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PREM19/1486
European Policy (Enlargement of European Community: applications of Portugal and Spain) (Part 2)

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Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 279
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83 Jun 13 Mon European Policy: Prime Minister González Márquez letter to MT (Accession of Spain to the EC) ["I would urge you... to see that the European Council meeting in Stuttgart makes every effort to arrive at the undertakings that are necessary"] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jun 17 Fri European Policy: MT letter to Prime Minister González Márquez (Accession of Spain to the EC) ["before accession... the restrictions on Gibraltar will have to be lifted... [and] progress... made on the agricultural aspects of the negotiations"] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 31 Mon European Policy: Prime Minister Soares letter to MT (Accession of Portugal to the EC) ["Portugal's treaty... should be signed earlier than Spain's... This would be the logical result of the separate consideration of each candidature and its appreciation on its own merits"] [released Dec 2014]
83 Nov 8 Tue European Policy: MT letter to Prime Minister Soares (Accession of Portugal to the EC) ["Our interest [is] in an outcome which will ensure that no Member State is asked to bear a financial burden disproportionate to its means, and that agriculture expenditure is brought under effective control"] [released Dec 2014]
83 Nov 18 Fri European Policy: Prime Minister González Márquez letter to MT (Accession of Spain to the EC) ["I am concerned that frustration may take over my country's public opinion, which has serious doubts regarding the existence of a true political will on the part of the Community to see the completion of the Accession"] [released Dec 2014]
83 Nov 28 Mon European Policy: MT letter to Prime Minister González Márquez (Accession of Spain to the EC) ["The Athens Summit will... be of crucial importance... need to ensure that no Member State is asked to bear a financial burden disproportionate to its means, and that agriculture and other expenditure is brought under effective control"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 13 Fri European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community: Qualified Majority Voting in the Enlarged Community") ["the number of votes which will constitute a qualified majority in the enlarged Community... We shall not be able to hold up enlargement on this issue... if we do not succeed in persuading either the French or the Germans to support [our case for 57 out of 76 votes]"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 19 Thu European Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("European Community Enlargement") [discussion of negotiations: MT agrees to OD(E) meeting, followed by FCO paper, then meeting of Ministers on 13 Sep] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 10 Mon European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Enlargement of the Community") ["enlargement will represent an economic cost... But the damage to Western political and security interests if the negotiations were to fail would be serious"; outline of specific objectives in defence of UK interests] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 11 Tue European Policy: UKE Dublin telegram 470 to FCO (1850Z) ("Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers on Enlargement in Dublin: 11 September") [record of conversation] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 11 Tue European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Enlargement of the Community") ["One asks onself why we ever got involved with it... But there are some useful gains... [and] should put paid to a lot of the guff about European Union/Federal Europe since it will obviously be impractical"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 12 Wed European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Enlargement") [handling of the meeting/key issues] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 13 Thu European Policy: Howe PS letter to Tebbit PS (MT, Lawson, Howe, Tebbit, Jopling, Rifkind, Channon, Ian Stewart, Michael Butler, David Williamson, Robert Armstrong) ["Enlargement of the European Community"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 25 Tue European Policy: Howe PS letter to Tebbit PS ("Spanish Accession: Tariff Transition") ["We agree that the Commission and Spain are unlikely to make much headway until the French move into line on the Commission's proposals"; revisions to draft letter from Tebbit to French counterpart] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 4 Thu European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 3164 to FCO (1830Z) ("Enlargement: The Prospects") ["If we cannot get ahead soon, the German position on our own resources will begin to make the... Fontainebleau package precarious... the major difficulties come from Greek[s]... and French obstructiveness"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 16 Tue European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram 509 to FCO (1800Z) ("Spain/EC") [record of PM González's meeting with EC ambassadors to convey his concerns about lack of progress in negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 16 Tue European Policy: Prime Minister González Márquez message to MT (1800Z) (Accession of Spain to the EC) [concerns about lack of progress in negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 19 Fri European Policy: MT message to Prime Minister González Márquez (Accession of Spain and Portugal to the EC) ["I share your concern at the slow progress of the negotiations"; Gibraltar] [released Dec 2014]
84 Nov 28 Wed European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 4008 to FCO (2116Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council 26-28 November. Spanish Accession: Tariff Transition") [record of proceedings; Rifkind takes firm line on UK car quota] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 10 Mon European Policy: UKE Athens telegram 567 to FCO (1600Z) ("IMPS and Enlargement") [Papandreou unwilling to agree to EC enlargement without agreement on IMPS & wine; "The UK is identified in all the media as the main obstacle to Greek objectives"] [released Dec 2014]