Party of Italian Communists Partito dei Comunisti Italiani | |
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| Leaders | Armando Cossutta Oliviero Diliberto Cesare Procaccini |
| Founder | Armando Cossutta |
| Founded | 11 October 1998 |
| Dissolved | 11 December 2014 |
| Split from | Communist Refoundation Party |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Italy |
| Headquarters | Piazza Augusto Imperatore 32, Rome |
| Newspaper | La Rinascita della Sinistra |
| Youth wing | Youth Federation of Italian Communists |
| Membership (2012) | 12,500[1] |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | The Olive Tree (1998–2004) The Union (2004–2008) The Left – The Rainbow (2008) Anticapitalist and Communist List (2009) Federation of the Left (2009–2012) Civil Revolution (2013) The Other Europe (2014) |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left (observer) |
| European Parliament group | GUE/NGL (1998–2009) |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colors | Red |
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The Party of Italian Communists (Italian: Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI) was a communist party in Italy[2] established in October 1998 by splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC). The split was led by Armando Cossutta, founder and early leader of the PRC,[3] who opposed Fausto Bertinotti's leadership and, especially, his decision to withdraw support from Romano Prodi's first cabinet. In December 2014, the party was transformed into the Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I), which would later evolve into the new version of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
- ^ "Pdci, eletto nuovo segretario - Politica - ANSA.it".
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
- ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 712. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.