Italian Communist Party (2016)

For the party active from 1921 to 1991, see Italian Communist Party.

The Italian Communist Party (Italian: Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) is a minor communist party in Italy.

Italian Communist Party Partito Comunista Italiano
Secretary	Mauro Alboresi
President	Cristina Cirillo
Founded	26 June 2016
Preceded by	Communist Party of Italy
Headquarters	Viale Mazzini 146, Rome
Newspaper	Ragioni e Conflitti (online)
Youth wing	Italian Communist Youth Federation
Women's wing	Assemblea Nazionale delle Donne Comuniste – A. Do.C.[1]
Membership (2016)	c. 9–15,000[2]
Ideology	Communism Euroscepticism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Power to the People! (2018–2019)
International affiliation	IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform[3]
Colours	Red
Party flag
Website
ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it
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History

The PCI, which took the name from the historical and much larger Italian Communist Party, active from 1921 to 1991, emerged from the merger of the Communist Party of Italy (PCdI) with splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and minor groups in 2016.^[4][5][6] The foundation of the new PCI took place ninety years after the transformation of the old Communist Party of Italy into the old PCI.

After the founding congress, Mauro Alboresi was elected secretary by the party's newly formed national committee.

In the 2018 general election, the PCI was part of the Power to the People! electoral list,^[7][8] which obtained 1.1% of the vote and no seats.^[9] Soon after, the party left the list.^[10] In July the PCI held its first regular congress.^[11]

In July 2022 the PCI, along with other far-left parties and organisations (Confederation of the Italian Left, Atheist Democracy, Inventing the Future, The Future City, CARC Party and Italian Marxist–Leninist Party), formed the "Popular Unity" coordination, with the aim of elaborating and implementing common and shared initiatives and proposals.^[12] However, in the 2022 general election the PCI ran as a stand-alone list in 5 out 29 constituencies for the Chamber of Deputies and 7 out of 21 for the Senate,^[13][14] obtaining between 1.0 and 1.5% in Tuscany, Marche and Umbria.^[15]

In March 2025 the PCI held its third congress, during which Alboresi was re-elected secretary.^[16]

Ideology and platform

The party declares itself faithful to the principles of Marxism–Leninism,^[17] anti-capitalism,^[18] anti-fascism,^[19] anti-imperialism^[20] and hard Euroscepticism.^[21]

In foreign policy, the party holds anti-American, anti-NATO, anti-Zionist,^[22] Russophile^[23] and Sinophile views. The party is a part of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. It has shown support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its use of the "Z" symbol and the ribbon of Saint George have caused scandal in Italy.^[24]

Leadership

• Secretary: Mauro Alboresi (2016–present)
• President: Manuela Palermi (2016–2018), Selene Prodi (2018–2022), Cristina Cirillo (2022–present)
• Coordinator: Giacomo De Angelis (2018–2022)

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2018	into Power to the People!		0 / 630	–	Mauro Alboresi
2022	24,555	0.09	0 / 400	–	Mauro Alboresi

Senate of the Republic
Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2018	into Power to the People!		0 / 315	–	Mauro Alboresi
2022	70,961	0.26	0 / 200	–	Mauro Alboresi

Regional Councils

Region	Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
Lazio	2023	10,212 (15th)	0.66	0 / 21	–
Umbria	2019	2,098 (14th)	0.50	0 / 21	–