Article published in the Brussels Times on 13 May 1977 on Spain’s gradual rapprochement with the European Communities so that it will not be left behind after the applications for accession submitted by Greece and Portugal.

Article published in the Belgian Communist newspaper Le Drapeau Rouge on 12 May 1977 on the likely future application by Spain for accession to the European Communities.

On 11 June 1985, the Council of the European Communities sets the conditions for Spain and Portugal’s accession to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

In this interview, Carlos Bru, representative of the Spanish Federal Council of the European Movement at the Munich Congress in 1962, discusses the development of a Europeanist sentiment in Franco's Spain, of his exile after the Second World War, and of Europeanist activism, making particular reference to the Munich Congress.

In this interview, Carlos Bru, Deputy Chairman of the ‘Democratic Left' party (Izquierda Democrática) from 1968 to 1977, explains how the transition to democracy was consolidated with Spain's integration into the European Communities, and outlines the details of the negotiation process.

In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the Jean Monnet Foundation since 2008, emphasises the support shown by European political parties for the democratic transition in Spain, and the importance of the country’s accession to the Council of Europe as a necessary precedent for accession to the European Communities.

In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999, emphasises how the European Union has contributed to Spain’s development, as well as how Spain has contributed to the European integration process. He also analyses the growth of Europeanism in Spain and describes Spain’s accession to the European Communities as the achievement of an important political ideal. Finally, he outlines the main ideas of his book Pasión de Europa, emphasising the characteristic pluralism of European society.

In this interview, Manuel Marín, State Secretary for Relations with the European Communities from 1982 to 1985, gives his views on the accession of Spain and other southern European states having also endured a period of dictatorship. He sees this accession as having an impact on foreign policy, providing a guarantee of institutional stability and respect of fundamental rights by means of economic and above all political operations. He also explains the reservations of other Member States with regard to Spanish accession, and the gradual success of the negotiations for Spain’s accession to the European Communities, an institution which he believes embodies a system of values.

In this interview, Manuel Marín, Vice-President of the European Commission from 1993 to 1999, discusses the efforts made to take into account the specific nature of Latin America in the European Union’s foreign policy. He also mentions Spain’s role as mediator in driving forward policies for cooperation with Latin America and the various plans for regional integration, in particular through Mercosur, the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the doctrine of ‘open regionalism’.