Today’s news confirms the denunciation made by the PCP of the government’s intention to privatise primary healthcare when it announced five public-private partnerships in healthcare. This decision, in addition to other measures included in the so-called Plan of Emergency and Transformation of Healthcare, would mean the privatisation of primary healthcare for at least 2.5 million people, around a quarter of the country's population.

On 4 October, the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was announced in cases [C-778/21P and C-798/21P] and [C-779/21P and C-799/21P], dismissing the appeals brought by the European Commission and the Council of the European Union against the judgments of the Court of First Instance of 21 September 2002 (EU: T:2021:640 and 39) concerning the trade agreements between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco, which declared the respective trade agreements null and void.

Thousands of women took to the streets on International Women's Day. In a great show of strength, organized by the Women's Democratic Movement, they demonstrated for rights, equality and an end to violence. PCP joined this struggle, alongside the working women, in defense of a fair and democratic society. Equality is an essential pillar. Women's struggle, yesterday and today, builds a future free from discrimination. There are still obstacles, but the courage and strength demonstrated inspire confidence that a fairer future is possible.

The PSD/CDS government's decision on new Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) is a new and serious step in the strategy to attack and destroy the NHS. An unacceptable decision that undermines the rights of the population in their access to healthcare and threatens the rights and working conditions of professionals. A decision that jeopardises the public interest and creates greater instability in the management of NHS units, in addition to the marked lack of human and financial resources and the wave of resignations and replacements of boards of directors.