Communist Party of Spain
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Communist Party of Spain
Partido Comunista de España |
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| General Secretary | José Luis Centella |
| Honorary President |
Dolores Ibárruri (eternal title) |
| Founder | Jules Humbert-Droz |
| Founded | 14 November 1921 |
| Merger of |
Spanish Communist Party Spanish Communist Workers' Party |
| Headquarters | C/Olimpo, 35 28043 Madrid |
| Newspaper |
Mundo Obrero Nuestra Bandera |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth Union of Spain (UJCE) |
| Membership (2010) | 35,000 |
| Ideology |
Eurocommunism Republicanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation |
Popular Front (1936–39) United Left (1986–present) |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| International affiliation |
International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Colours | Red |
| Congress of Deputies |
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| Senate |
1 / 266
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| European Parliament |
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The Communist Party of Spain (Spanish: Partido Comunista de España, PCE) is a national political party in Spain. It is the largest member organization of the United Left electoral coalition and has influence in the largest trade union in Spain, Workers' Commissions (CCOO). The PCE was characterized by the struggle against the Franco dictatorship, during which period it was illegal. It was legalized in 1977 by Adolfo Suárez as one of the forces necessary to establish democracy in Spain.
The youth organisation of PCE is the Communist Youth Union of Spain. PCE publishes Mundo Obrero (Workers World) monthly.
The PCE was the result of a merger between two organisations: the original Spanish Communist Party (Partido Comunista Español or PCE) and the Spanish Communist Workers' Party (Partido Comunista Obrero Español or PCOE). The former was created in April 1920 from portions of the Socialists' youth organisation (Federación de Juventudes Socialistas or FJS) while the latter had been formed from a union of dissident Socialists (terceristas) and members of the General Union of Workers (Unión General de Trabajadores or UGT) who regarded the original PCE as not properly representative of the working class.
The two parties joined in the new Partido Comunista de España on 14 November 1921. The unified PCE became a member of the Third International and held its first congress in Sevilla in March 1922. In May, Jules Humbert-Droz, the top Comintern official in Western Europe, arrived in Spain to supervise the still fractious party and would continue to do so until the establishment of the republic.
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