Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

The Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE), also known as the European Communist Initiative (ECI), was a Marxist–Leninist European political alliance. Founded by the Communist Party of Greece in 2013, the initiative had 30 member parties from all over Europe and the surrounding area."Greek Communist's Party Official Newspaper"Zur "Initiative kommunistischer und Arbeiterparteien Europas"

Its goal 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"."Founding Declaration of the INITIATIVE of Communist and Workers' Parties to study and elaborate European issues and to coordinate their activity"

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. The European Communist Action was established on 18 November 2023 as a continuation of the INITIATIVE association created by the Communist Party of Greece.

Member parties From INITIATIVE: Country Party Last national or European electionNational Lower Houses European ParliamentParty of Labour of Austria(PdA, ) Did not contest –(BKPT, ) Did not contestNot in EUParty of the Bulgarian Communists(PBK, )Did not contest –Union of Communists in Bulgaria(SKB, )Did not contest –Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia(SRP, )1,206 (0.06%) –Communist Party in Denmark(KPiD, ) Did not contest –Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism(KTP, )1,240 (0.04%) Communist Revolutionary Party of France(PCRF, ) 259 (0,0%) –Pole of Communist Revival in France(PRCF, ) Did not contest –Unified Communist Party of Georgia(SEKP, )Did not contestNot in EUCommunist Party of Greece(KKE, )401,224 (7.69%)Hungarian Workers' Party()14,452 (0.42%) –and Northern Ireland Workers' Party()1,195 (0.1%) (Ireland) –839 (0.10%) (Northern Ireland)–Communist Party(PC, )235,467 (0.88%) –Socialist Party of Latvia(LSP, )With Social Democratic Party "Harmony" –Socialist People's Front(SPF, )Did not contest –Communist Party of Macedonia(KPM, ) Did not contest –Communist Party of Malta(PK, ) Did not contest –"People's Resistance Moldova" .() Did not contestCommunist Party of Norway(NKP, )308 (0.00%)Not in EUPolish Communist Party(KPP, ) Did not contest –Communist Party of the Soviet Union(KPSS, ) Did not contestNot in EURussian Communist Workers' Party(RKRP, )New Communist Party of Yugoslavia(NKPJ, ) Did not contestNot in EUCommunist Party of Slovakia(KSS, )6,199 (0.63%) (together with VZDOR) –Communist Party of the Workers of Spain(PCTE, )17,918 (0.07%) –Communist Party of Sweden(SKP, )974 (0.02%) –Communist Party of Turkey(TKP, )62,826 (0.12%)Not in EUNew Communist Party of Britain(NCP) Did not contestNot in EU

Former member parties Country Party Notes Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia"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). Communist Party(KP, ) 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 TurkeyCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainAfter the party split in 2017, the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain replaced the PCPE in INITIATIVEUnion of Communists of Ukraine(SKU, ) Banned per 2015 decommunism laws

See also List of communist parties represented in European Parliament Party of the European Left

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