What is 1986 enlargement of the European Communities?
[[File:EC12-1986_European_Community_map_enlargement.svg|right|thumb|{{legend|#003399|EC members in 1986}}{{legend|#ffcc00|New EC members admitted in 1986}}]] [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] joined the [[European Communities]], now the [[European Union]], in 1986. This was the third enlargement of the Communities.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Preston|first=Christopher|date=1995|title=Obstacles to EU Enlargement: The Classical Community Method and the Prospects for a Wider Europe|journal=JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies|language=en|volume=33|issue=3|pages=454|doi=10.1111/j.1468-5965.1995.tb00543.x|issn=1468-5965}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Klodt|first=Henning|title=Prospective Trade Effects of Eastern EU Enlargement|date=2003|work=Challenges to the World Economy|pages=110|editor-last=Pethig|editor-first=Rüdiger|place=Berlin, Heidelberg|publisher=Springer|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-19018-6_10|isbn=978-3-642-19018-6|editor2-last=Rauscher|editor2-first=Michael}}</ref> ==References== <references /> {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:European Union]] [[Category:1986 in Europe|enlargement of the European Communities]]