Statement by Fernando Morán, Spanish Foreign Minister, at the negotiating conference for Spain’s accession to the European Communities held on 13 December 1982, in which he emphasises the importance for Spain and the European Community of concluding the accession process as soon as possible.

On 17 December 1985, the Spanish daily newspaper El País outlines Spain’s position following the disappointing outcome of the European Summit held two weeks previously in Luxembourg.

Am 17. November 1991, einen Monat vor der Tagung der Staats- und Regierungschefs der Zwölf in Maastricht, bedauert die spanische Tageszeitung El País, dass die Vorschläge der Madrider Regierung bei den Verhandlungen im Vorfeld nicht berücksichtigt wurden, und sieht dem Abschluss des Vertrags zur Gründung einer Europäischen Union pessimistisch entgegen.

The Director-General of International Organisations in the Spanish Foreign Ministry sends a copy to the Spanish Ambassador to London of a letter sent by the French Ambassador to Madrid to the Spanish Foreign Minister, Fernando María Castiella, containing information on France’s attitude to Spain’s application for association with the Common Market.

Verbal note sent on 27 October 1958 by the Spanish Embassy to Rome on behalf of the Spanish Government, requesting the country’s accession to the Intergovernmental Committee of the OEEC, an organisation responsible for analysing issues concerning the establishment of a free-trade area.

In a note to the Spanish Foreign Ministry, the Spanish Embassy to Rome outlines the latest progress in common European economic policy after the signing on 25 March 1957 of the Rome Treaties for the establishment of the Common Market and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).

Note drafted by the General Department of International Organisations on the progress of talks between Spain and the European Economic Community during the period from 9 February 1962, the date on which the initial request was made for negotiations to be opened, to June 1967.

In a document annexed to a letter by the Spanish Ambassador to Rome, Alfredo Sánchez Bella, the diplomat sets out the main political and economic arguments that the Franco Government can use to defend its application to the European Common Market.

The Director-General of International Economic Relations sends a communication to the Spanish Ambassador to Brazil from the Mission in Brussels on the importance of Latin America for the Spanish delegation during the negotiations for accession to the European Economic Community.