National Issues

Statement of the PCP’s Central Committee Meeting, on November 8, 2015

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on the November 8, 2015, examined the developments of the political framework resulting from the October 4 elections and the economic and social situation that the workers and the people are facing; identified the development of the mass struggle as a central feature to ensure the raising of the living standards and emphasized the strategic importance of m

On the Central Committee Meeting of the PCP, on November 8, 2015

The legislative elections confirmed what for long the workers and the people have been maintaining with their struggle - the defeat of the PSD/CDS and of their policy. The new relationship of forces which exists in the Assembly of the Republic holds a potential to address the most pressing problems affecting the workers and the populations which cannot be wasted.

On the decision and announcement by the President of the Republic regarding the nomination of the Prime Minister

On the part of the PCP, Cavaco Silva’s decision to nominate Passos Coelho to form government will founder in the Assembly of the Republic with the approval of a motion to reject the government programme that may be presented by PSD and CDS.

Removing the PSD and CDS government is an imperative of the majority of the Portuguese people

At a rally in Lisbon with many hundreds of participants, Jerónimo de Sousa said that "Removing the PSD and CDS government represents an imperative to honour the will of the majority of the Portuguese people. It is this aspiration that the PCP “will seek to meet without hesitation" , adding that "whatever the circumstances and the evolution of the situation (...) the votes of PCP’s MPs will always contribute to all measures that are useful to the workers, the people and the Country and will oppose all that means more exploitation, impoverishment, social injustice and national decline."

2016 Presidential Elections – A candidacy holding a project of defence and affirmation of the values of April and of the Constitution and the materialisation of Portugal with a future

The presidential elections assume great importance in the current situation of the country and its evolution in the coming years.

On the Meeting of the PCP with the Socialist Party

The legislative election rendered an express condemnation of the PSD/CDS government and its policy and has to have political and institutional consequences.

Statement of the PCP Central Committee, on October 6, 2015

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on October 6, 2015, analysed the results of the legislative elections and the political, economic and social framework facing the workers and the people, as well as the development of the mass struggle. Set down the main guidelines of action and political initiative of the Party and also its organic strengthening to meet future needs.

On the election results 2015

The result obtained by CDU confirms its political expression achieved during the last elections and points to a progress in its vote which, in a result all the more important and as more demanding becomes the intervention, whether at the parliamentary level or in terms of struggle, in the near future will be part of the political and social life of the country.