In this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004, refers to the hope for democratic stability and economic development that Portugal’s accession to the European Communities engendered in the Portuguese people after the Carnation Revolution.

In 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.

In 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, assesses the results of the use of Community funds in Portugal.

In 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.