National Issues
Speech by Jeronimo de Sousa at the "Avante Festival Rally
18 September 2012
Translated Speech by Jeronimo de Sousa,General Secretary of the PCP at the "Avante Festival Rally
9th September 2012
Closing ceremony of the 18th Assembly of WFDY
12 November 2011
The closing ceremony of the Assembly was held at Voz do Operario in a rally organized by the hosting organization (JCP Portugal) that had the presence of hundreds of Portuguese young people and counted with the presence of Jerónimo de Sousa, Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party.
Speech by Diogo D'Ávila on JCP's rally closed 18th Assembly of World Federation of Democratic Youth
12 November 2011
Dear Comrades and friends,
Renegotiation of the debt – PCP fulfils election pledge
23 June 2011
News Conference, Bernardino Soares President of PCP´s Parliamentary Group, António Filipe, MP and Agostinho Lopes, MP, Assembly of the Republic
Economic Governance and competitiveness Pact – A crusade against labour and social rights, serious breaches of national independence and sovereignty
1 March 2011
Press Conference statement by Ilda Figueiredo and João Ferreira, PCP Members of the European Parliament
More than 300.000 people demonstrate in Lisbon against the right wing policy
30 May 2010
More than 300.000 people occupied the center of Lisbon demonstrating against the policy of national disaster of the Socialist Party (Social Democratic, Government Party) and of the PSD (Right Wing Party). Responding to the call of the CGTP/IN (The Class based Portuguese Confederation of the Portuguese Workers) an immense mass of indignation, protest and struggle, occupied the main avenues and squares in the center of the Portuguese Capital.
Statement on the results of the General Elections
28 September 2009
(made before the announcement of the final results)
More than 85,000 participate in the March of “Protest, confidence and struggle”
24 May 2009
The avenues of central Lisbon - from Campo Pequeno to Marquês de Pombal (around 2,3km distance) - were filled by a sea of people shouting several slogans against the right wing policy of the Government of the socialist Party and in support of CDU.