European Communist Action

The European Communist Action (ECA) is a Marxist–Leninist European political alliance. It was established on 18 November 2023^[3] after its predecessor organization Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties was dissolved.^[4]

European Communist Action
Abbreviation	ECA
Leader	Collective leadership
Founded	18 November 2023; 21 months ago (2023-11-18)[1]
Preceded by	INITIATIVE
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism[2]
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
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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.^[5] 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.^[6]

History

The member parties of the ECA participated in the 2024 European Parliament elections.^[7][8][9] The parties of the ECA gathered 0.22% of votes.^[10] The only ECA party to win seats in the EU parliament was the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which won two seats.^[11][12]

Membership

The founding meeting was attended by delegations from 12 parties in Europe.^[13][14][15]

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 (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 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, 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

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 Communist Party of Brazil[c][16] (Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário, PCBR)	Not part of the European Union
Germany	Communist Party[d][17] (Kommunistische Partei, KP)	Did not contest	0 / 96
Mexico	Communist Party of Mexico[18] (Partido Comunista de México, PCM)	Not part of the European Union
USA	Communist Workers Platform of the United States of America (CWPUSA)[19]	Not part of the European Union

See also

• Communist International
• International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties

Notes

1. The Workers Party that participates in the ECA is the one led by Ted Tynan, not the original Workers' Party founded in 1970.
2. 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.
3. Not to be confused with the Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário founded in 1968 and dissolved in 1980 or the Partido Comunista Revolucionário
4. Not to be confused with the Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP) or the Kommunistische Partei Deutschland (KPD)