Posições Políticas

PCP and the approval of the European Union treaty

The European Union summit, in Lisbon, arrived at an agreement on the treaty in discussion and announced its signature on the 13th of December, in Lisbon.

Joint Position regarding the European Union treaty

The Parties that subscribe to this joint statement denounce the real and stated goal of the current reform of the European Union treaties: to recover the essential contents of a previously rejected draft treaty, whilst at the same time seeking to avoid a democratic debate and the expression of the peoples' will, namely through referendums.

The importance of the greek elections

The electoral results in the most recent Greek legislative elections were marked by the electoral gains of the Greek Communist Party (an additional 150,000 votes, increasing from 5.9% to 8.2% of the vote, and from 12 to 22 seats in parliament) and by the erosion of the electoral base of the two major parties, the «New Democracy» Party (traditional right-wing), which regained the government, and th

Dalai's Smile

Among us, for several days, was the Dalai Lama. He explained that his visit «is not political, but spiritual and to teach. Sometimes I have a political agenda – in Brussels or in Washington – but I came here only with my smile» (Público, 13.09.07). But as during his previous visit, in 2001, the Buddhist leader benefited from a vast and privileged coverage by the media.

"Avante!" Festival 2007 Closing Rally

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Let us not forget the Hiroshima and Nagasaki crimes

In those days, the US, through the hand of the Truman administration, became responsible for two of the most heinous crimes ever committed. Executed in a situation in which the process of surrender by Japan was already under way, the aim was to affirm the post-war military supremacy of the USA.

No to the Reform Treaty

Today sees the beginning of a «new» Intergovernmental Conference (ICG) to reform the European Union Treaties, whose mandate was set, under the baton of the German government, during the European Council of last 21 and 22 June.

International Meeting of Communist and other Left Forces from Europe

German Communist Party

The Left – Germany

Communist Party of Austria

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

AKEL – Cyprus

Communist Party of Denmark

Communist Party in Denmark

Party of the Catalonian Communists

French Communist Party

Communist Party of Greece

Party of the Italian Communists

Portuguese Communist Party

Left Party of Sweden

"Against Casual Labour and Flexicurity, right to work, work with rights. For a Europe of the workers and the peoples"

t the invitation of the Portuguese Communist Party, on July 5th. and 6th., an international meeting took place in Guimarães, under the theme "Against Casual Labour and Flexicurity, right to work, work with rights. For a Europe of the workers and the peoples " with the participation of 13 communist and other left parties from Europe.