Posições Políticas
About the evolution of COVID-19 and the measures announced by the Government
13 March 2020
1. Given the evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak, PCP considers the implementation of a set of preventive measures to be of the utmost importance, bur reaffirms the rejection of alarmism that cause a climate of agitation and disproportionate fear.
The current situation in Portugal demands that we all follow the set of guidelines issued by the public health authority, without fueling speculative reports or adopting measures on the sidelines of those defined by the competent authorities.
Party of proposal and project, of the struggle for the patriotic and left-wing alternative, to respond to the country's structural problems
6 March 2020
A fraternal greeting, on behalf of the leadership of the Portuguese Communist Party, to all those who joined in the celebrations of its anniversary and when it is about to celebrate hundred years of a heroic life of struggle and conquest for new futures for the workers and our people. One hundred years almost completed, always with the prospect on the horizon, which it does not give up, materializing a land without masters, free from exploitation and oppression.
Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of February 29 and March 1st. 2020
1 March 2020
The Central Committee of the PCP having met on February 29 and March 1st 2020 , analysed the national political, economic and social situation and the developments of the mass struggle, appreciated aspects of the international situation, and set down guidelines for the Party’s intervention and strengthening lines of action, political initiative and Party strengthening and adopted resolutions on the preparation of the XXI Congress of the PCP and on the celebrations of the Centennial of the Party
On the convening of the XXI Congress of the PCP
1 March 2020
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The Central Committee of the PCP, having met on February 29 and March 1st, decided the venue of the XXI PCP Congress, which will take place on November 27, 28 and 29, 2020, at the Peace and Friendship Pavilion, in Loures, under the motto: «Organise, Struggle, Advance - Democracy and Socialism»
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.