The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist party in Italy.The party participates in the Party of the European Left (of which Fausto Bertinotti, a former PRC leader, was the first president). Its member in the European Parliament sits with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group.The party's current secretary is Paolo Ferrero, a former minister in Prodi II Cabinet.