Following the Rome European Council held on 27 and 28 October 1990, the Spanish cartoonist Alfredo comments on the opposition of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, to the setting of a timetable for economic and monetary union. At the meeting, Margaret Thatcher rejects the Spanish proposal to postpone the deadlines. In the cartoon, Felipe González, as a good Andalusian, launches his charm offensive with the Iron Lady, who remains impassive.
On 13 December 1996, on the margins of the Dublin European Council, Alexandre Lamfalussy, Belgian President of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), presents to the press the design of the future euro banknotes.
On 22 February 1997, the British cartoonist, Michael Cummings, illustrates the difficulties experienced by several Member States of the European Union, including the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), in complying with the timetable set for the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
Signing of the European Commission proposal on fixed euro parity rates in the Breydel Building of the Commission, followed by a joint press conference, held by the Commission and the Council in the Justus Lipsius Building of the Council, on the fixing of conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of the euro-area Member States. Jacques Santer, President of the Commission (right), and Yves-Thibault de Silguy, European Commissioner for Economic, Financial and Monetary Affairs (left), hold up the signed proposal documents.
On 9 July 1961, Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an Association Agreement that provides for the possibility of future accession. The Agreement would enter into force on 1 November 1962.
On 2 June 1967, the European Parliament condemns the installation of a dictatorial military regime in Greece and calls for the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and Greece pending a return to democratic values in the country.
On 12 June 1975, Stephanos Stathatos, Greek Ambassador to Brussels, presents to Brendan Dillon, Irish Permanent Representative to the European Communities, an official application for Greece's accession to the European Communities, of which Ireland currently holds the rotating presidency.
