Communist Party of Slovakia

Communist Party of Slovakia
Komunistická strana Slovenska
LeaderJozef Hrdlička
Founded29 August 1992
Merger ofKSS '91
ZKS
HeadquartersBratislava
NewspaperKroky
(The Steps)
Membership (2022)1,547 (Decrease 239)[1]
IdeologyCommunism[2]
Marxism–Leninism[3]
Democratic Socialism
Political positionFar-left[2]
European affiliationINITIATIVE
PEL (Observer)
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
SloganZáruka lepšieho života
(A guarantee of a better life)
National Council
0 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 15
Presidents of self-governing regions
0 / 8
Regional parliaments
0 / 408
Local councils
62 / 20,646
Party flag
Flag of the Communist Party of Slovakia
Website
www.kss.sk

The Communist Party of Slovakia (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992 through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.

The party is observer of the Party of the European Left although it criticizes the Political Theses for the 1st Congress of European Left.[4] For the 2019 European Parliament election the KSS formed a unity list together with VZDOR – strana práce. The list was called Socialistický Front.[5][6] It received 0.62% of the votes.

  1. ^ "Výročná správa KSS za rok 2023" [KSS Annual Report for 2023] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Communist Party of Slovakia. 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b March, Luke (2008). Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe (PDF). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-86872-000-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. ^ "Program KSS". Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  4. ^ "KomInform: KP der Slowakei (KSS) kritisiert Thesen der EU-Linkspartei". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  5. ^ "Zjednotená ľavicová koalícia KSS a VZDORu- strany práce smeruje k voľbám do parlamentu EÚ | VZDOR – strana práce". vzdor.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ KSS. "Zjednotená ľavica smeruje k voľbám do Európskeho parlamentu". KSS (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-03-16.