The article deals with the position of the SPD vis-à-vis Franco's Spain since the mid 1960s, and explains it in the context of the party's foreign policy agenda aimed at promoting European détente. It is argued that SPD leaders backed Madrid's intention to get closer to the EEC because this would, in their eyes, boost the modernization of Spain and strengthen pro-European and pro-democratic tendencies in the country, leading to the self-dissolution of the dictatorship after Franco's death. It also examines the scarce influence of the left wing of the party in its claim of putting effective pressure on the regime to force its democratisation. Finally, it shows how the fear that the Portuguese revolution after 1974 could alter the expected pe...
When does the confrontation between the government in Barcelona and the government in Madrid stop be...
The purpose of the article is to reveal the nature of the reflection of the events of the Spanish Ci...
General Francisco Franco established his dictatorship in Spain in 1939 after winning the Civil War f...
This article analyzes the intemational dimension of the Spanish transition to democracy. Were the Eu...
After the Franco regime’s last death sentences were carried out in September 1975, a crisis arose be...
After the Franco regime’s last death sentences were carried out in September 1975, a crisis arose be...
International audienceThis article attempts to establish a portrait of Socialist members of Parliame...
The lack of freedom on political expression and association in Franco’s Spain meant that the main i...
This article analyzes the vision of the Francoist Spain on the so-called “empty chair crisis”, a ser...
International audienceBetween Spain and Europe there were complex and changing neighbor relations be...
The Portuguese transition to democracy was the first in the third wave of democratization, which wo...
This paper analyses the effect that some political actors’ behaviours had on the image of the Europe...
International audienceThis article analyzes the vision of the Francoist Spain on the so-called “empt...
The Francoist dictatorship had a highly complex relationship with the European integration process s...
Published online: 18 May 2022This article examines how the Franco regime influenced transatlantic re...
When does the confrontation between the government in Barcelona and the government in Madrid stop be...
The purpose of the article is to reveal the nature of the reflection of the events of the Spanish Ci...
General Francisco Franco established his dictatorship in Spain in 1939 after winning the Civil War f...
This article analyzes the intemational dimension of the Spanish transition to democracy. Were the Eu...
After the Franco regime’s last death sentences were carried out in September 1975, a crisis arose be...
After the Franco regime’s last death sentences were carried out in September 1975, a crisis arose be...
International audienceThis article attempts to establish a portrait of Socialist members of Parliame...
The lack of freedom on political expression and association in Franco’s Spain meant that the main i...
This article analyzes the vision of the Francoist Spain on the so-called “empty chair crisis”, a ser...
International audienceBetween Spain and Europe there were complex and changing neighbor relations be...
The Portuguese transition to democracy was the first in the third wave of democratization, which wo...
This paper analyses the effect that some political actors’ behaviours had on the image of the Europe...
International audienceThis article analyzes the vision of the Francoist Spain on the so-called “empt...
The Francoist dictatorship had a highly complex relationship with the European integration process s...
Published online: 18 May 2022This article examines how the Franco regime influenced transatlantic re...
When does the confrontation between the government in Barcelona and the government in Madrid stop be...
The purpose of the article is to reveal the nature of the reflection of the events of the Spanish Ci...
General Francisco Franco established his dictatorship in Spain in 1939 after winning the Civil War f...