Present status has put a tag on the intro passage is a political party in Estonia I personally feel that the concluding passage of the present article works fine As to the existance of the party today we can see several sources albeit none is particularily good website of the Estonian Left Party states that the party has only one member says that it might exist today listed at Signatory to varios declarations such as 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 Participant in the 2004 2005 International Meetings of Communist Workers Parties In 2005 represented by Juri Misin see speech here Misin interviewed in Communist Party of Canada publication Mentioned at says congress of EKP was held in 1999 Participant in the 2005 International Communist Seminar represented by Mishin Noted by KCNA Participant in meeting held in Athens March 2008 With this background i find the present wordings are resonable If is was to be changed to was the there would just be more confusion