We wanted to see Portugal in the EEC – and we succeeded. Forty years on, what kind of Europe will we help to build?

What sort of country would we be today if, 40 years ago, Portugal had not joined the European Communities? «Accession was a fundamental political choice for consolidating our...

«We need to make the European Union a national priority.» This challenge was set out by João Vale de Almeida, former EU ambassador to the US, the UN and the UK, at the opening...