European Communist Action

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

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.

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ Not to be confused with the Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário founded in 1968 and dissolved in 1980 or the Partido Comunista Revolucionário
2. ^ Not to be confused with the Kommunistische Partei or Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
3. ^ Not to be confused with the Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP) or the Kommunistische Partei Deutschland (KPD)

References

1. ^ "Ιδρύθηκε η «Ευρωπαϊκή Κομμουνιστική Δράση» - EKFRASI.net". 19 November 2023.
2. ^ ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (2023-11-18). "Δ. Κουτσούμπας: Το ΚΚΕ θα αυξήσει τις δυνάμεις του στις ευρωεκλογές" (in Greek). ertnews.gr. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
3. ^ "European Communist Action | Founding Declaration". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
4. ^ "Μπήκαν τα θεμέλια της «Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης» - Η εισήγηση του Δημήτρη Κουτσούμπα" (in Greek). in.gr. 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
5. ^ "INTRODUCTION DU KKE A LA RÉUNION DES PARTIS COMMUNISTES POUR LA FONDATION DE « L'ACTION COMMUNISTE EUROPÉENNE »" (in fr-FR). Histoire et société. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
6. ^ "European Parliament elections, 6-9 June 2024 – European Sources Online". 24 June 2024.
7. ^ "For a Europe of peace, people's prosperity and socialism -- European Communist Action Declaration". 12 April 2024.
8. ^ "ΚΚΕ: Τα ψηφοδέλτια για τις ευρωεκλογές θα έχουν πολιτικό χαρακτήρα και όχι "life style" και «απολιτίκ» - Ποιοι μπαίνουν σε αυτά - GOVNews.gr" (in Greek). govnews.gr. 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
9. ^ "European Parliament Election 2024"
10. ^ "European Parliament elections-2024". 20 June 2024.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ "Communist Party of Greece - On the founding meeting of the European Communist Action". inter.kke.gr. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
13. ^ "European Communist Action | Parties". www.eurcomact.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
14. ^ Φανίδη, Βαρβάρα (2023-11-17). "Ομιλία του ΓΓ της ΚΕ του ΚΚΕ Δ. Κουτσούμπα στην ιδρυτική συνάντηση της Ευρωπαϊκής Κομμουνιστικής Δράσης" (in Greek). The President. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
15. ^ "Χαιρετιστήριο μήνυμα του Επαναστατικού Βραζιλιάνικου ΚΚ για το 22ο Συνέδριο του ΚΚΕ" (in Greek). 902.gr. Retrieved 2026-01-26. "(...) 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."
16. ^ "Grußwort an den Gründungskongress der Europäisch Kommunistischen Aktion" (in German, en). k-p-d.org. Retrieved 2025-10-06. "We congratulate the communist and workers' parties that will found the European Communist Action in Athens next Saturday, 18 November."
17. ^ "Report from the 1st Congress of the Communist Party". kommunistischepartei.de. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-18. "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."
18. ^ "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 2025-11-29.
19. ^ "Χαιρετιστήριο μήνυμα του ΚΚ Ρωσίας (διεθνιστές) για το 22ο Συνέδριο του ΚΚΕ" (in Greek). 902.gr. Retrieved 2026-01-23. "(...) 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."
20. ^ "¡Lenin vive!" (in Spanish). comunistas-mexicanos.org. Retrieved 2026-01-26. "(...) Saludamos todos los esfuerzos en esa dirección, por ejemplo, la Acción Comunista Europea, la Revista Comunista Internacional."
21. ^ Committee, CWPUSA Central (2024-01-20). "Lenin Lives! | New Worker". newworker.us. Retrieved 2025-07-18. "(...) 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."

1. ^ The ECA participant is the breakaway faction from the 2021 Workers' Party split, not The Workers' Party.
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.