communism
Euroscepticism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationIMCWP
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
ColoursRed
European Parliament
2 / 705
Website
initiative-cwpe.org

Member parties
CountryPartyLast national election National Lower HousesEuropean Parliament
 Austria Party of Labour of Austria
(PdA, Partei der Arbeit Österreichs)		 Did not contest
0 / 183
 –
 Belarus Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus
(BKPT, Kamunistyčnaja partyja pracoŭnych Bielarusi)		 Did not contest
0 / 110
 Not in EU
 Bulgaria Party of the Bulgarian Communists
(PBK, Partiya na Bulgarskite Komunisti)		 Did not contest
0 / 240
 –
Union of Communists in Bulgaria
(SKB, Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya)		 Did not contest
0 / 240
 –
 Croatia Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia
(SRP, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske)		 2,149 (0.13%)
0 / 151
 –
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark
(KPiD, Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark)		 Did not contest
0 / 175
 –
 Finland Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism
(KTP, Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin Puolesta)		 1,240 (0.04%)
0 / 200
 France Communist Revolutionary Party of France
(PCRF, Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France)		 259 (0.00%)
0 / 577
 –
Pole of Communist Revival in France
(PRCF, Pôle de renaissance communiste en France)		 Did not contest
0 / 577
 –
 Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia
(SEKP, Sakartvelos Ertiani Komunisturi Partia)		 1,467 (0.08%)
0 / 150
 Not in EU
 Greece Communist Party of Greece
(KKE, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas)		 299,592 (5.30%)
15 / 300
2 / 21
 Hungary Hungarian Workers' Party
(Magyar Munkáspárt)		 15,640 (0.27%)
0 / 199
 –
 Ireland Workers' Party of Ireland
(Páirtí na nOibrithe)		 1,195 (0,1%) (Ireland)
0 / 160
 –
1,261 (0.16%)

(Northern Ireland)
0 / 90
 –
 Italy Communist Party
(PC, Partito Comunista)		 106,816 (0.33%)
0 / 630
 –
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia
(LSP, Latvijas Sociālistīskā partija)		 With Harmony Centre
1 / 100
 –
 Lithuania Socialist People's Front
(SPF, Socialistinis liaudies frontas)		 Did not contest
0 / 141
 –
 North Macedonia Communist Party of Macedonia
(KPM, Комунистичката партија на Македонија)		 Did not contest
0 / 120
 –
 Malta Communist Party of Malta
(PK, Partit Komunista Malti)		 Did not contest
0 / 67
 –
 Republic of Moldova People's Resistance[4]
(Rezistența)		 Did not contest
0 / 101
 Not in EU
 Norway Communist Party of Norway
(NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti)		 309 (0.01%)
0 / 169
 Not in EU
 Poland Polish Communist Party
(KPP, Komunistyczna Partia Polski (2002))		 With The Left
0 / 460
 –
 Russia Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(KPSS, Kommunističeskaja partija Sovetskogo Sojuza (2001))		 Did not contest
0 / 450
 Not in EU
Russian Communist Workers' Party
(RKRP, Rossiyskaya kommunisticheskaya rabochaya partiya)
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
(NKPJ, Nova komunistička partija Jugoslavije)		 Did not contest
0 / 250
 Not in EU
 Slovakia Communist Party of Slovakia
(KSS, Komunistická strana Slovenska)		 Did not contest
0 / 150
 –
 Spain Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
(PCTE, Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España)		 14,189 (0.05%)
0 / 350
 –
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden
(SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (1995))		 702 (0.01%)
0 / 349
 –
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey
(TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi (2001))		 Did not contest
0 / 600
 Not in EU
 Ukraine Union of Communists of Ukraine
(SKU, Soyuz komunistiv Ukrayini)		 Did not contest
0 / 450
 Not in EU
 United Kingdom New Communist Party of Britain
(NCP)		 Did not contest
0 / 650
 Not in EU

Former member parties
CountryPartyNotes
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia[5]
 Turkey Communist Party
(KP, Komünist Parti)		 After the party split in 2014, the Communist Party took up the position in the INITIATIVE until its merger in 2017 within the Communist Party of Turkey
 Spain Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain After the party split in 2019, the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain replaced the PCPE in INITIATIVE

See also

References
  1. "Greek Communist's Party Official Newspaper".
  2. Zur "Initiative kommunistischer und Arbeiterparteien Europas".
  3. "Founding Declaration of the INITIATIVE of Communist and Workers' Parties to study and elaborate European issues and to coordinate their activity".
  4. "People's Resistance Moldova".
  5. "Information Bulletin of the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE for the representatives who participate in the 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties in Lisbon" (PDF).
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