Italian Communist Party (2016)

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

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. 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, which obtained 1.1% of the vote and no seats. Soon after, the party left the list. In July the PCI held its first regular congress.

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. 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, obtaining between 1.0 and 1.5% in Tuscany, Marche and Umbria.

Ideology and platform
The party declares itself faithful to the principles of Marxism–Leninism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, anti-imperialism and hard Euroscepticism.

In foreign policy, the party holds anti-American, anti-NATO, anti-Zionist, Russophile 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.

Leadership

 * Secretary: Mauro Alboresi (2016–present)
 * President: Manuela Palermi (2016–2018), Selene Prodi (2018–2022), Cristina Cirillo (2022–present)
 * Coordinator: Giacomo De Angelis (2018–2022)