Party of Italian Communists

Party of Italian Communists
Partito dei Comunisti Italiani
LeadersArmando Cossutta
Oliviero Diliberto
Cesare Procaccini
FounderArmando Cossutta
Founded11 October 1998
Dissolved11 December 2014
Split fromCommunist Refoundation Party
Succeeded byCommunist Party of Italy
HeadquartersPiazza Augusto Imperatore 32, Rome
NewspaperLa Rinascita della Sinistra
Youth wingYouth Federation of Italian Communists
Membership (2012)12,500[1]
IdeologyCommunism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
National affiliationThe 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 affiliationParty of the European Left (observer)
European Parliament groupGUE/NGL (1998–2009)
International affiliationIMCWP
Colors  Red
Party flag
PdCI flag flown in Carrara (2007)

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).

  1. ^ "Pdci, eletto nuovo segretario - Politica - ANSA.it".
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
  3. ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 712. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.