In this interview, Marcelino Oreja, President of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences since 2009, discusses the European Union’s foreign policy and outlines Spain’s role as mediator between Latin America and the European Union. He mentions the positive results of the ‘Pacto Andino’, the agreements with the States of Central America and the free trade agreement, and examines the need to develop Mercosur through the creation of a sort of ‘committee’ which could operate as an independent institution.

In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999, describes the importance of neighbourhood relations and the need for a dialogue between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean. He also analyses the issue of the integration of immigrants and the initiative to draw up a charter for the rights of immigrants in Europe.

In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999, considers the initiatives taken by the European Parliament to support the integration of Latin America’s national parliaments and non-governmental organisations. He also examines the development of integration efforts in Latin America, particularly through Mercosur and the Andean Community.

In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999, discusses how the introduction of the euro in Spain helped encourage a certain interdependence between the EU Member States and therefore promoted the principle of solidarity. He also describes the euro as a fundamental instrument for common European sovereignty and as a basic tool for job creation.

In this interview, Manuel Marín, Vice-President of the European Commission from 1993 to 1999, discusses the efforts made to take into account the specific nature of Latin America in the European Union’s foreign policy. He also mentions Spain’s role as mediator in driving forward policies for cooperation with Latin America and the various plans for regional integration, in particular through Mercosur, the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the doctrine of ‘open regionalism’.

On 9 December 1991, at the Maastricht European Council, Enrique Barón Crespo, the first Spanish President of the European Parliament, assesses the progress made since the Rome European Council of 27 and 28 October 1990 in the fields of political and monetary union, institutions and the common foreign and security policy (CFSP), and discusses the federalist vocation of Europe.

Analysis, debate and report on the session of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate held on 16 November 1992 regarding the draft organic law that will enable Spain to ratify the Treaty on European Union, signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992.

En 1994, dans le cadre de la campagne des élections européennes du Parlement européen, le bureau de la représentation du Parlement européen en Espagne édite une affiche en catalan avec le slogan suivant: "Des efforts visant à réunir un monde de solidarité".

Question from MP Narcís Vázquez Romero, member of the federal parliamentary group United Left–Initiative for Catalonia, on the implications of entry into the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union, and particularly the objectives of social cohesion.

The Security Agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Western European Union (WEU) is signed by Javier Solana (left), NATO Secretary General, and José Cutileiro, WEU Secretary-General, on 6 May 1996 in the residence of the NATO Secretary General in Brussels.

Transcript of the appearance of the Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for the Economy, Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 24 May 2001 to report on the latest meetings of Ecofin and the entry into force of the euro.

Transcript of the appearance of the Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Pedro Solbes Mira, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 31 May 2001 to report on the introduction of the euro.