Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 0:15:06 GMT -6
The problems were fundamentally related to three issues. Firstly, the Spanish request for accession to the European Economic Communities in occurred at a very complex time in the Common Market. The problems caused after British integration, the debates on the CAP and the economic crisis caused the US to speak of eurosclerosis . At the same time, in France, some social groups understood that Spain's entry into Europe would pose a competition problem for their agricultural and fishing products, which is why they opposed Spanish incorporation into the EEC. This situation, together with the problems derived from fishing, caused a constant confrontation both at a social and political level.
The boycotts of Spanish fruit and vegetable trucks in France and French fish trucks in Spain were an example of all these problems. Secondly, the lack of Iraq Telegram Number Data collaboration of the French authorities in the fight against ETA terrorism during the transition increased the problems between both countries. The UCD Government went so far as to publicly accuse France of being a “terrorist sanctuary.” Thirdly, the bad personal relationship between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Adolfo Suárez also negatively influenced the conversations on both sides of the Pyrenees. Furthermore, the arrival of François Mitterrand in did not represent a great change in bilateral relations either. We had to wait until and for relations to change dynamics.
These transformations towards bilateral convergence were not only the result of the socialist confluence in the two countries, but, above all, they were thanks to the new European situation. In January , the bilateral seminars that served to bring both governments together were inaugurated. These meetings from onwards acquired the summit format, very similar to the current one. From that moment to the present, like all historical events, bilateral relations have not followed a continuous line of progress, but have had to go through moments of progress and also setbacks. At the beginning of the st century, when the governments of José María Aznar and Jacques Chirac coincided, the situation worsened.
The boycotts of Spanish fruit and vegetable trucks in France and French fish trucks in Spain were an example of all these problems. Secondly, the lack of Iraq Telegram Number Data collaboration of the French authorities in the fight against ETA terrorism during the transition increased the problems between both countries. The UCD Government went so far as to publicly accuse France of being a “terrorist sanctuary.” Thirdly, the bad personal relationship between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Adolfo Suárez also negatively influenced the conversations on both sides of the Pyrenees. Furthermore, the arrival of François Mitterrand in did not represent a great change in bilateral relations either. We had to wait until and for relations to change dynamics.
These transformations towards bilateral convergence were not only the result of the socialist confluence in the two countries, but, above all, they were thanks to the new European situation. In January , the bilateral seminars that served to bring both governments together were inaugurated. These meetings from onwards acquired the summit format, very similar to the current one. From that moment to the present, like all historical events, bilateral relations have not followed a continuous line of progress, but have had to go through moments of progress and also setbacks. At the beginning of the st century, when the governments of José María Aznar and Jacques Chirac coincided, the situation worsened.