Communist Revolutionary Party of France

Revolutionary Communist Party of France
Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France
General SecretaryPierre Komorov
Founded23 October 2016
Merger ofIntervention Communiste and the Union Révolutionaire Communistes de France
HeadquartersParis
NewspaperIntervention Communiste
Youth wingUnion of the Communist Youth
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE (2013–2023)
ECA (2023–)[1]
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
Colours  Red
National Assembly
0 / 577
Senate
0 / 348
European Parliament
0 / 74
Party flag
Flag of the Communist Revolutionary Party of France
Website
pcrf-ic.fr

The Revolutionary Communist Party of France (French: Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France, abbreviated PCRF) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party founded in 2016.[2] It was the result of a merger of Intervention Communiste and the Union Révolutionaire Communistes de France (URCF).

History

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Initially in 1991, the Coordination Communiste pour la Continuité Révolutionnaire et la Renaissance Léniniste du PCF (CC) was established as an internal faction of the Parti Communiste Français (PCF) by the party's orthodox Marxists-Leninists members. In 1994, its press organ named Intervention Communiste (IC) was launched. At the faction's 4th national conference, a minority group led by Georges Gastaud split and established the Coordination des Militants Communistes du PCF pour sa Continuité Révolutionnaire et sa Renaissance Léniniste (CMC) staying in the PCF, which would eventually become the Pôle de renaissance communiste en France (PRCF).

The majority left the PCF and established the Coordination Communiste pour la Reconstruction d'un Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (CC) led by Jean-Luc Sallé and Maurice Cukierman, which would eventually form the Union Révolutionaire Communistes de France in 2004.

Maurice Cukierman died on July 24, 2020.[3][4] On August 29 the central committee unanimously elected Pierre Komorov (PK) as the new secretary-general, and Emmanuelle Kraemer as deputy secretary-general.[5]

Ideology

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The PCRF is an anti-revisionist communist party and upholds the legacy of the Soviet Union as a socialist country until the Perestroika period during Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership. It considers the policy initiated by Nikita Khrushchev’s leadership as degenerative and a step back from a socialist system to a capitalist one, a process which continued until Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership, during which the capitalist regime was restored after the 1985-1991 counter-revolution. The PCRF recognizes the states of Cuba and the DPRK as the only examples of countries that build socialism at the moment, however, the party is not supportive of China, which it views as an emerging imperialist power. The PCRF supports self-determination of Kanaky[6] and Corsica.[7]

Election results

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The PCRF participated in the 2017 election for the National Assembly, fielding candidates in two constituencies.[8]

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aude's 3rd Michel Martin 144 0,30%
Hauts-de-Seine's 13th Maurice Cukierman 115 0,22%

In 2022 the party fielded candidates in four constituencies:

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aude's 3rd Michel Martin 131 0,27%
Eure-et-Loir 2nd Emmanuelle Kraemer 34 0,11%
Ille-et-Vilaine 4th Christian Lohyn 156 0,33%
Seine-Saint-Denis 2nd Jean-Christophe Brossard 151 0,86%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Le Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France est né ! - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France". www.pcrf-ic.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. ^ "French communist Maurice Cukierman dies". In Defence of Communism. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. ^ "Décès du camarade Maurice Cukierman : message de condoléances des partis frères". www.pcrf-ic.fr. July 28, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  5. ^ "Pierre Komorov elected Secretary General of PCRF". soL InternationaL. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  6. ^ "Déclaration du PCRF suite au troisième référendum de Kanaky Nouvelle-Calédonie - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France".
  7. ^ "Corse : Déclaration du PCRF - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France".
  8. ^ "Législatives 2017 : Tracts, profession de foi, bulletins de vote - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France". www.pcrf-ic.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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