On 2 May 1992, in Oporto, the Foreign Ministers of the Twelve and of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) sign the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

Press release published on 2 May 1992 on the occasion of the signing, in Porto, of the Agreement establishing the European Economic Area (EEA).

On 2 May 1992, at the signing, in Oporto, of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Chairman of the EFTA Council and Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, recognises the significance of the event.

On 2 May 1992, as the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) is signed in Oporto, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities, hopes that the establishment of the EEA will be a step towards the establishment of an enlarged Europe.

On 2 May 1992, Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and acting President of the Council of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), makes a speech during the signing ceremony of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement in Oporto.

On 2 May 1992 in Oporto, representatives of the twelve Member States of the European Communities and of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) sign the Agreement creating the European Economic Area (EEA).

Group photograph of the representatives of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), taken during the ceremony held on 2 May 1992 in Oporto to celebrate the signing of the Agreement creating the European Economic Area (EEA).

On 2 May 1992, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, signs the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) in Oporto.

‘The leap of faith.’ On 2 May 1992, in Oporto, despite protests from opposition parties, the Austrian Government — a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) — signs the Agreement establishing the European Economic Area (EEA).

On 4 May 1992, the conservative daily newspaper La Libre Belgique comments on the signing of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Area (EEA) on 2 May 1992 in Oporto, seeing therein a new stage towards the enlargement of the European Communities.

On 5 May 1992, the French newspaper Le Monde comments on the signature of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Area (EEA), on 2 May 1992 in Porto, and welcomes the event as an important stage in the process of European integration.

In its issue for May to July 1992, the EFTA Bulletin welcomes the signing, on 2 May 1992, in Porto, of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

Map showing the establishment, on 2 May 1992, and the development of the European Economic Area (EEA).

In 1992, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) publishes an information booklet on the statistical situation of the European Economic Area (EEA).