European Communist Action
European Communist Action | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ECA |
| 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 / 6,229 |
| European Upper Houses | 0 / 1,458 |
| Website | |
| eurcomact.org | |
The European Communist Action (ECA) is a Marxist–Leninist European political alliance. It was established on 18 November 2023[2] after its predecessor organization, the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties, was dissolved.[3]
The ECA 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.[4] 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.[5]
History
The member parties of the ECA participated in the 2024 European Parliament elections.[6][7][8] The parties of the ECA gathered 0.22% of votes.[9] The only ECA party to win seats in the EU parliament was the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which won two seats.[10][11]
Membership
The founding meeting was attended by delegations from 12 parties in Europe.[12][13][14]
Member parties
| 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 (Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ΚΚΕ) |
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 (Fronte Comunista, FC) |
Did not contest | 0 / 76
|
| Finland | Communist Workers' 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) (Kommunistische Partei der Schweiz) (Partito Comunista Svizzero) |
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) |
Not part of the European Union | |
Associated parties
The parties listed below are parties that are not official members of the ECA, but have expressed a general agreement with the positions of the ECA.
| Country | Party | 2024 European Parliament election | Seats in European Parliament |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party[c][15]
(Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário, PCBR) |
Not part of the European Union | |
| Germany | Communist Party of Germany[d][16]
(Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, KPD) |
Did not contest | 0 / 96
|
| Germany | Communist Party[e][17]
(Kommunistische Partei, KP) |
Did not contest | 0 / 96
|
| Russia | Organisation of Communists[18]
(Организация Коммунистов, ОК) |
Not part of the European Union | |
| Russia | Russian Communist Party (Internationalists)][19]
(Российская Коммунистическая Партия (интернационалистов), РКП(и)) |
Not part of the European Union | |
| Mexico | Communist Party of Mexico[20]
(Partido Comunista de México, PCM) |
Not part of the European Union | |
| USA | Communist Workers' Platform of the United States of America (CWPUSA)[21] | Not part of the European Union | |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Not to be confused with the Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário founded in 1968 and dissolved in 1980 or the Partido Comunista Revolucionário
- ^ Not to be confused with the Kommunistische Partei or Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
- ^ Not to be confused with the Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP) or the Kommunistische Partei Deutschland (KPD)
References
- ^ "Ιδρύθηκε η «Ευρωπαϊκή Κομμουνιστική Δράση» - EKFRASI.net". 19 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Χαιρετιστήριο μήνυμα του Επαναστατικού Βραζιλιάνικου ΚΚ για το 22ο Συνέδριο του ΚΚΕ". 902.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2026.
(...) Έχουμε παρακολουθήσει με μεγάλη προσοχή την ανάπτυξη της Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης, στην οποία το ΚΚΕ διαδραματίζει θεμελιώδη ρόλο, και έχουμε εργαστεί για την ανασυγκρότηση των Κομμουνιστικών Κομμάτων και στην ήπειρό μας.
- ^ "Grußwort an den Gründungskongress der Europäisch Kommunistischen Aktion". k-p-d.org (in German and English). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
We congratulate the communist and workers' parties that will found the European Communist Action in Athens next Saturday, 18 November.
- ^ "Report from the 1st Congress of the Communist Party". kommunistischepartei.de. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
We welcome all efforts for a closer international coordination of the communist parties on the basis of ideological clarity and unity, especially the founding of the European Communist Action, and want to intensify our relations with the parties and organizations of the ECA and the revolutionary pole as a whole.
- ^ "Statement of the European Communist Action (ECA): Class struggle - no sacrifices in wages, pensions, union and social rights for the war economy". kommunist.org. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Χαιρετιστήριο μήνυμα του ΚΚ Ρωσίας (διεθνιστές) για το 22ο Συνέδριο του ΚΚΕ". 902.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
(...) Δεδομένης της σημασίας των διεθνών συναντήσεων των κομμουνιστικών και εργατικών κομμάτων (ΔΣΚΕΚ) υποστηρίζουμε ιδιαίτερα τέτοιες ενώσεις, όπως η "Ευρωπαϊκή κομμουνιστική δράση" (ΕΚΔ) και είμαστε έτοιμοι να συμμετάσχουμε σε τέτοιες ενώσεις.
- ^ "¡Lenin vive!". comunistas-mexicanos.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2026.
(...) Saludamos todos los esfuerzos en esa dirección, por ejemplo, la Acción Comunista Europea, la Revista Comunista Internacional.
- ^ Committee, CWPUSA Central (20 January 2024). "Lenin Lives! | New Worker". newworker.us. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
(...) We commit ourselves to the international revolutionary regroupment of the communists, for a unified revolutionary strategy, with optimism, without fear of the difficulties, the obstacles, the slanders. We salute all efforts in that direction, for example, the European Communist Action, the International Communist Review.