Government propaganda doesn't erase the reality: life is difficult, and the country is hanging by a thread

17 July 2025

Nós estamos a discutir o Estado da Nação, a discutir a vida das pessoas, a vida difícil, a realidade concreta e permita-me Sr. Presidente esta observação àqueles que estão a trabalhar a esta hora, a pôr o País a funcionar, a produzir, a criar a riqueza, a pôr a economia a funcionar com vidas difíceis terem de assistir a um triste espectáculo como aquele que assistimos aqui há pouco é tudo menos contribuir para resolver a vida das pessoas. 

Either the Portuguese State continues to have its hands stained with blood or it recognises the State of Palestine

11 July 2025

Please allow me to welcome the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador, who is in the galleries following our debate. Since 2011, the PCP has been tabling projects to recognise the State of Palestine, in accordance with UN resolutions. This is an inevitable decision that has been refused time and time again, based essentially on two fallacies: The first is that the recognition of the State of Palestine must be dependent on the European Union.

Process of privatisation of BES/Novo Banco - Crime against the Country

10 July 2025

After the privatisation of BES, after the Espírito Santo family and the groups that orbited around them had squandered the Bank's resources for decades, after mismanagement had opened up a financial hole, after the then PSD/CDS government having moved towards a resolution of BES in 2014, which opened the door to the flight of assets, holdings and a good part of the capital.

On the announcement of the privatisation of TAP

10 July 2025

Late this morning the government announced that it had decided to start the first phase of TAP's fourth privatisation process. After the first attempt almost destroyed TAP with the bankruptcy of the buyer - Swissair. After the third attempt ended with the capitalist fleeing and the company going bankrupt. Now the government intends to hand over to foreign capital that which is one of the main national companies, the country's biggest exporter of services, the guarantor of our territorial continuity and sovereignty in air transport.

The serious situation in obstetrics

4 July 2025

The news of the death of yet another newborn this morning, which was apparently avoidable if the woman had been given proper care, highlights the unsustainable situation of obstetrics in the National Health Service resulting from the actions of the current and previous governments. They have eroded the working conditions and pay of doctors in general and obstetricians in particular, even though they knew that obstetrics, along with paediatrics, was one of the specialties most coveted by the private sector, which, due to its lucrative potential, would seek to hire more specialists.

Housing has been turned into a commodity and its right into a business

2 July 2025

Thousands of people took to the streets this weekend, all over the country, demanding homes to live in. It is preposterous that there are hundreds of thousands of empty houses in Portugal when there are tens of thousands of families without a home to live in. Despite being enshrined in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the right to housing is far from being a reality for all families. And the guarantee that everyone has access to a decent home is increasingly distant.

Communiqué of the Central Committee of June 29, 2025

29 June 2025

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on 29 June, analysed the national and international situation and outlined the PCP's main lines of intervention for the coming months, including the local elections and the elections for President of the Republic. I – International Situation

March "Comply with the Constitution. Raise wages and pensions, for a better life"

Comply with the Constitution. Raise wages and pensions, for a better life

26 June 2025

A warm welcome to all those present at this great initiative. “Comply with the Constitution, raise wages and pensions, for a better life”, this is the path we propose, and which is necessary to serve what matters and what matters is the life of those who work, those who have worked a lifetime and the youth. The march that we are holding here in Lisbon, but also at the same time in Porto, is an important moment of resistance, of affirmation of freedom and democracy, but also of hope and affirmation of the alternative that the Country needs.

PCP warns about the serious decisions of NATO summit

26 June 2025

After a very intense campaign aimed at justifying the arms race to public opinion, the meeting of NATO Heads of State and Prime Ministers held in The Hague on June 25 has just confirmed and formalised decisions at the highest level that worsen international tension, especially in Europe, and increase the danger of military conflicts of catastrophic proportions.

The Portuguese Communist Party Condemns the US Aggression Against Iran

22 June 2025

The PCP vehemently condemns the US aggression against Iran, which follows its support for the attacks initiated by Israel against this Middle Eastern country on June 13, 2025, in a clear violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and of international law.