National Issues
Renegotiation of the debt – PCP fulfils election pledge
23 June 2011
News Conference, Bernardino Soares President of PCP´s Parliamentary Group, António Filipe, MP and Agostinho Lopes, MP, Assembly of the Republic
Economic Governance and competitiveness Pact – A crusade against labour and social rights, serious breaches of national independence and sovereignty
1 March 2011
Press Conference statement by Ilda Figueiredo and João Ferreira, PCP Members of the European Parliament
More than 300.000 people demonstrate in Lisbon against the right wing policy
30 May 2010
More than 300.000 people occupied the center of Lisbon demonstrating against the policy of national disaster of the Socialist Party (Social Democratic, Government Party) and of the PSD (Right Wing Party). Responding to the call of the CGTP/IN (The Class based Portuguese Confederation of the Portuguese Workers) an immense mass of indignation, protest and struggle, occupied the main avenues and squares in the center of the Portuguese Capital.
Statement on the results of the General Elections
28 September 2009
(made before the announcement of the final results)
More than 85,000 participate in the March of “Protest, confidence and struggle”
24 May 2009
The avenues of central Lisbon - from Campo Pequeno to Marquês de Pombal (around 2,3km distance) - were filled by a sea of people shouting several slogans against the right wing policy of the Government of the socialist Party and in support of CDU.
Closure speech of the 18th Congress of PCP
2 December 2008
We have reached the end of our XVIII Congress.
Not the end of a 3 day event, but the culmination of a process we began and are preparing since February.
Report of the Mandates Verification Committee
1 December 2008
The Mandates Verification Committee (MVC), elected at the beginning of our Congress, has examined the documentation concerning the election of delegates to the 18th Congress.
Up to this time, we have 1461 delegates present at the Congress.
55 of the primary delegates were replaced by their alternates, who were elected by the same Assembly, and we have concluded that they all fulfilled the condition mentioned in article 18 of the Congress Rules.
List of Foreign Parties and Organizations present at the XVIII Congress
1 December 2008
Angola – (MPLA)
Algeria– PADS
Belgium – Workers Party of Belgium
Brazil – Communist Party of Brazil
Brazil – Brazilian Communist Party
Brazil – Brazilian Socialist Party
Britain – Communist Party of Britain
Cape Verde - PAICV
Chile – Communist Party of Chile
China – Communist Party of China
Cyprus – AKEL
Colombia - Communist Party of Colombia
Cuba – Communist Party of Cuba
Czech Republic – Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Denmark – Communist Party of Denmark
Denmark – Communist Party in Denmark
East-Timor – FRETILIN
France – French Communist Party
Germany – Die Linke