Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia information
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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy
Abbreviation
KSČM
Chairwoman
Kateřina Konečná
First Vice-Chairman
Petr Šimůnek
Deputy Leaders
Marie Pěnčíková Leo Luzar Milan Krajča
Founded
31 March 1990
Preceded by
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Headquarters
Politických vězňů 9, Prague
Newspaper
Haló noviny
Think tank
Institute of the Czech Left
Youth wing
Young Communists
Membership (2022)
20,450
Ideology
Communism Marxism Socialism Euroscepticism
Political position
Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation
Stačilo!
European affiliation
Party of the European Left (observer)
International affiliation
IMCWP WAP[1]
European Parliament group
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours
Red
Slogan
"S lidmi pro lidi!" "With the people for the people!"
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 200
Senate
0 / 81
European Parliament
1 / 21
Regional councils
13 / 675
Local councils
466 / 62,300
Party flag
Website
www.kscm.cz
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The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech: Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, KSČM) is a communist party[2] in the Czech Republic.[3] As of 2022, KSČM has a membership of 20,450,[4] and is a member party of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL in the European Parliament,[5] and an observer member of the European Left Party.[6] Sources variously describe the party as either left-wing[7][8] or far-left[9][10] on the political spectrum. It is one of the few former ruling parties in post-Communist Central Eastern Europe to have not dropped the Communist title from its name, although it has changed its party program to adhere to laws adopted after 1989.[11][12]
For most of the first two decades after the Velvet Revolution, the party was politically isolated and accused of extremism, but it has moved closer to the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).[12] After the 2012 Czech regional elections, KSČM began governing in coalition with the ČSSD in 10 regions.[13] It has never been part of a governing coalition in the executive branch but provided parliamentary support to Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet until April 2021. The party's youth organization was banned from 2006 to 2010,[12][14] and there have been calls from other parties to outlaw the main party.[15] Until 2013, it was the only political party in the Czech Republic printing its own newspaper, called Haló noviny.[16] The party's two cherry logo comes from the song Le Temps des cerises, a revolutionary song associated with the Paris Commune.[17]
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^Bozóki & Ishiyama 2002, p. 146.
^ abc"Elections: What's on the menu". Prague Daily Monitor. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^"ČSSD to rule along with Communists in 10 of 13 Czech regions". Prague Monitor. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^"Communists denounce ban on far-left youth movement". Radio Praha. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^"Czech Activists Seek to Outlaw Communist Party". The New York Times. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^"Halonoviny.cz - české levicové zprávy". Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^"Kdo jsme". Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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