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Paulo Raimundo
Leader of the Portuguese Communist Party · 
Portugal
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Popularity in the polls
10% Approval · 49.1% Disapproval
| Pollster | Dates | Approval | Disapproval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercampus | 6–12 Oct 2026 | 10% | 49.1% |
| Aximage | 14–15 Sep 2026 | 22% | 52% |
| Intercampus | 7–14 Sep 2026 | 8% | 56.9% |
| Aximage | 20–21 Jul 2026 | 20% | 54% |
| Intercampus | 9–14 Jul 2026 | 10.9% | 52.9% |
| Aximage | 24–25 Jun 2026 | 25% | 52% |
| Intercampus | 10–16 Jun 2026 | 10.5% | 49% |
| Intercampus | 8–14 May 2026 | 12.1% | 51.2% |
In this table, each number is the pollster's own, as published. The rings identify their 30-day average. We do not compare countries, and nothing comes from the headlines. Read from the Wikipedia polling table (CC BY-SA 4.0) with collection scheduled every 3 hours. Last recorded collection: 29/10/2026, 21:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.
Defence
Positions and proposals
- Defence spending
«it is the stability that diverts millions of euros that public services need, to feed the arms race and war»
Original in Portuguese:
é a estabilidade que desvia milhões de euros que fazem falta aos serviços públicos para alimentar a corrida aos armamentos e à guerra
PCP public session on the 2027 State Budget, in Amadora: criticises the 'stability' invoked to pass it.
- NATO
«Portugal is not a province of the European Union, much less an appendage of the US and NATO, even if the government and Marco Rubio think otherwise.»
Original in Portuguese:
Portugal não é uma província da União Europeia nem muito menos um apêndice dos EUA e da NATO, mesmo que o governo e Marco Rubio achem outra coisa.
Speech in the Portuguese parliament on the US and Israeli war against Iran and the use of the Lajes air base.
- Defence spending
«It is true that Portugal cannot impose peace on its own. But it can and must, with other countries, break with the chorus of the madness of war and of the arms race.»
Original in Portuguese:
É verdade que Portugal não pode sozinho impor a paz. Mas pode e deve com outros países, romper com o coro da loucura da guerra e da corrida aos armamentos.
Speech in the Portuguese parliament on the US and Israeli war against Iran and the use of the Lajes air base.
Background (4 more than a year old)
- NATO
«the dissolution of political-military blocs, namely NATO, with which the process of withdrawing the country from its structures must be coordinated, within Portugal's inalienable right to decide to leave»
Original in Portuguese:
a dissolução dos blocos político-militares, designadamente da NATO, com a qual o processo de desvinculação do País das suas estruturas deve estar articulada, no quadro do inalienável direito de Portugal decidir da sua saída
Portuguese Communist Party manifesto for the 10 March 2024 general election: the party's position.
- Defence spending
«the defence of reducing military spending, of general, simultaneous and controlled disarmament»
Original in Portuguese:
a defesa da redução dos gastos militares, do desarmamento geral, simultâneo e controlado
Portuguese Communist Party manifesto for the 10 March 2024 general election: the party's position.
- Nuclear weapons
«of the abolition and prohibition of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction»
Original in Portuguese:
da abolição e proibição das armas nucleares e de outras armas de destruição massiva
Portuguese Communist Party manifesto for the 10 March 2024 general election: the party's position.
- Support for Ukraine
«the wrong choices of the PS government which, arm in arm with the whole right (and at times with parties on the left), collaborate with and support the criminal and warmongering policy of the US, the EU and NATO in the war in Ukraine»
Original in Portuguese:
as opções erradas do governo PS que, de braço dado com toda a direita (e por vezes com partidos à esquerda), colaboram e apoiam a criminosa e belicista política dos EUA, UE e da NATO na guerra da Ucrânia
Portuguese Communist Party manifesto for the 10 March 2024 general election: the party's position.
Alliances
- The country's defence treaties: