On 28 January 2005, in Barcelona, Xavier Trias, Deputy Secretary-General of the nationalist Catalan coalition Convergència i Unió (CiU), expresses his support for the ‘Yes’ vote for the European Constitution, with the slogan ‘more Europe, more Catalonia’, in the run-up to the referendum held in Spain on 20 February for the ratification of the Constitutional Treaty.

On 3 November 2003, in Melilla, Elvira Rodríguez, Spanish Environment Minister, takes part in the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone for a new desalination plant, a project 85 % cofinanced by the European Union Cohesion Fund.

The 27th Congress of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), held on 5 December 1976 in Madrid, is the first Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, still not legally recognised, to be held since the Civil War. At the Congress, Felipe González is confirmed as Secretary-General of the Party, receiving the support of the main European Socialist leaders. From left to right: Felipe González, Willy Brandt and Olof Palme.

On 6 December 1969, in Brussels, Juan Carlos de Bourbon, Prince of Spain, welcomes Jean Rey, President of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), on a private visit to the European institutions.

On 31 January 1979, in Strasbourg, Adolfo Suárez, Spanish Prime Minister, delivers an address on the Spanish political process to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

On the occasion of the formal sitting of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 31 January 2002, Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, gives an address which highlights the special relationship that has developed over the years between the two European Courts.

On 29 October 1986, following a brief debate, the Spanish Senate adopts the framework law for the ratification of the Single European Act by unanimity.

Memorandum from the Spanish Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Europe, dated 13 December 1969, in which it sets out its position on the possibility that a European Conference on Security might be held in Helsinki in order to strengthen security in Europe.