1986 Event

Accession of Portugal to the Communities

Name: Accession of Portugal to the Communities
Start: 1986

Portugal joins the EEC on the same day as Spain and begins rapid economic catch-up.

What leads to what

Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.

Upstream

leads to Carnation Revolution 1974 Douze ans entre la révolution et l’adhésion : la démocratie est la condition d’entrée.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1986 — the context national timelines leave out.

1 year earlier Schengen Agreement
2 years later Singing Revolution Estonia
3 years later December revolution Romania
3 years later Fall of the Berlin Wall
3 years later Baltic Way Lithuania
3 years later Velvet Revolution Czechia
3 years later Pan-European Picnic Hungary
4 years later German reunification Germany

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.
Cold War 1947 – 1991 A continent cut in two, from Yalta to 1991.

Countries involved

Portugal

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What was written of it

Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.

Déclaration du 9 mai 1950 1950

Schuman Declaration, Salon de l’Horloge, Paris