Rally of the 50th. Avante! Festival

Rally of the 50th. Avante! Festival

9 September 2026

To all of you, builders of this magnificent collective endeavour, I extend my warmest greetings. I salute everyone: those who build and ensure the holding of the Festival, the Party militants, and the thousands upon thousands who, whilst not party members, make this Festival their home. I salute the artists, the sportspeople and all those who have helped create and take part in the Festival’s magnificent programme.

NATO Summit – A summit of arms and war

13 July 2026

1. Rejecting the necessary and urgent path towards promoting peace, collective security and cooperation, namely in Europe, the NATO Summit, held in Ankara, Turkey, persists with its warmongering policy, confirming that it is the US and its allies who bear the first and main responsibility for the unbridled rise in military spending, the serious arms race, and the instigation of confrontation, militarism and war, with all the consequences and risks they entail for the peoples of the world.

Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of June 27 and 28, 2026

28 June 2026

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on June 27 and 28, 2026, analysed the country’s political and social situation, valued the workers’ struggle and the defeat of the Labour Package, evaluated developments in the international situation, and outlined the Party’s immediate course of action. It also assessed the implementation of the resolution on the Party and the strengthening of its organisation and activities.  

March «Struggle, path to victory»

Luta, caminho da Vitória

22 June 2026

What an important journey we are embarking on, and we have more than enough reasons for it to be so. Here is the victory march, here is the celebration of work, of resistance, of struggle. We said: we will not give up, the package is going to fall, and the package fell. A great victory for the workers. The Labour Package has been defeated.

A great victory of the workers in Portugal! The workers’ struggle has defeated the Labour Package in the workplaces, in the streets and in Parliament!

22 June 2026

The workers in Portugal have achieved, through their struggle, a great victory in defending their labour and trade union rights, by defeating the Labour Package [of legislation] put forth by the PSD/CDS Government and which was supported by the bosses’ confederations. This is a great victory, which shows the decisive strength of the workers’ organization, struggle and unity.

MPs and political parties will have to decide: Are they on the side of the workers or on the side of the Government’s labour package?

22 June 2026

Now is the moment of truth, every MP and every party will have to decide whether to vote against or in favour of even greater precariousness, even greater deregulation of working hours and people’s lives, even greater pressure on wages, the liberalisation of dismissals, or unpaid overtime through the “hour bank” scheme.

Demand that the Government provide the necessary responses that are long overdue, and prioritise the needs of the populations

16 June 2026

Dear comrades, Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Please allow me to begin this speech by thanking all the bodies, organisations and grassroots associations we have been in contact with, who have also helped to shape our Parliamentary Conference, and to offer a special mention to the PCP organisations in the districts of Coimbra and Leiria, and in particular to our comrades in Marinha Grande, who, together with the parliamentary group, ensured and made possible this Conference that is now coming to a close.

The PCP calls for policies that serve MSMEs and the Country’s

15 June 2026

Dear comrades, dear friends, I would like to extend my greetings to all those taking part in this meeting with micro, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, which in itself is a very important sign of the attention and support we are giving to this vital national reality, which involves more than 500,000 companies, very diverse, and constitute a substantial part of the Portuguese economic fabric. Only the PCP would be in a position to organise a meeting with this composition and with the content we have heard here throughout the day.

Video conference of the Communist Party of Cuba - Speech by Paulo Raimundo, Secretary-General of the PCP

11 June 2026

Allow me to greet all those present and thank on behalf of the PCP, for this new invitation to take part in this important initiative extended to us by Comrade Emilio Lozada García, Head of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

PCP tables a mid-term increase of €50 for all pensions

11 June 2026

The PCP’s proposal, which is the subject of today’s debate, represents an opportunity – one that the majority supporting the Government must not squander – to restore some fairness for pensioners facing a galloping and drastically rising cost of living.