1986 enlargement of the European Communities

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Spain and Portugal joined the European Communities, now the European Union, in 1986. This was the third enlargement of the Communities.[1][2]

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  1. Preston, Christopher (1995). "Obstacles to EU Enlargement: The Classical Community Method and the Prospects for a Wider Europe". JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 33 (3): 454. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.1995.tb00543.x. ISSN 1468-5965.
  2. Klodt, Henning (2003), Pethig, Rüdiger; Rauscher, Michael (eds.), "Prospective Trade Effects of Eastern EU Enlargement", Challenges to the World Economy, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 110, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19018-6_10, ISBN 978-3-642-19018-6