[5] Paul Vergès led the party from its foundation until February 1993, when he stepped down and Élie Hoarau was elected general secretary; Vergès is currently serving as senator in the French senate.

During the late 1990s the relations between PCF and PCR became somewhat strained, regarding differences in party lines.

Relations were, however, fully restored in 2005, on the occasion of PCF leader Marie-George Buffet's visit to the island; subsequently, the PCR stood on the list of the French Communist Party in the 2004 European Parliament elections, and Vergès became one of three MEPs elected from the PCF list at national level.

Temoignages has headquarters in Le Port,[6] where the Communist Party usually gets most of their votes.

[6] In 2012, Pour La Réunion was created by Huguette Bello as a splinter party.