European Communist Action

Regional cooperation organization in Europe

European Communist Action (ECA) is a Marxist–Leninist association of European communist parties. It was established on 18 November 2023 after its predecessor organization Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties was dissolved,^[1] following ideological and political differences between the association's members over the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2] 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. 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.

History

The ECA has its origin in a split within the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (ECI or Initiative). The Initiative was founded in 2013, with similar goals and membership as the ECA. However the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, caused significant disagreements between Initiative member parties. Several member parties, such as the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, were openly supportive of the invasion, whereas other parties condemned the invasion as an imperialist act. These disagreements came to a high point after several ECI member parties attended the World Anti-Imperialist Platform (WAP).

The WAP is also an anti-imperialist international organization, though it sharply differed in viewpoint from the Initiative in the sense that it doesn't view China or Russia as imperialist states.^[3]^[4] Among the signatories of WAP's founding declaration are also non-communist parties, such as the PSUV and the Spanish Vanguard.^[5] Other disagreements between member parties also arose, with some parties being more critical towards migration to the European Union.^[6] Eventually these disagreements made the Initiative dysfunctional and the main sponsor, the Greek KKE, therefore decided to withdraw support and dissolve the ECI.

Two months after the dissolution of the ECI, 12 Communist and Workers' Parties, most of them members of the ECI before its dissolution, established the ECA in Athens.

Membership

The founding meeting was attended by delegations from 12 parties in Europe.^[7]^[8]

Member parties


Country	Party
Austria	Party of Labour of Austria (PdA, Partei der Arbeit Österreichs)
France	Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF, Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France)
Greece	Communist Party of Greece (KKE, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas)
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (part of United Kingdom)	Workers' Party (Páirtí na nOibrithe)
Italy	Communist Front (FC, Fronte Comunista)
Finland	Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism (KTP, Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin Puolesta)
Netherlands	New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN, Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland)
Spain	Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE, Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España)
Sweden	Communist Party of Sweden (SKP, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti)
Switzerland	Swiss Communist Party^[a] (PC, Parti Communiste Suisse)
Turkey	Communist Party of Turkey (TKP, Türkiye Komünist Partisi)
Ukraine	Union of Communists of Ukraine (SKU, Soyuz komunistiv Ukrayini)

References

^ "European Communist Action | Founding Declaration". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "Initiative of Communist & Workers' Parties - ON THE TERMINATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIST INITIATIVE". www.initiative-cwpe.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "Communist Party of Greece - On the so-called World Anti-Imperialist Platform and its damaging and disorienting position". inter.kke.gr. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
^ wap21 (2022-10-14). "Towards the World Anti-Imperialist Platform, the Locomotive of World Anti-Imperialist Revolution". Platform. Retrieved 2023-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ wap21 (2022-10-14). "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". Platform. Retrieved 2023-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "European Communist Initiative ends its activity". Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ "Communist Party of Greece - On the founding meeting of the European Communist Action". inter.kke.gr. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "European Communist Action | Parties". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

Notes

^ 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.

Pan-European political organisations

Political parties
recognised by the EU

Current	European Conservatives and Reformists Party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party European Christian Political Movement European Democratic Party European Free Alliance European Green Party European People's Party Identity and Democracy Party Party of European Socialists Party of the European Left
Defunct	Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe Alliance for Europe of the Nations Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe Europeans United for Democracy European Alliance for Freedom Libertas Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy

Political parties not
recognised by the EU

Current	Alliance for Peace and Freedom Animal Politics EU Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 Europe–Democracy–Esperanto European Federalist Party European Pirate Party Now the People! Volt Europa
Defunct	Alliance of European National Movements European Alliance for Freedom and Democracy Europe United Party Movement for European Reform Newropeans Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties