Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

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Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
PresidentCollective leadership
Founded1 October 2013; 7 years ago (2013-10-01)
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationIMCWP
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
ColoursRed
European Parliament
2 / 705
Website
initiative-cwpe.org
  • Politics of European Union
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  • Elections

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]

Member parties[]

Country Party Last national election National Lower Houses European Parliament
 Austria Party of Labour of Austria
(PdA, Partei der Arbeit Österreichs)
Did not contest
0 / 183
 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 (0.00%)
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)
Did not contest
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 Social Democratic Party "Harmony"
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  [zh][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)
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)
702 (0.01%)
0 / 349
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey
(TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi)
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[]

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

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