Forty years of European Union membership: The success of cohesion policy in Portugal and Spain
An analysis of the impact and achievements of EU cohesion policy in Portugal and Spain over the four decades since their accession.

Latest news and stories about eu membership in Portugal for expats and residents.
An analysis of the impact and achievements of EU cohesion policy in Portugal and Spain over the four decades since their accession.

The municipality of Odemira will host a discussion marking four decades of Portuguese membership in the European Union.

Hungarian officials have signaled they intend to drop their opposition to Ukraine's EU membership bid, diplomats told POLITICO.

A discussion on the four-decade anniversary of Portugal's membership in the European Union is being held at the Miguel Torga Institute in Coimbra.

Iceland will hold a referendum in August to decide on reopening negotiations with the EU, after having suspended the process in 2013. Following Greenland, Europe must unite, the minister argues.

The article commemorates 40 years of Spain and Portugal's membership in the European Union. It highlights a formal plenary session where Spanish King Felipe VI and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addressed Members of the European Parliament, reflecting on the significance of their countries' EU membership and their contributions over the decades.

Opinion polls suggest a larger share of people in the UK would like to return to the EU than the share of people in France and Italy who want to remain in the bloc.

A long and difficult process that transformed a country still deeply marked by the dictatorship.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Portugal joining the European Union.

Tomorrow marks 40 years since Portugal officially joined the European Economic Community.

The 40th anniversary of accession to the European Union, then the EEC, will be marked on 1 January 2026.
