Democratization and Europeanization of the Spanish Foreign Service on the Way to Accession into the European Economic Community, 1975-1986

Abstract

Today it has been forgotten to what extent entry into the [European Economic] Community led to a reorientation of the organizational and conceptual structures of Spanish foreign policy. The Spanish administration in general and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in particular adapted so much and so quickly to the particular requirements of Communitarian coordination that the previous period seems almost prehistoric.Angel Vinas, Al servicio de Europa Introduction: democratization, modernization a...