National Issues

Increase of EU funding for rehabilitation of torture victims<br />Pergunta Oral de Joaquim Miranda

Recognizing that the prevention of torture is fundamental in an holistic approach aiming at the eradication of torture, why has the Commission decided to substitute support to prevention to torture for rehabilitation of torture victims, and dramatically reduced - against the will of the European Parliament - its funding allocated to the rehabilitation of torture victims between 2001 a

Closing the proceedings of the PCP’s National Conference

Extracts of the speech by Carlos Carvalhas, General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, in closing the proceedings of the PCP’s National Conference – The PCP and Local Government

Statement of the PCP Central Committee of May 6th, 2003

The Central Committee, in its meeting of May, 6th, examined the results of the preparatory debate for the National Conference on “PCP and the Local Government”, which is to meet on May 10 and 11, approved the resolution project to submit to discussion by the National Conference and that includes already the contributions resulting from the discussion in the Party organizations.

The General Strike in Portugal, on December 10, 2002

«The figures which are already available concerning the support for the General Strike cover almost all sectors, both public and private, and register extremely high levels of support, often close to 100%.

Closing speech at the PCP’s National Meeting on the action and organization of the Party in the enterprises and workplaces

Our National Meeting culminates a set of debates and reflections on the action and the organisation of the Party in the companies and workplaces.

Closing Rally - 26th Avante! Festival’s

With our convictions, with our values, with our struggle asset, here we are in Atalaia, in this beautiful Avante! Festival, in these three days of a festival which the youth made their own. Some ask themselves why there were this year more people helping build the festival and why more youth attended.

Meeting with the builders of the "Avante!" Festival

We are here today at one of the many militant voluntary work and get-together days that will precede the Avante Festival, the great festival of freedom and democracy, a great cultural event and the biggest party political achievement carried out in our country.

Information of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party

1. The executive organisms of the Central Committee have been following the evolution of the internal situation of the PCP and, particularly, the behaviours of some of its members.