Italian Communist Party (2016)

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Italian Communist Party
Partito Comunista Italiano
Secretary Mauro Alboresi
President Cristina Cirillo
Founded26 June 2016
Preceded by Communist Party of Italy
HeadquartersViale Mazzini 146, Rome
NewspaperRagioni e Conflitti (online)
Youth wing Italian Communist Youth Federation
Women's wing Assemblea Nazionale delle Donne Comuniste – A. Do.C. [1]
Membership (2016)Increase2.svgc. 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
Flag of the Italian Communist Party (2016).svg
Website
ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it

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

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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]

Ideology and platform

The party declares itself faithful to the principles of Marxism–Leninism, [16] anti-capitalism, [17] anti-fascism, [18] anti-imperialism [19] and hard Euroscepticism. [20]

In foreign policy, the party holds anti-American, anti-NATO, anti-Zionist, [21] Russophile [22] 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. [23]

Leadership

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election yearNo. of
overall votes		% of
overall vote		No. of
overall seats won		+/–Leader
2018 into Power to the People!
0 / 630
–
 Mauro Alboresi
2022 24,5550.09
0 / 400
–
 Mauro Alboresi
Senate of the Republic
Election yearNo. of
overall votes		% of
overall vote		No. of
overall seats won		+/–Leader
2018 into Power to the People!
0 / 315
–
 Mauro Alboresi
2022 70,9610.26
0 / 200
–
 Mauro Alboresi

Regional Councils

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

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