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Article: As Spain rushes toward '92; pragmatic socialism.
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- October 2, 1989
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As Spain Rushes Toward '92
SINCE SPAIN's return to democracy 12 years ago, full integration with its northern neighbors has been a major goal--if not the primary motivation--of national modernization efforts. So it is not really surprising that when the historic opportunity to begin realizing this objective presented itself, Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez seized the moment: Spain joined NATO shortly after the Socialists came to power in 1982, entered the European Community (EC) in 1986, and linked up with the European Monetary System last June.
Now the country must meet the challenge of 1992, the year fixed by the European Council for the ...