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Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

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Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
LeaderCollective leadership
FounderCommunist Party of Greece
Founded1 October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-01)
Dissolved9 September 2023; 13 months ago (2023-09-09)
Succeeded byEuropean Communist Action
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
International affiliationIMCWP
ColoursRed
Website
initiative-cwpe.org

The Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) was a Marxist–Leninist cooperative association of primarily European Communist parties. The initiative had 30 member parties from all over Europe and the surrounding area.[1] The Communist Party of Greece was the main founder of initiative.[2] The express purpose of the organisation was 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] On 9 September 2023, the organisation was dissolved following ideological and political differences between the association's members over the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] The European Communist Action was established on 18 November 2023 as a continuation of the INITIATIVE association created by the Communist Party of Greece.[5]

Member parties

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Map of countries with member organizations of the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties. Member organizations are shown in red. Parties with parliamentary representation are shown in dark red. Parties which used to participate in meetings but did not join are shown in light red.
Country Party Last national or European election National Lower Houses European Parliament
 Austria Party of Labour of Austria
(PdA, Partei der Arbeit Österreichs) 		Did not contest
0 / 183
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 Belarus Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus [zh]
(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 (0,0%)
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) 		401,224 (7.69%)
21 / 300
2 / 21
 Hungary Hungarian Workers' Party
(Magyar Munkáspárt) 		14,452 (0.42%)
0 / 199
 –
 Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland (part of  United Kingdom) 		Workers' Party
(Páirtí na nOibrithe) 		1,195 (0.1%) (Ireland)
0 / 160
 –
839 (0.10%)

(Northern Ireland)

0 / 90
 –
 Italy Communist Party
(PC, Partito Comunista) 		235,467 (0.88%)
0 / 400
0 / 200
 –
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia
(LSP, Latvijas Sociālistīskā partija) 		With Social Democratic Party "Harmony"
0 / 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 [zh][6]
(Rezistența) 		Did not contest
0 / 101
 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)) 		Did not contest
0 / 460
 –
 Russia Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(KPSS, Kommunističeskaja partija Sovetskogo Sojuza) 		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) 		6,199 (0.63%) (together with VZDOR)
0 / 150
 –
 Spain Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
(PCTE, Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España) 		17,918 (0.07%)
0 / 350
 –
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden
(SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) 		974 (0.02%)
0 / 349
 –
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey
(TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi) 		62,826 (0.12%)
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
(Great Britain only) 		New Communist Party of Britain
(NCP) 		Did not contest
0 / 650
 Not in EU

Former member parties

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Country Party Notes
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia[7]
 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 2017, the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain replaced the PCPE in INITIATIVE

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Initiative of Communist & Workers' Parties – ON THE TERMINATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIST INITIATIVE". www.initiative-cwpe.org. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ^ "European Communist Action | Founding Declaration". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ "People's Resistance Moldova".
  7. ^ "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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