United Communist Party (Netherlands)
United Communist Party Verenigde Communistische Partij | |
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| Leader | Engel Modderman |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Split from | NPCN |
| Headquarters | Oldambt |
| Newspaper | De Waarheid |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red Yellow |
| Website | |
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United Communist Party (Dutch: Verenigde Communistische Partij or VCP) is a small communist party in the Netherlands, formed in 1999, and mainly based in Oldambt and Pekela. It is a break-away party from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands.
History
The VCP broke from the NCPN because of dissatisfaction with the centralistic command structure of the party, as well as disagreement about whether or not the party should follow a policy of compromise within the city council of Reiderland, in which the NCPN was then represented.
Local Elections
| Town council | 2002 | 2006 | 2009 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheemda | 2 seats | 1 seat | n/a | n/a |
| Oldambt | n/a | n/a | 2 seats | 4 seats |
| Pekela | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 seat |
In the 2006 elections VCP got 707 votes in Scheemda (10%), but lost one of their two seats.
In 2009 the VCP won 1,138 votes (8.5%) and two seats in the new municipality of Oldambt. This increased to 15.8% and 4 seats in 2014.
Ideology
Politically, the VCP is a straightforward communist party and sees a communist society as its ultimate goal and socialism only as a stage towards it, with the class struggle as the method to reach this goal. The party is organised along democratic centralist lines.