European Communist Action
European Communist Action | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 18 November 2023[1] |
| Preceded by | INITIATIVE |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colours | Red |
| European Parliament | 2 / 720 |
| European Commission | 0 / 27 |
| European Council | 0 / 27 |
| European Lower Houses | 21 / 6,215 |
| European Upper Houses | 0 / 1,457 |
| Website | |
| eurcomact.org | |
The European Communist Action (ECA) is a Marxist–Leninist European political alliance. It was established on 18 November 2023[4] after its predecessor organization Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties was dissolved.[5]
The European Communist Action is a coalition of communist and workers' parties in Europe. It was established with the aim of promoting scientific socialism, opposing the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and challenging capitalist exploitation and imperialism.[6] The ECA regards the EU as an imperialist bloc and is dedicated to the principles of class struggle and the rights of workers, advocating for socialism as an alternative to the current capitalist system in Europe.[7]
History
[edit]The member parties of the ECA participated in the 2024 European Parliament elections.[8][9][10] The parties of the ECA gathered 0.22% of votes.[11] The only ECA party to win seats in the EU parliament was the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which won two seats.[12][13]
Membership
[edit]The founding meeting was attended by delegations from 12 parties in Europe.[14][15][16]
Member parties
[edit]| Country | Party | 2024 European Parliament election | Seats in European Parliament |
|---|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
Party of Labour of Austria (Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) |
Did not contest | 0 / 20
|
 France
|
Communist Revolutionary Party of France (Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France, PCRF) |
Did not contest | 0 / 81
|
 Greece
|
Communist Party of Greece (KKE, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas) |
367,796 (9.3%) | 2 / 21
|
 Ireland + Northern Ireland (part of  Britain)
|
Workers' Party[a] (Páirtí na nOibrithe) |
Did not contest | 0 / 14
|
 Italy
|
Communist Front (FC, Fronte Comunista) |
Did not contest | 0 / 76
|
 Finland
|
Communist Workpeople Party – For Peace and Socialism (Kommunistinen työväenpuolue – rauhan ja sosialismin puolesta, KTP) |
Did not contest | 0 / 15
|
 Netherlands
|
New Communist Party of the Netherlands (Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland, NCPN) |
Did not contest | 0 / 31
|
 Spain
|
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España, PCTE) |
15,281 (0.09%) | 0 / 61
|
 Sweden
|
Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, SKP) |
1,629 (0.04%) | 0 / 21
|
 Switzerland
|
Swiss Communist Party[b] (Parti Communiste Suisse, PC) |
Not part of the European Union | |
 Turkey
|
Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) |
Not part of the European Union | |
 Ukraine
|
Union of Communists of Ukraine (Союз комуністів України, СКУ; Soyuz komunistiv Ukrayiny, SKU) |
Not part of the European Union | |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The Workers Party that participates in the ECA is the one led by Ted Tynan, not the original Workers' Party founded in 1970.
- ^ Not to be confused with the Communist Party (Switzerland), the party founded in 1944, or the Communist Party of Switzerland, the party founded in 1921.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ιδρύθηκε η «Ευρωπαϊκή Κομμουνιστική Δράση» - EKFRASI.net". 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Ευρωπαϊκή Κομμουνιστική Δράση: Αλληλεγγύη στους λαούς της Παλαιστίνης και του Λιβάνου". October 2024.
- ^ "Κουτσούμπας στην ιδρυτική συνάντηση της «Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης»: Υπάρχει κι άλλος δρόμος ανάπτυξης, μια άλλη Ευρώπη όπου ευημερούν οι λαοί".
- ^ ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (18 November 2023). "Δ. Κουτσούμπας: Το ΚΚΕ θα αυξήσει τις δυνάμεις του στις ευρωεκλογές". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "European Communist Action | Founding Declaration". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Μπήκαν τα θεμέλια της «Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης» - Η εισήγηση του Δημήτρη Κουτσούμπα". in.gr (in Greek). 18 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "INTRODUCTION DU KKE A LA RÉUNION DES PARTIS COMMUNISTES POUR LA FONDATION DE « L'ACTION COMMUNISTE EUROPÉENNE »". Histoire et société (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "European Parliament elections, 6-9 June 2024 – European Sources Online". 24 June 2024.
- ^ "For a Europe of peace, people's prosperity and socialism -- European Communist Action Declaration". 12 April 2024.
- ^ "ΚΚΕ: Τα ψηφοδέλτια για τις ευρωεκλογές θα έχουν πολιτικό χαρακτήρα και όχι "life style" και «απολιτίκ» - Ποιοι μπαίνουν σε αυτά - GOVNews.gr". govnews.gr (in Greek). 11 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "European Parliament Election 2024".
- ^ "European Parliament elections-2024". 20 June 2024.
- ^ Nezi, R. and Lefkofridi, Z. (2024). Still Second-Order in 2024? National, Nationalist and Personalised Issues in the Greek Ep Election. Politique européenne, No 86(4), 122-129.
- ^ "Communist Party of Greece - On the founding meeting of the European Communist Action". inter.kke.gr. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "European Communist Action | Parties". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Φανίδη, Βαρβάρα (17 November 2023). "Ομιλία του ΓΓ της ΚΕ του ΚΚΕ Δ. Κουτσούμπα στην ιδρυτική συνάντηση της Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης". The President (in Greek). Retrieved 21 April 2025.