1986 1st January
Spain Joins European Community
Apain becomes the 11th member of the EU
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Spain and European Integration
Spain's role in EEC and later European Union politics. This page combines historical context with 15 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database EEC archive.
Historical context
Spain and European Integration: overview and significance
What happened?
The archive groups records associated with Spain, following national leaders, treaty negotiations, European Councils, enlargement, monetary policy and other stages of European integration.
Why was it important?
Spain's records show how European integration was shaped through national governments as well as common institutions, and how domestic politics interacted with Community and Union decisions.
World History Database records
Spain and European Integration timeline
The records below are selected from the 936-record EEC and European integration archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1986
1991
1991 28th June
Treaty of Maastricht
Represents Spain at Luxembourg as leaders review unresolved questions in the future Union treaty.
1991 29th June
Treaty of Maastricht
Represents Spain's foreign-policy interests as the proposed Union's political provisions are examined.
1991 29th June
Treaty of Maastricht
Helps frame Spain's position on convergence and monetary integration during the Luxembourg phase.
1991 9th December
Maastricht European Council
Represents Spain during negotiations establishing the European Union.
1991 9th December
Spanish Treaty Agreement
Supports European citizenship, cohesion and the monetary-union programme.
1991 9th December
Treaty of Maastricht
Joins the Maastricht summit as Spain works toward a settlement on political and monetary union.
1991 10th December
Treaty of Maastricht
Helps conclude the financial provisions governing Spain's participation in economic and monetary union.
1992
1992 7th February
Spanish Monetary Union Signature
Supports monetary convergence and greater economic cohesion within Europe.
1992 7th February
Treaty of Maastricht
Fernandez Ordonez adds Spain's signature to the Maastricht Treaty as the government's senior foreign-policy representative.
1992 7th February
Treaty of Maastricht
Signs the Treaty on European Union for Spain as Minister of Economy and Finance.
1992 11th December
Treaty of Maastricht
Attends the Edinburgh European Council as Spain helps negotiate a response to the Danish referendum problem.
1992 12th December
Treaty of Maastricht
Supports the Edinburgh compromise from Spain's diplomatic perspective as the summit closes.
1992 31st December
Treaty of Maastricht
Leads Spain when it completes the formal notification required for Maastricht ratification.
1993
1993 1st November
Treaty of Maastricht
Heads Spain as the Maastricht settlement becomes legally effective across the twelve member states.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database EEC records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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