Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
President	Collective leadership
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Ideology	Communism Euroscepticism Anti-revisionism Marxism-Leninism
Political position	Far-left
European Parliament group	Non-Inscrits
Colours	Red
Website
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The Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) is a European hardline communist political alliance. INITIATIVE has 29 member parties from all over Europe. The Greek KKE was the main founder of INITIATIVE.

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".

Member parties

Country	Party	National MPs	European MPs
Austria	Party of Labour of Austria (PdA, Partei der Arbeit)	0 / 183	0 / 18
Belarus	Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus (BKPT)	0 / 110	N/A
Bulgaria	Union of Communists in Bulgaria (SKB, Съюз на комунистите в България)	0 / 240	0 / 17
Bulgaria	Party of Bulgarian Communists (PBK, Партия на българските комунисти)	0 / 240	0 / 17
Croatia	Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia (SRP, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske)	0 / 151	0 / 11
Denmark	Communist Party in Denmark (KPiD, Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark)	0 / 179	0 / 13
France	Pole of Communist Revival in France (PRCF, Pôle de renaissance communiste en France)	0 / 577	0 / 74
France	Union of Revolutionary Communists of France (URCF, Union des révolutionnaires communistes de France)	0 / 577	0 / 74
Georgia	Unified Communist Party of Georgia (SEKP) საქართველოს ერთიანი კომუნისტური პარტია, Sakartvelos Ertiani Komunisturi Partia	0 / 150	N/A
Greece	Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas	15 / 300	2 / 21
Hungary	Hungarian Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt)	0 / 199	0 / 21
Ireland	Workers' Party of Ireland (Páirtí na nOibrithe)	0 / 158	0 / 11
Italy	Communist Party (PC, Partito Comunista)	0 / 630	0 / 73
Latvia	Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP, Latvijas Sociālistīskā partija)	3 / 100	0 / 8
Lithuania	Socialist People's Front of Lithuania (SPF, Socialistinis liaudies frontas)	0 / 141	0 / 11
Malta	Communist Party of Malta (PK, Partit Komunista Malti)	0 / 69	0 / 6
Moldova	People's Resistance (Rezistența)	0 / 121	N/A
Norway	Communist Party of Norway (NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti)	0 / 169	N/A
Poland	Communist Party of Poland (KPP, Komunistyczna Partia Polski)	0 / 460	0 / 51
Macedonia	Communist Party of Macedonia (KPM, Komunisticka Partija na Makedonija)	0 / 123	N/A
Russia	Russian Communist Workers' Party (RKRP) Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия	0 / 450	N/A
Russia	Communist Party of Soviet Union (KPSS) Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza	0 / 450	N/A
Serbia	New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) Нова комунистичка партија Југославије, Nova Komunistička Partija Jugoslavije	0 / 250	N/A
Slovakia	Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS, Komunistická strana Slovenska)	0 / 150	0 / 13
Spain	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE, Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España)	0 / 350	0 / 54
Sweden	Communist Party of Sweden (SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti)	0 / 349	0 / 20
Turkey	Communist Party (KP, Komünist Parti)	0 / 550	N/A
Ukraine	Union of Communists of Ukraine (SKU, Союз комуністів України)	0 / 450	N/A
United Kingdom	New Communist Party of Britain (NCP)	0 / 650	0 / 73

Former member parties

Country	Party
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

See also

• Party of the European Left
• List of communist parties represented in European Parliament

External links

• Official website