Resumen de Spain’s contribution to the advancement and consolidation of the European political union

Francisco Aldecoa Luzárraga

• The purpose of this article is to analyse Spain’s contribution to the advancement and consolidation of the European political union on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of Spain joining the European Community. The article describes profound transformations that the European Community underwent in the process of transforming into the European Union showing that Spain has been part of the group of countries that led these transformations becoming a country that belongs to the core of the European Union with a status similar to that of the six founding countries.