1976 East Berlin Eurocommunist Summit of 29 European Parties

On the morning of June 29, 1976, leaders from 29 communist and workers' parties across Europe gathered at the Hotel "Stadt Berlin" in East Berlin for a summit. This meeting, reminiscent of the 1960 Moscow world gathering of nearly 90 communist parties, aimed to contain growing controversies between Eurocommunists in Western Europe and traditionalists in both East and West. The earlier 1960 summit had failed to prevent the Sino-Soviet split. This 1976 conference would be the last of its kind; after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989/90, only a remnant of the movement remained. The gathering sought to prevent a rift from forming between the reformist and orthodox factions.