National Issues
Communiqué of the Central Committee of PCP of January 20 and 21, 2018
21 January 2018
The Central Committee of PCP, met on January 20th and 21st, analysed the evolution of the national political, economic and social situation, and aspects of the international situation, pointed out the development of the mass struggle and defined the major lines of intervention, political initiative and Party reinforcement.
It is in the struggle of the workers and the people that lies the decisive condition to continue on the path of defense, replacement and conquest of rights
5 January 2018
Public Session “Defending, restoring and conquering rights - Fighting for patriotic and left-wing politics”
«Nothing can force Portugal to renounce the right to opt for its own socioeconomic structures and its own political regime»
21 December 2017
Cycle of Conferences on the 153rd anniversary of Diário de Notícias – The Commitments of Portugal with Europe
It is in socialism that workers and peoples will find the answer to their aspirations
9 December 2017
Session evoking the Centennial of the October Revolution
2018 State Budget - Advances and Limitations: The Struggle for a Patriotic and Left-wing Policy»
7 December 2017
In these two years of the new phase of national political life, launched with the struggle of the workers and the decisive action of the PCP, it was possible, although to a limited extent, to carry out measures to restore the rights, wages and income of workers and people, and answer some of the problems most felt by the Portuguese people.
This action was, once again, very obvious in the debate on the State Budget for 2018 that has just been adopted - the third State Budget of this new phase of national political life.
«We must continue to fight for the right to mobility, in defence of public transport, the rights of workers and users»
6 December 2017
First of all, I would like to salute you and to welcome the participation of all of you in this fight, which combines with many others that we are waging to defend better living conditions for the populations.
On the appointment of Mário Centeno as president of the Eurogroup
4 December 2017
1 - The appointment of Mário Centeno as president of the Eurogroup does not represent a positive decision that upholds the interests of the Portuguese workers and people, or for a sovereign development that rejects the constraints and impositions of the European Union, namely those associated with the Economic and Monetary Union and the Euro.
On the so-called Permanent Structured Cooperation
19 November 2017
1 – The PS Government is preparing to decide upon Portugal’s association with the so-called «Permanent Structured Cooperation» (PESCO), counting on the support of the President of the Republic and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. This decision is part of the process deepening the militarization of the European Union and its affirmation as the European pillar of NATO, tending towards the creation of a «common army» of the European Union, in a framework of complementarity with that political-military block.
