National Issues
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
1921-2021 - Centennial of the Portuguese Communist Party
1 March 2020
Freedom, Democracy, SocialismThe future has a 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»
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.
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 general elections of October 6, 2019
6 October 2019
1. The results know so far reflect a balance of forces that is similar to that of 2015, although with changes in the relative positions and electoral strength of the political forces with representation in the Assembly of the Republic [Parliament].
But this does not elude the fact that the current arrangement of forces on an institutional level corresponds to a political context that is different from that of 2015.
Majority of the European Parliament promotes anti-communism and the rewriting of history
19 September 2019
The majority of the European Parliament approved today, with favourable votes by the [Portuguese Parties] PS, PSD, CDS and PAN, a serious and abject resolution, which constitutes a deplorable part of the European Union’s strategy of historic revisionism.
«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.