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Przegląd Europejski – European Studies Quarterly

The Ostpolitik of Francoist Spain

2017, No. 4

José Luis Orella Martínez

0000-0003-2727-5955

Universidad CEU San Pablo Madrid (Spain)

Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid (Spain)

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.4.17.5

Publication date

25.03.2018

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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political and administrative sciences, international relations, sociology, law, economics and finance, management and quality studies, social communication and media studies

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

Francoist Spain was not recognised by the Communist Bloc countries due to its support of the communities of political exiles. In 1969 a thaw in relations began at an economic level in search of markets for Spanish development. The timid contact would gradually increase and favour relationships away from political ideology, beneficial in economic terms, and this would prepare the basis of full future recognition, with the exchange of ambassadors in 1977.

Keywords:

Francoism,anti-communism,Ostpolitik,diplomacy,Central Europe,Eastern European countries

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