The Portuguese Communist Party Central Committee met on 5 May 2013 to analyse developments in the economic and social situation (worsening recession and a deteriorating social situation), as well as the political and institutional crisis that has arisen as a result of the Cabinet's actions.
1 – The Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) held, on May 11, 2013, in Lisbon, a preparatory meeting of the 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, which will be held in Portugal next November.