Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

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The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech: Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. It is variously described as left-wing, or far-left, on the political spectrum. It is one of the few former ruling parties in post-Communist Central Eastern Europe which has not dropped the word Communist from its name, although it has changed its party program to adhere to laws adopted after 1989. It is an observer of the Party of the European Left, and was previously a member party of The Left group in the European Parliament. For most of the first two decades after the Velvet Revolution, the party was politically isolated and accused of extremism, but later moved closer to the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). After the 2012 Czech regional elections, KSČM began governing in coalition with the ČSSD in 10 regions. It has never been part of a governing coalition in the executive branch but provided parliamentary support to Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet...

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