Portugal’s communist party PCP has launched a national campaign to bring down the government.
Last weekend, party leader Jerónimo de Sousa announced the campaign, which is to run until April next year, following an in-depth “analysis” of the country’s situation.
Speaking at a press conference after a party meeting, he said: “The PCP’s central committee believes the 2013 State Budget represents a brutal attack on workers’ rights and living conditions of the population. Its objective is essentially to increase exploitation of families and is contributing greatly to their impoverishment.”
Jerónimo de Sousa is calling on the President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, to veto the Budget and for the population to continue protesting against it.
A recent decision by the European Council to create a single banking supervisor (see story on page 20) has also come under attack, with the PCP leader describing it as a “threat to the power and independence of Member States, which will fall submissive to the larger financial groups”.
