Spain and Portugal join the European Communities: A long and problematic process
Spain and Portugal join the European Communities: A long and problematic process

Summary/Abstract: Spain and Portugal's aspirations for its incorporation into the European Communities gained momentum with the arrival of democracy for both countries and, for that purpose, the Government of President Adolfo Suárez requested, on July 26, 1977, officially joining the EEC (today Union European). This Spanish and Portuguese aspiration was satisfied eight years later -on June 12, 1985- with the signing of the Accession Treaty in Madrid and the effective integration into the Economic Community on January 1, 1986. Since then, the path of Spain and Portugal has come marked by important advances that have resulted in the well-being of their society as a whole.

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