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 | |
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| President | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 1 October 2013 |
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
| Ideology | Anti-revisionism Communism Euroscepticism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colours | Red |
| European Parliament | 2 / 705 |
| Website | |
| initiative-cwpe | |
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Member parties
| Country | Party | Last national election | National Lower Houses | European Parliament |
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Party of Labour of Austria (PdA, Partei der Arbeit Österreichs) |
Did not contest | 0 / 183 |
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Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus (BKPT, Kamunistyčnaja partyja pracoŭnych Bielarusi) |
Did not contest | 0 / 110 |
Not in EU |
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Party of the Bulgarian Communists (PBK, Partiya na Bulgarskite Komunisti) |
With BSP For Bulgaria | 0 / 240 |
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| Union of Communists in Bulgaria (SKB, Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya) |
With BSP For Bulgaria | 0 / 240 |
– | |
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Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia (SRP, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske) |
2,528 (0.13%) | 0 / 151 |
– |
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Communist Party in Denmark (KPiD, Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark) |
Did not contest | 0 / 175 |
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Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism (KTP, Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin Puolesta) |
1,240 (0.04%) | 0 / 200 |
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Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF, Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France) |
259 (0.00%) | 0 / 577 |
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| Pole of Communist Revival in France (PRCF, Pôle de renaissance communiste en France) |
Did not contest | 0 / 577 |
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Unified Communist Party of Georgia (SEKP, Sakartvelos Ertiani Komunisturi Partia) |
1,467 (0.08%) | 0 / 150 |
Not in EU |
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Communist Party of Greece (KKE, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas) |
299,592 (5.30%) | 15 / 300 |
2 / 21 |
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Hungarian Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt) |
15,640 (0.27%) | 0 / 199 |
– |
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Workers' Party of Ireland (Páirtí na nOibrithe) |
1,195 (0,1%) (Ireland) | 0 / 160 |
– |
| 1,261 (0.16%)
(Northern Ireland) |
0 / 90 |
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Communist Party (PC, Partito Comunista) |
106,816 (0.33) | 0 / 630 |
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Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP, Latvijas Sociālistīskā partija) |
With Harmony Centre | 1 / 100 |
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Socialist People's Front (SPF, Socialistinis liaudies frontas) |
Did not contest | 0 / 141 |
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League of Communists of Macedonia (KPM, Liga na komunisti na Makedonija (1992)) |
Did not contest | 0 / 120 |
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Communist Party of Malta (PK, Partit Komunista Malti) |
Did not contest | 0 / 67 |
– |
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People's Resistance[4] (Rezistența) |
Did not contest | 0 / 101 |
Not in EU |
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Communist Party of Norway (NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti) |
309 (0.01%) | 0 / 169 |
Not in EU |
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Polish Communist Party (KPP, Komunistyczna Partia Polski (2002)) |
With The Left | 0 / 460 |
– |
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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) | ||||
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New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ, Nova komunistička partija Jugoslavije) |
Did not contest | 0 / 250 |
Not in EU |
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Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS, Komunistická strana Slovenska) |
16,278 (0.62%) | 0 / 150 |
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Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE, Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores) |
14,189 (0.05%) | 0 / 350 |
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Communist Party of Sweden (SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (1995)) |
702 (0.01%) | 0 / 349 |
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Communist Party of Turkey (TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi (2001)) |
Did not contest | 0 / 600 |
Not in EU |
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Union of Communists of Ukraine (SKU, Soyuz komunistiv Ukrayina) |
Did not contest | 0 / 450 |
Not in EU |
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New Communist Party of Britain (NCP) |
Did not contest | 0 / 650 |
Not in EU |
Former member parties
| Country | Party | Notes |
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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia[5] | |
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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 |
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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 |
References
- "Greek Communist's Party Official Newspaper".
- Zur "Initiative kommunistischer und Arbeiterparteien Europas".
- "Founding Declaration of the INITIATIVE of Communist and Workers' Parties to study and elaborate European issues and to coordinate their activity".
- "People's Resistance Moldova".
- "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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