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 | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colours | Red |
| European Parliament | 2 / 705
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| Website | |
| initiative-cwpe | |
Member parties
| Country | Party | Last national or european or local election | National Lower Houses | European 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) |
With Left Union for a Clean and Holy Republic
10,309 (0.37%) |
0 / 240 |
– |
| Union of Communists in Bulgaria (SKB, Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya) |
With Left Union for a Clean and Holy Republic
10,309 (0.37%) |
0 / 240 |
– | |
 Croatia |
Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia (SRP, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske) |
2,149 (0.13%)
European Parliament election 2019 2,622 (0.24%) |
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) |
Did not contest | 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) |
Did not contest | 0 / 150 |
Not in EU |
 Greece |
Communist Party of Greece (KKE, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas) |
299,592 (5.30%)
European Parliament election 2019 302,677 (5.4%) |
15 / 300 |
2 / 21 |
 Hungary |
Hungarian Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt) |
15,640 (0.27%)
European Parliament election 2019 14,452 (0.42%) |
0 / 199 |
– |
 Ireland |
Workers' Party of Ireland (Páirtí na nOibrithe) |
1,195 (0.1%) (Ireland)
European Parliament election 2019 3,701 (0.2%) |
0 / 160 |
– |
| 1,261 (0.16%)
(Northern Ireland) |
0 / 90 |
– | ||
 Italy |
Communist Party (PC, Partito Comunista) |
106,816 (0.33%)
European Parliament election 2019 235,467 (0.88%) |
0 / 630 1 / 315 |
– |
 Latvia |
Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP, Latvijas Sociālistīskā partija) |
With Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 1 / 100 |
– |
 Lithuania |
Socialist People's Front (SPF, Socialistinis liaudies frontas) |
Did not contest
2012 Lithouanian parliamentary election 16,515 (1.26%) |
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) |
308 (0.00%) | 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) |
Did not contest
Выборы в Законодательное собрание Санкт-Петербурга (2016) «РОТ Фронт» 9,611 (0,78 %) |
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) |
15,925 (0.55%)
European Parliament election 2019 6,199 (0.63%) |
0 / 150 |
– |
 Spain |
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE, Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España) |
14,189 (0.05%)
European Parliament election 2019 19,081 (0.09%) |
0 / 350 |
– |
 Sweden |
Communist Party of Sweden (SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) |
702 (0.01%)
European Parliament election 2019 974 (0.02%) |
0 / 349 |
– |
 Turkey |
Communist Party of Turkey (TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi) |
2019 Turkish local elections City Council memberships
125.109 (0,29%) |
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
| Country | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 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 |
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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