Introduction
Portugal and the European integration process
Interview with António Vitorino: the history of the Portuguese Presidencies of the Council (Lisbon, 24 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004 and Special Adviser in 2007 to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, emphasises the success of the three Council Presidencies held by Portugal in 1992, 2000 and 2007.
Interview with António Vitorino: Portugal’s accession to the European Communities (Lisbon, 24 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004 and Special Adviser in 2007 to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, emphasises the importance of the opening up of Portugal to the outside world following the country’s accession to the European Communities in 1986.
Interview with António Vitorino: assessment of Portugal’s accession to the European Communities (Lisbon, 24 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004 and Special Adviser in 2007 to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, gives an extremely positive assessment of Portugal’s 20 years as a Member State of the European Communities.
Interview with José Medeiros Ferreira: the development of Portugal since its accession to the Communities (Lisbon, 25 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, José Medeiros Ferreira, former Portuguese Foreign Minister, gives his personal views on the general development of Portugal since the country’s accession to the European Communities in 1986.
Interview with José da Silva Lopes: the development of economic and social policy in Portugal (Lisbon, 23 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, José da Silva Lopes, former Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade, outlines the development of the economy and social policies in Portugal since the Carnation Revolution in 1974.
Interview with José da Silva Lopes: an assessment of Portugal’s membership of the European Communities (Lisbon, 23 October 2007)
VideoIn this interview, José da Silva Lopes, former Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade, gives a largely positive assessment of Portugal’s membership of the European Communities.
Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Jacques Delors at the inauguration of the Jacques Delors Centre (Lisbon, 27 March 1995)
ImageOn 27 March 1995, Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, Portuguese Prime Minister (left), and Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission (right), together officially open the Jacques Delors European Information Centre at the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon.
Jorge Sampaio at the opening of a conference on Europe (Lisbon, 4 June 2002)
ImageOn 4 June 2002, in Lisbon, Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, delivers the opening address at the Conference on ‘The future of Europe and enlargement. A political model for 21st-century Europe.'
Jorge Sampaio visits a secondary school which is holding an exhibition on Europe (Lisbon, 21 March 2003)
ImageOn 21 March 2003, Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, meets pupils from the Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho secondary school, which is holding an exhibition on ‘The Future of Europe’.
Gerhard Schröder, José Manuel Durão Barroso and Richard von Weizsäcker (Berlin, 26 November 2004)
ImageOn 26 November 2004, in Berlin, at the presentation of a cultural conference entitled ‘Giving a soul to Europe’, José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, poses with the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, and the former German President, Richard von Weizsäcker, in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portugal and Europe at the end of the Twentieth Century (24 November 1989)
TextOn 24 November 1989, at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, Portuguese Prime Minister, delivers an address in which he places particular emphasis on Portugal's role in the development of a European identity.
Address given by Mário Soares on the European Community of the future (Lisbon, 19 October 1990)
TextOn 19 October 1990, at the opening session of the conference on ‘Portugal in the European Community of the future’, held in Lisbon by the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, delivers an address in which he considers the implications of the establishment of the internal market and of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the definition of the political and institutional dimension of the Community.
Mário Soares, The Community option, eight years on (June 1993)
TextIn June 1993, the Lisbon-based magazine Expansão publishes an article by Mário Soares, President of the Portuguese Republic, in which he gives an assessment of the economic and political situation eight years after Portugal's accession to the European Communities.
Address given by Jorge Sampaio to mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of Portugal’s Treaty of Accession to the European Communities (Lisbon, 12 June 2005)
TextOn 12 June 2005, at the ceremony held at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon to mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of Spain and Portugal's Treaties of Accession to the European Communities, Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, delivers an address in which he emphasises the cultural significance of this accession for the Iberian Peninsula.
Cartoon by Luís Afonso on the proposal to establish a European government
Image‘German Chancellor Schroeder is proposing to establish a European government. A European government?! And which ministry would be earmarked for Portugal? Given our austerity and technical prowess, the Finance Ministry, no doubt.' The Portuguese cartoonist Luís Alfonso takes an ironic look at Portugal's economic and financial situation.
The role of eminent Portuguese figures in the process of European integration
Portuguese Members of the European Parliament (1986-2009)
TableTable showing the Portuguese members of the European Parliament since 1986.
Portuguese Members of the European Commission (1986–2009)
TableTable showing the Portuguese Members of the European Commission since 1986.
The Portuguese members of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1986–2009)
TableTable showing the Portuguese members of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities since 1986.
Portuguese members of the European Court of Auditors (1986-2012)
TableTable showing the Portuguese members of the European Court of Auditors since 1986.
Mário Soares
PassportErnâni Lopes
PassportJosé Medeiros Ferreira
PassportJosé Silva Lopes
PassportAníbal António Cavaco Silva
PassportThe role of eminent Portuguese figures in the process of European integration
Jaime Gama
PassportAntónio Guterres
PassportAntónio Vitorino
PassportJosé Manuel Durão Barroso
PassportVítor Constâncio
ImageThe French President, François Mitterrand, presents a medal to Vítor Constâncio, who was in charge of Lisbon ‘94, European City of Culture.
José Luís Da Cruz Vilaça
ImageJosé Luís Da Cruz Vilaça, President of the Court of First Instance from 1989 to 1995.
José Cutileiro
ImageJosé Cutileiro, Secretary-General of Western European Union from 16 November 1994 to 23 November 1999.
António Vitorino
ImageOn 24 January 2003, in the Moncloa Palace, Madrid, António Vitorino, Portuguese European Commissioner responsible for Justice and Home Affairs (left), is presented with the Grand Cross of St Raymond by the Spanish Prime Minister, José María Aznar.
José Manuel Durão Barroso
ImageIn June 2004, José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese Prime Minister, is appointed by the Twenty-Five to succeed Romano Prodi as President of the European Commission.