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Not even Spain's attempted coup d'état on 23 February 1981 – the so-called "23-F" that confirmed the problems in the Spanish democratisation process –, which the Member States strongly condemned, resulted in an urgent policy to accelerate negotiations given the event and the undeniable link between accession and democratisation.
M. Dehousse asked M. Battista 'whether Spain's application to join the Communities was not wholly unacceptable under the Franco regime in view of the harsh treatment recently meted out to its nationals who attended the Congress of the European Movement in Munich." He said that it seemed to him "contradictory to apply for admission to a European institution and at the same time boycott a European Congress and apply sanctions to those taking part in it.'
M. de Kinder reviewed the various requests for accession to or association with the EEC and said that he was opposed to the association of Spain ("Spain is a dictatorship in the full sense of the word") or to a strengthening of economic links with Portugal.
Not even Spain's attempted coup d'état on 23 February 1981 – the so-called "23-F" that confirmed the problems in the Spanish democratisation process –, which the Member States strongly condemned, resulted in an urgent policy to accelerate negotiations given the event and the undeniable link between accession and democratisation.