Article published in the weekly Triunfo on 30 July 1977 on the political obstacles that have been overcome in order to enable Spain to make an official application for accession to the European Economic Community, and the beginning of a long process of negotiations marked by economic issues.
In September 1978, the Brussels Chamber of Commerce publishes a special edition of its official bimonthly bulletin on the subject of trade relations between Belgium and Spain at national and regional level, with contributions by well-known politicians, diplomats and economists.
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.
On 16 April 2003, in Athens, José María Aznar (on the left), Spanish Prime Minister, and Ana de Palacio y de Valle Lersundi, Spanish Foreign Minister, sign the Treaty of Accession of the ten new Member States to the European Union.
On 12 June 1985, in Madrid, Spain signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC). The Spanish signatories are the Foreign Minister, Fernando Morán (on the left), and the Prime Minister, Felipe González (on the right).
‘European Communities — Welcome to a united Europe!’ In 1985, German cartoonist, Hanel, illustrates Spain and Portugal’s accession to the European Communities which are divided and subject to internal disputes.
In 1993, writing in the magazine Política Exterior, the Spanish President, Felipe González Márquez, outlines the substance of the Maastricht Treaty and its importance for Spain.
On 29 June 1970, in Luxembourg, a preferential trade agreement is signed between the Commission of the European Communities and Spain, represented by Gregorio López Bravo, Spanish Foreign Minister. An additional protocol would be approved on 29 January 1973 at Val Duchesse, Belgium.
