The Communist Party of Belgium (french: Parti Communiste de Belgique, or PCB; nl, Communistische Partij van België) is a
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. It was founded in Wallonia in 1989 as the Communist Party of Wallonia after the
Communist Party of Belgium was bifurcated along linguistic lines, and refounded as the PCB following the extinction of its
counterpart
Counterpart or Counterparts may refer to:
Entertainment and literature
* "Counterparts" (short story), by James Joyce
* Counterparts, former name for the Reel Pride LGBT film festival
* ''Counterparts'' (film), a 2007 German drama
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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 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
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