National Issues

EU actions against trafficking and the launch of an anti-trafficking day<br />Pergunta Oral (ao Conselho) de Ilda Figueiredo

The fight against trafficking in human beings is rightly one of the priorities of the EU and a series of actions have been undertaken in order to fight against this scourge.

EU actions against trafficking and the launch of an anti-trafficking day<br />Pergunta Oral de Ilda Figueiredo

The fight against trafficking in human beings is rightly one of the priorities of the EU and a series of actions have been undertaken in order to fight against this scourge.

Presidential Elections - Statement by Jerónimo de Sousa

1. Today’s Presidential elections are marked by two elements: the election of Cavaco Silva and the large share of the vote obtained by my candidacy which, regardless of the overall result, represents a stimulus to assert the project that guided it, and a guarantee that it will continue pursuing, with confidence and determination, the struggle for a Portugal with future.

Communiqué of the Central Committee - 3 March 2008

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on 11 October 2005, analysed the result of the local government election and underlined the important success of the CDU materialised in an increase in the number of votes, office-bearers, borough councils and town councils in which presidencies were won.

Avante Festival 2005 Closing Rally

Comrades, Dear guests and Festival participants, We stand here at the threshold of the Avante Festival's 30th year, at a time battered by winds hostile to social progress, solidarity, collective action,

The Portuguese Communists and people have said farewell to Comrade Álvaro Cunhal

The Portuguese Communists and people have said farewell, in an atmosphere of great emotion, to Comrade Álvaro Cunhal.

Declaration by Jerónimo de Sousa on the death of Álvaro Cunhal

Comrade Álvaro Cunhal has died. His physical death brings us a great feeling of grief and loss. The Communists, the workers, the Portuguese people, the Communist and revolutionary movement have lost a great man, a builder of their liberating cause. The lifetime of a man is always a brief time in the historic process of human society. This was the case with comrade Álvaro.

Alvaro Cunhal has died

With deep sorrow and emotion, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party informs the communist militants, the workers and the Portuguese people, that Alvaro Cunhal passed away at dawn, aged 91. The Secretariat of the Central Committee presents its heartfelt condolences to his family.

On the night of the Portuguese General Elections

CDU(1) stresses the importance and meaning of the defeat of the right wing parties in these elections. Defined as our central goal since the first moment, its achievement confirms the justness of the struggle against the policy of the last governments and of our demand for earlier elections, as a first step to put an end to the work of destruction of the PSD(2) and CDS/PP(3) governments.