Posições Políticas
On the recent worsening of Portugal’s relations with Venezuela
20 February 2020
Following previous statements on this matter, the PCP expresses its concern for the consequences of the Portuguese Government’s position of confrontation and interference against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Venezuelan people and the legitimate authorities of that country.
About the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
31 January 2020
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is an event of great importance for the people of the United Kingdom, a fundamental change in the framework of relations between States in the European continent, and the only outcome that guarantees respect for the sovereign will of the British people, expressed in the 2016 referendum.
75 years — Liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet Army
27 January 2020
Today we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Army's liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, where more than one million and one hundred thousand human beings were systematically murdered in the gas chambers, by hunger and disease, in the shootings and under torture.
For peace and disarmament! No to NATO! On NATO’s summit in London on the 70th anniversary of this political-military bloc
2 December 2019
A NATO Summit will be held in London on December 3 and 4, to mark the 70th. anniversary of the founding of this aggressive political-military bloc, created on April 4, 1949, and whose nature was from the outsell patent with the inclusion of Salazar's fascist dictatorship as one of its founding members.
Communiqué of the Central Committee of PCP November 23 and 24, 2019
24 November 2019
The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on November 23 and 24, 2019, analysed the international situation, the national situation and its evolution, the development of the workers’ and peoples' struggle. It assessed the Party's political action and initiative, took measures with a view to strengthening them, and decided to convene the 21st PCP Congress on November 27, 28 and 29, 2020.
On the meeting between PCP and PS
9 October 2019
The election results were translated in a parliamentary framework with a correlation of forces similar to the previous four-year period, despite changes in electoral expression between the political forces represented in Parliament.
The present institutional correlation of forces does correspond, however, to a distinct political context from that of 2015.
Communiqué of the Central Committee October 8, 2019
8 October 2019
The Central Committee of the PCP having met on October 8, 2019, analysed the results of the elections for the Assembly of the Republic and the elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and the resulting political framework. Appreciated aspects of the international situation, and set down lines of action, political initiative and Party strengthening to respond to the demands that arise.
I - Political framework resulting from the elections
On the Amazon fires
27 September 2019
In the light of the great fires in the Amazon, the PCP expresses its solidarity with the peoples of the affected countries, in particular with the populations living in the Amazon rainforest.
The great fires in the Amazon are a striking example of how the capitalist mode of production only values and favours, both in nature and in society, the aim of profit.
«A vote for CDU counts towards the PS not having free reign to practice old policies»
8 September 2019
It is with immense joy that we salute all the constructors of the «Avante!» Festival, the participants and guests, our friends from the Ecologist Party «The Greens» and the Democratic Intervention, and all the independents that, with us, integrate CDU.
A special salute to the youth and JCP who, both constructing and participating, are proof of the Festival’s future. A Festival that encapsulates the dream we pursue: the project for Portugal for which we fight will, one day, have the beauty of our «Avante!» Festival.
Concerning the recent Trump Administration decisions, on the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
8 August 2019
August 6th and 9th mark the 74th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which provoked death, irreparable diseases and the most horrific suffering of hundreds of thousands of human beings. By marking this date, PCP pays tribute to the victims of this monstrous imperialist crime that cannot be forgotten.