'A small contribution to the Community of European Peoples'. In May 1962, the cartoonist, Berhendt, criticises the power of the dictators in Spain and Portugal, who exclude the Iberian Peninsula from the process of European integration.

On 8 October 1975, in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, Raymond Aron highlights the differences between political developments under way in Portugal and those in Spain and the differences between the reactions of the United States and the Nine.

‘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 March 1985, the federalist journal L’Europe en Formation welcomes the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities and calls for a change in the decision-making process in order to ensure the viability of the Community system.

Das deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel analysiert die Vorteile als auch die Nachteile, welche die EG-Erweiterung durch den Beitritt Portugals und Spaniens mit sich bringt.

On 27 May 1985, the Madrid daily newspaper El País considers the implications of the enlargement of the European Communities, on 1 January 1986, to include Spain and Portugal.

Am 1. Januar 1986 werden Spanien und Portugal offizielle Mitglieder der Europäischen Gemeinschaften. Zu diesem Anlass stellt die Tageszeitung Luxemburger Wort die jeweiligen Stärken und Schwächen der zwölf Mitgliedstaaten dar.

In April 1986, in an article in the periodical EFTA Bulletin, Sven Norberg, Director of Legal Affairs in the Secretariat of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), analyses the consequences of the accession of Portugal and Spain to the European Economic Community (EEC) for the future of EFTA.

On 10 July 1986, in Luxembourg, Simone Veil, Chairman of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group in the European Parliament, gives an interview during which she welcomes the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, whilst highlighting the implications of this enlargement.

On 1 January 1986, the accession of Spain and Portugal brings the number of Member States of the European Communities to twelve.

In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the position adopted by French President François Mitterrand in 1984–1985, during the final stage of the negotiations for the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, discusses the negotiations that preceded the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, and particularly reflects on the role that he played in these negotiations.

On 9 July 1982, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it calls on the Commission and the Council to speed up the negotiations for the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 9 July 1982, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it calls on the European Commission to indicate which proposals it intends to submit so that the enlargement to include Spain and Portugal does not lead to a weakening of the Community but rather represents an opportunity for a deepening of common policies and a strengthening of the decision-making process.

On 17 November 1982, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it considers, in particular, the political, institutional, economic, social and environmental implications of the future accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 17 November 1982, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it highlights the implications of the enlargement of the European Economic Community (EEC) to include Spain and Portugal, with particular regard to the special situation of their agriculture.