National Issues
On the power outage that hit Portugal
29 April 2025
1. The power outage in Portugal on April 28, due to the disruption, costs and impacts it caused, calls for measures to contribute to the rapid restoration of supply - prioritising essential services to the population, including health services, civil protection, security, transport, education, communications, water supply and social care - and to support and aid the population, as well as a rigorous investigation into the causes of the outage and the identification of options to guarantee Portugal's energy security and sovereignty in the future.
The hope that does not wait
25 April 2025
On this day, when the national celebration for democracy coincides with the national mourning for the death of Pope Francis, we would like to extend, on behalf of the PCP, our sorrow and condolences to all Catholics and their Church, and express our appreciation and deep respect for Pope Francis' actions in favour of dialogue and against intolerance, and his great closeness to the causes of Peace and the defence of the economic and social rights of those excluded from this society subjected to financial interests.
On Lenin's 155th birthday: the importance of his work and the relevance of his thought
22 April 2025
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution of 1917 and of the first Socialist State, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was born on April 22, 1870. To mark the 155th anniversary of his birth and to recall his role and that of his Party in the emancipatory struggle of the workers and peoples of the whole world is a duty of remembrance, but it is above all a cause for inspiration and confidence in the present-day struggle for the revolutionary overcoming of Capitalism, against Imperialism and against war, for democracy, social progress, peace and Socialism.
Our commitment is a patriotic and left-wing policy: courageous to face the big interests and which the workers and the people can trust
14 April 2025
We present ourselves in these legislative elections with the valuable heritage of those who know the problems of the workers, the people and the Country and make them, and the solutions to overcome them, the fundamental content of our political activity on all fronts.
We present ourselves as a force of our word, one that speaks the truth and doesn't turn its back to the fight.
And that's what we've done from day one with the present PSD/CDS government and its policy of submission to the big interests.
The misgovernance of PSD and CDS
11 April 2025
Dear comrades and friends,
PSD/CDS´s governance was marked by a gigantic propaganda operation (which continues even though it is a caretaker government, not shying away from using state resources to benefit the PSD and CDS), with successive announcements to hide the lack of response to the problems of the people and the Country. But the government's actions were not just announcements to deceive the people.
Defend national interests against the imposition of tariffs and the imperialist and reactionary agenda of the US
7 April 2025
1. The Trump administration's decision to impose a formidable increase in customs tariffs is an unprecedented act of economic coercion on the rest of the world.
It is urgent to give more strength to the CDU and pave the way for policies on wages, pensions, the NHS and public services, parents' and children's rights and access to housing
25 March 2025
A great journey, a great march, a great action for the better life that the workers, people and youth have a right to.
A welcome to all those who are here and to all those around the Country, Party and JCP militants but also many friends, who have been carrying out the national action “Increase wages and pensions, for a better life”.
An initiative that we are continuing here today, a journey of contact, clarification and mobilisation.
On the results of the Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira
23 March 2025
The regional elections in Madeira held today resulted in a negative outcome for the workers and people of the Region. First and foremost, because the CDU, despite increasing the number of votes and its percentage, did not regain its parliamentary representation by 65 votes, a necessary and irreplaceable element in the Regional Legislative Assembly to make the people's problems and aspirations heard and to act to respond to them.
Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of March 17, 2025
17 March 2025
The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on March 17, 2025, analysed the international and national situation and decided on immediate measures of intervention and struggle in the current political framework.
I International situation
PSD/CDS government wants to hand over the health of 2.5 million people to the business of sickness
14 March 2025
Today’s news confirms the denunciation made by the PCP of the government’s intention to privatise primary healthcare when it announced five public-private partnerships in healthcare.
This decision, in addition to other measures included in the so-called Plan of Emergency and Transformation of Healthcare, would mean the privatisation of primary healthcare for at least 2.5 million people, around a quarter of the country's population.