Portuguese Communist Party

It is necessary to stop the sub-concession of CP's most profitable lines and the destruction of the company

23 January 2026

1. Yesterday, the PSD/CDS Government announced a series of decisions regarding CP, the most serious of which is the intention to sub-concession the most profitable railway lines in Portugal (Sintra/Azambuja, Cascais, Sado and Porto lines). This announcement confirms the Government's intention to privatise national rail transport and destroy CP as a major national company.

Communique of the Central Committee of the PCP of January 20, 2026

21 January 2026

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting January 20, 2026, analysed the elections for President of the Republic, assessed developments in the national and international situation, and addressed aspects of the Party's activity, political initiative, and strengthening. I Elections for President of the Republic

End US military aggression against Venezuela – For Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean

End US aggression! Solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela!

5 January 2026

The PCP condemns the unacceptable aims of the Trump Administration to impose a puppet government in Venezuela, which would guarantee the appropriation by US oil multinationals of resources belonging to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to the Venezuelan people. The PCP denounces and condemns the serious threats made by the US against several Latin American and Caribbean countries, such as Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and Mexico, and reiterates that these also constitute a threat to all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the entire world.

End US military aggression against Venezuela – For Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean

3 January 2026

The PCP strongly condemns the military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the US, which constitutes a very serious violation of international law. The PCP calls for an end to the military aggression and the immediate release of the President of Venezuela and other Venezuelan citizens by the US.

New Year's Message from Paulo Raimundo

29 December 2025

Confidence and hope. These are the words I address to all of you, to all those who live here, to all those who work here, and to all those who went out all over the world in search of the better life that Portugal denied them. It is true. It is true that the month is too long for the wages to last. It is true that we face the drama of access to housing, access to healthcare, and a shortage of teachers. It is true that there is a lack of nurseries, care homes, low pensions and retirement benefits, and that often only overtime and double jobs make it possible to get by.

The European Union between disdain for the problems of the people, the arms race business and the instigation of war

22 December 2025

On the conclusions of the European Council meeting of December 18 and 19, 2025 The European Council meeting held on December 18 and 19 was marked by the European Union's complete lack of concern for the economic and social problems affecting the lives of workers and peoples, by its insistence on a policy of confrontation, the arms trade and the prolongation of the war in Ukraine, and by its complicity with Israel's genocidal and colonial policy.

Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of December 15, 2025

15 December 2025

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on December 15, 2025, analysed recent developments in the national situation and the mass struggle, the elections for President of the Republic, aspects of the international situation, addressed the intervention and strengthening of the PCP, and defined its priorities for action. I National situation 1. The General Strike of December 11, in the course of the struggle of the workers and the people, has had a profound impact on national life.

General Strike, December 11, 2025: a rejection of the Labour Package and a great assertion of the workers’ strength

11 December 2025

The great and expressive scale of today’s General Strike is an enormous statement of the workers’ strength and unity, and a powerful expression of rejection of a labour package [of laws] at the service of capital, which was put forth by the PSD/CDS Government and which is supported by Chega and Inicativa Liberal [parties].