General view of the participants: H.E. Ambassador Raimundo Bassols, Marcelino Oreja, Adolfo Suárez, Roy Jenkins and Lorenzo Natali (sitting from left to right)

Roy Jenkins, President of the CEC, and Lorenzo Natali, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Enlargement, Protection of the Environment, Nuclear Safety, Contacts with Member Governments and Public Opinion on Preparation for Direct Elections to the European Parliament, received Adolfo Suárez, Spanish Prime Minister, Marcelino Oreja, Spanish Minister for Foreign affairs, and H.E. Ambassador Raimundo Bassols, Head of the Mission of Spain to the EC. This visit followed a series of discussions Adolfo Suárez had in the capital cities of the Member States following the application for membership to the EC submitted by Spain on 28 July 1977