The Communist Party of Belgium (, , abbr. PCB) is a communist party in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. It was founded in Wallonia in 1989 as the Communist Party of Wallonia-Brussels ( ) after the original

Communist Party of Belgium The Communist Party of Belgium (, , KPB; , , PCB) was a political party in Belgium from 1921 to 1989. The youth wing of KPB/PCB was known as the Communist Youth of Belgium. The party published a newspaper known as ''Le Drapeau Rouge'' in French ...

was bifurcated along linguistic lines, and refounded as the PCB following the extinction of its counterpart in Flanders. Pierre Beauvois was the General Secretary of the party to 2006. PC publishes ''Le Drapeau Rouge'' and ''Mouvements''. It was part of the

Party of the European Left The Party of the European Left (PEL), or European Left (EL), is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed ...

until July 2018.

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* 1989 establishments in Belgium Communist parties in Belgium Francophone political parties in Belgium Party of the European Left former member parties Political parties established in 1989 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties Far-left political parties {{Europe-communist-party-stub