On 9 July 1984, during the negotiations on Portugal's accession to the European Communities, Gaston Thorn (left), President of the European Commission, pays an official visit to Lisbon where he is welcomed by General António Ramalho Eanes (right), President of the Portuguese Republic.

On 3 December 1982, in Brussels, with a view to Portugal’s accession to the European Communities, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the Portuguese Republic sign a Transitional Protocol on the dismantling of tariffs.

Am 24. Oktober 1984 unterzeichnen Garrett Fitzgerald, irischer Premierminister und amtierender Vorsitzender im Rat der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, Mário Soares, portugiesischer Premierminister, und Lorenzo Natali, Vizepräsident der Europäischen Kommission und verantwortlich für Erweiterungsfragen, in Dublin eine gemeinsame Erklärung, in der sie ihren Willen zum Ausdruck bringen, den Beitritt Portugals zu den Europäischen Gemeinschaften zum 1. Januar 1986 zu vollziehen.

On 28 October 1983, during the negotiations on Portugal's accession to the European Communities, Lorenzo Natali (right), Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Enlargement, pays a working visit to Lisbon where he is welcomed by Jaime Gama (left), Portuguese Foreign Minister.

On 29 March 1979, Pedro Pires de Miranda (right), former Portuguese Minister for Trade and Tourism, takes over from Victor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio, who has resigned as President of the Portuguese Commission for European Integration entrusted with Portugal’s negotiations for accession to the European Communities. He is welcomed by Manuel Jacinto Nunes (left), Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister, and by Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto (centre), Portuguese Prime Minister.

On 11 April 1985, as debates are held in the Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese Parliament) on Portugal’s accession to the European Communities, Joaquim Jorge Magalhães Mota, MP and Member of the Independent Social Democratic Action (ASDI), emphasises the positive aspects of accession for the country’s future.

On 19 June 1980, Roy Jenkins (left), President of the European Commission, welcomes to Brussels Francisco Sá Carneiro (right), Portuguese Prime Minister, who expresses his government’s wish to see a rapid conclusion to the negotiations on Portugal’s accession to the European Communities.

On 11 April 1985, as debates are held in the Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese Parliament) on Portugal’s accession to the European Communities, the Deputy Prime Minister, Rui Machete, reviews the progress of the negotiations and welcomes the good relations between the Portuguese leaders.

On 24 October 1984, in Dublin, Garrett FitzGerald (right), Irish Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, Mário Soares (left), Portuguese Prime Minister, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Enlargement, sign a Joint Declaration in which they express their wish for Portugal's accession to the European Communities to take effect on 1 January 1986.

On 18 March 1977, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, makes a statement to the Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese Parliament) on the proposed accession of Portugal to the European Economic Community (EEC) and outlines the outcome of his tour of the capital cities of the nine Member States of the European Communities.