Presentation of the Special File on Portugal and the European integration process produced in 2007 for the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in connection with the partnership established in 2006 between the CVCE, the Jacques Delors European Information Centre (CIEJD) and the Institute for Contemporary History (IHC) of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH) at the New University of Lisbon (UNL).