Greetings to the working class movement and to the workers, whose example, courage and determination inspired the struggle of other sectors and who, when everything seemed inevitable and when others were folding their arms, were present - in the workplaces, the shopfloors, the streets - and were resisting and fighting back, asserting themselves as the great driving force of the mass struggle. Special greetings to the broad Trade Union movement and to the great Trade Union central of the Portuguese workers, CGTP – Intersindical Nacional.

Dear comrades, We are experiencing a particularly complex international moment marked by the deepening of the structural crisis of capitalism in which imperialism intensifies its violent and multifaceted offensive, with a worsening insecurity and instability of the situation in Europe and the World as a result of the militarist and aggressive escalation promoted by the States United, by NATO, the great powers of the European Union and its allies, who continue to implement policies and measures, targeting the peoples and States that affirm their rights, sovereignty and independence.

Since the XIX Congress particular demands, new tasks and challenges occurred, along with intense activity that would not have been possible without the commitment, effort and dedication of thousands of Party cadres. And we endorsed a set of guidelines for developing, refining, correcting deficiencies, and raising Party policy to a new level.

Comrades, For six years the workers and the people have developed an intense struggle against the PEC´s policies and the Pact of Aggression Pact subscribed by PS, PSD and CDS-PP and implemented by the PSD/CDS. It was this resistant struggle, in various hard conditions and against calls for submission and conformism, which lead to the defeat of the PSD/CDS government, thus confirming the importance of the struggle and its decisive importance.