On 11 April 1985, as debates are held in the Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese Parliament) on Portugal’s accession to the European Communities, Carlos Carvalhas, Member of Parliament, outlines the reasons why the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) is opposed to accession.

Am 19. Mai 1978 übergibt die Europäische Kommission dem Rat eine positive Stellungnahme zur schnellen Aufnahme von Verhandlungen über den Beitritt Portugals zur Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG), obwohl weiterhin eine Reihe wirtschaftlicher Probleme bestehen.

On 26 January 1982, Gaston Thorn, President of the Commission of the European Communities, welcomes to Brussels Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese Prime Minister, in connection with the negotiations for Portugal's accession to the European Communities.

On 11 March 1977, Roy Jenkins (left), President of the European Commission, welcomes to Brussels Mário Soares (centre), Portuguese Prime Minister, during his tour of the capitals of the nine Member States of the European Communities, to which Portugal is to submit its official application for accession on 28 March.

On 29 March 1977, the Lisbon daily newspaper Diário de Notícias comments on the political implications of the visit of Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, to his Norwegian counterpart, Odvar Nordli.

In April 1974, the French cartoonist, Plantu, illustrates the consequences of the military coup d’état and the ‘Carnation Revolution’ in Portugal and looks at the ambitions of the new military regime.

On 20 September 1976, in Brussels, at the signing of the Interim Agreement, the Additional Protocol and the Financial Protocol between Portugal and the European Economic Community (EEC), José Manuel Medeiros Ferreira, Portuguese Foreign Minister, delivers an address in which he declares, for the first time, Portugal’s intention to submit an application for accession to the European Communities.

On 20 September 1976, in Brussels, José Manuel de Medeiros Ferreira (left), Portuguese Foreign Minister, Max van der Stoel (centre), Netherlands Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, and François-Xavier Ortoli (right), President of the European Commission, sign two protocols and an interim trade agreement aimed at extending the Free Trade Agreement of 22 July 1972 in view of Portugal’s application for accession to the European Communities.

On 3 June 1975, Portugal's National Constituent Assembly holds its first session following the elections of 25 April, won by the Socialists under the leadership of Mário Soares.