After fighting for democracy in Spain and its participation in Europe , as a member of the Government that had negotiated the accession to the EC , I then volunteered to join the European Parliament . I coordinated the election manifesto of the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community , approved in February 1989 . The main statement on Europe was “ our refusal to consider perpetual the division of the continent and our will to overcome the barriers ”.
Our policy was based on the Helsinki Final Act and the implementation of the relations between the EC and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ). The rest of the text was dedicated to disarmament , control of nuclear proliferation and missiles , and fostering trust and security . This approach was not
Election night , June 1989 . Jacques Delors with TV journalists | © Communautés européennes .
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