 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ukama pakati pePCI neSoviet Union hwakaparara zvishoma nezvishoma sezvo bato racho rakabva pakuteerera kweSoviet neMarxist-Leninist orthodoxy muma1970 nema1980 uye rakatendeukira kuEurocommunism neSocialist International. PCI yakatsvaka kubatana nemapato eSocialist neChristian Democracy Historic Compromise. Zvisinei, kubatwa uye kuurawa kwomutungamiriri webato reChristian Democrat Aldo MoroneBrigades Dzvuku muna May 1978 vakagumisa tariro ipi neipi yekugadziriswa kwakadaro. Chibvumirano chacho chakanga chasiyiwa zvikurukuru somutemo wePCI muna 1981. Proletarian Unity Party yakabatanidzwa muPCI muna 1984. 