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Signature of the Acts of accession of Spain and Portugal in the EC
On 12 June 1985, the Treaties of Accession to the European Communities of Portugal and Spain were signed in Lisbon and Madrid. On 1 January 1986 the accession of both countries became effective.
Signing of the Accession Treaty of Spain; Fernando Morán López, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, at the signing table, left and right, Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro, Spanish Permanent Representative to the EC, Manuel Marín, Spanish Secretary of State in charge of the Relations with the European Communities, 2nd and 3rd, from the left
Signing of the Accession Treaty of Portugal; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Rui Machete, Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister, and Jaime Gama, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the signing table from left to right
Handshake between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Jacques Delors
Handshake between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement, in the presence of Jacques Delors
Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement (from left to right)
Arrival; embrace between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Arrival; Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Poul Schlüter, Danish Prime Minister, and Jakob Esper Larsen, Danish Permanent Representative to the EC, from left to right
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Hans van den Broek, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Charles Rutten, Dutch Permanent Representative to the EC, from left to right, in the front
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Jacques Poos, Deputy Luxembourgish Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the EC, in the front, from left to right
Arrival of participants; Ernâni Rodrigues Lopes, Portuguese Minister for Finance and the Plan, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Geoffrey Howe, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth, and Michael Butler, British Permanent Representative to the EC, from left to right, in the front
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, premier ministre portugais, Bettino Craxi, président du Conseil des ministres italien, Giulio Andreotti, ministre italien des Affaires étrangères, et Pietro Calamia, représentant permanent italien auprès des CE, de gauche à droite
Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, on the left, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement, passing by the guard
Hansdhake between Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, on the right, and Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, premier ministre portugais, Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement (from left to right)
Arrival; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement (from left to right)
Embrace between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister
Embrace between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister
Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, Fernando Morán López, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Manuel Marín, Spanish Secretary of State in charge of the Relations with the European Communities, and Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro, Spanish Permanent Representative to the EC (from left to right)
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, and Peter Barry, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, from left to right in the front
Arrival of participants; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Yannis Haralambopoulos, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Theodoros Pangalos, Greek Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of European Affairs, and Alexandre Zafiriou, Greek Permanent Representative to the EC, in the foreground from left to right
Emile Noel, Secretary-General of the CEC, on the right
Günter Burghardt, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, and Emile Noel, Secretary-General of the CEC, 3rd and 4th from the left
Rui Machete, Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, and Jaime Gama, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the middle from left to right
Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister (on the left)
Embrace between Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, on the left, and Roland Dumas, French Minister for External Relations
Embrace between Mário Soares, on the left, and Roland Dumas, French Minister for External Relations, in the presence of Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister, in the middle
Signing of the Accession Treaty of Portugal; Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Rui Machete, Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister, and Jaime Gama, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the signing table from left to right
Group photo of the signatories
Speech; Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council (standing), Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister (from left to right)
Speech by Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council, Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister, seated from left to right, and Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, standing
General view of the ceremony
Speech; Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister (standing), Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council, Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, and Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister (from left to right)
Speech by Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister (standing on the right at the podium), in the presence of Ruud Lubbers, Dutch Prime Minister, Yannis Charalambopoulos, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council, Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Poul Schlüter, Danish Prime Minister, and Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister, seated in the first row from left to right
Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, and Jacques Delors, President of the CEC (from left to right)
View of the guard of honour welcoming participants in the Royal Palace court, and the bell towers of the Almudena Cathedral in the background, Madrid
Arrival of the Italian delegation headed by Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council, 3rd from the left
Arrival of the delegation of Luxembourg, heade by Jacques Poos, Deputy Luxembourgish Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the middle
Arrival of the Portuguese delegation headed by Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, in the middle
Arrival of the Portuguese delegation headed by Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, in the middle
Signing of the Accession Treaty of Spain; Fernando Morán López, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, at the signing table, left and right, Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro, Spanish Permanent Representative to the EC, Manuel Marín, Spanish Secretary of State in charge of the Relations with the European Communities, 2nd and 3rd, from the left
Signing of the Accession Treaty of Spain; Fernando Morán López, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, at the signing table, left and right, Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro, Spanish Permanent Representative to the EC, Manuel Marín, Spanish Secretary of State in charge of the Relations with the European Communities, 2nd and 3rd, from the left
Speech by Juan Carlos, King of Spain
Speech by Jacques Delors, President of the CEC
Discussion between Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, on the right, and Yannis Charalambopoulos, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
View in the room of the signing ceremony of Portugal's accession treaty
Group photo:- 1st row from left to right, Giulio Andreotti, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yannis Charalambopoulos, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Poul Schlüter, Danish Prime Minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Howe, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth, Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, Ruud Lubbers, Dutch Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council, Juan Carlos, King of Spain, Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister, Mário Soares, Portuguese Prime Minister, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius, French Prime Minister, Jacques Poos, Deputy Luxembourgish Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Jacques Delors, President of the CEC
Speech by Felipe González Márquez, Spanish Prime Minister (standing at the podium)
Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Cooperation and Development and Enlargement, Jacques Delors, President of the CEC, and Sofía, Queen of Spain (on the left in white), from right to left
