Posições Políticas
«No to war! Yes to peace! For a world free of nuclear weapons»
5 August 2022
Reminding the nuclear horror of August 6 and 9, 1945, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is for the Portuguese Communist Party a duty of memory and a time of reaffirmation, year after year, of the firm commitment of Portuguese communists to the struggle for a world of peace and friendship among peoples, freed from the threat of nuclear weapons, where the huge resources wasted on weapons are channelled to the promotion of social progress and the fight against hunger, disease, underdevelopment and other serious problems that affect the vast majority of Humanity.
On the US provocation of the People's Republic of China
2 August 2022
The PCP expresses deep concern about the latest developments in the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and condemns the provocation staged by the US with the trip of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to Taiwan
On the situation of the forest and fires
28 July 2022
A long period of drought, with a significant part of the country in a situation of severe or extreme drought, associated with a concentrated period of high temperatures, are the first reason for, in the period of just over a week, the country to go from a quite small burned area to one that is already larger, even double, than the entire burned area in 2020. And we still have a lot of summer ahead of us.
Galp's profits illustrate who is gaining from the speculative increase in fuel prices
26 July 2022
Galp's profits in the first half of the year have created a well-deserved outrage. That's 420 million euros in a single semester, an impressive figure, an increase of 153% compared to the already formidable figures of the first half of 2021. The figure would be more impressive if the Media had chosen to highlight the quantification of these profits according to international financial reporting standards (IFRS), because the amounts increase to 713 million euros in profits, 207% more than in the same period in 2021.
For a public network of daycare centres that ensures free access to all children
22 July 2022
Alongside the defense of free day care for all children, the PCP has defended the creation of a public day care network. An indispensable solution for ensuring the right to access daycare and that the PS and the Government have rejected, and to which the most recent announcement does not respond.
Interest rate hike announced by ECB harms the people and the country
21 July 2022
The ECB's announcement of an increase in reference rates by 50 points represents a political choice centered on the interests of large economic groups and which rejects the fundamental choices to address the rising cost of living, the devaluation of wages and the boosting of economic activity.
«If we want to preserve the National Health Service we have to fight for it»
18 July 2022
The National Health Service, one of the main achievements of the April Revolution, is the main instrument for achieving an essential right of any human being – the right to access adequate healthcare, the right to a healthy life.
«It is not possible to talk about children's rights without talking about wages, working time and the stability of parents' employment»
16 July 2022
I want, first of all, to welcome all the participants in this gathering promoted by the PCP under the motto "Children and Parents with rights" taking place in a well-chosen space to which Matosinhos gave the name of Álvaro Cunhal, this remarkable personality of our contemporary history and with a fine sensibility to everything referring to and involving the world of children and their well-being, well expressed in his words: "Love for children, the struggle to assure them all they need in the present and to secure their future, is an inalienable part of the progr
PCP’s solidarity to the victims of the fires
14 July 2022
In view of the fires that in recent days have devastated important areas from north to south of the country, and which have already destroyed thousands of hectares of forests and undergrowth, affected dozens of homes, caused considerable damage to farms, annual crops and permanent crops, affecting incomes for a long time, as well as companies and public infrastructure, and apart from a more elaborate later position, the PCP expresses most heartfelt solidarity with all the victims of these tragic events and deep appreciation for all the agents involved in the combat, from the outset to those
«The special increase of 10 euros does not restore the erosion of the purchasing power of the retired people and pensioners»
13 July 2022
Fraternal greetings to all those present at this meeting of retired people and pensioners, to the comrades who participate in their unitary structures who are here and to all those who saw fit to contribute to the various problems everyone faces, such as the increase in the cost of living, the low pensions and their erosion, the fight for better public services and in defence of the NHS, among others.