National Issues
On the results of the presidential elections of January 24, 2016
25 January 2016
These elections confirmed the importance of the PCP having its own, autonomous voice during the debate on the role and powers of the President of the Republic. No other candidate stated with the same clarity the value of the Constitution of the Republic as an essential reference for a different course in the country's political life, which can fully ensure the right of the Portuguese people and of the country to its development, to progress and social justice.
Statement of the PCP Central Committee
15 December 2015
Statement of the PCP Central Committee Meeting 13th December 2015
Thousands on the streets of Lisbon, Oporto and Braga
3 December 2015
28th November
Thousands participated in the marches and concentrations promoted by CGTP-IN in Lisbon, Oporto and Braga, on November 28, demanding compliance with the Constitution, a change of policy and the answer to the claims, problems and aspirations of the workers and the people.
"The final and definitive defeat of the PSD/CDS coalition is consummated"
26 November 2015
About the nomination of António Costa
Statement of the General Secretary of the PCP
On the demands by the President of the Republic
23 November 2015
The demands made by the President of the Republic to the General Secretary of the PS are a new and final attempt by Cavaco Silva, in confrontation with the Constitution of the Republic, to save the PSD/CDS majority and create a new excuse in line with the institutional obstruction of the existing governing solution.
On the «Joint Position by the PS and the PCP on the political solution»
13 November 2015
Four years after PSD/CDS entered into government, the country found itself thrown into a situation of economic decline, social regression, foreign dependence and impoverishment of the democratic regime that mark the national reality as it stands.
Statement of the PCP’s Central Committee Meeting, on November 8, 2015
12 November 2015
The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on the November 8, 2015, examined the developments of the political framework resulting from the October 4 elections and the economic and social situation that the workers and the people are facing; identified the development of the mass struggle as a central feature to ensure the raising of the living standards and emphasized the strategic importance of m
On the Central Committee Meeting of the PCP, on November 8, 2015
8 November 2015
The legislative elections confirmed what for long the workers and the people have been maintaining with their struggle - the defeat of the PSD/CDS and of their policy. The new relationship of forces which exists in the Assembly of the Republic holds a potential to address the most pressing problems affecting the workers and the populations which cannot be wasted.
On the decision and announcement by the President of the Republic regarding the nomination of the Prime Minister
23 October 2015
On the part of the PCP, Cavaco Silva’s decision to nominate Passos Coelho to form government will founder in the Assembly of the Republic with the approval of a motion to reject the government programme that may be presented by PSD and CDS.