Spain and Portugal will join the Common Market.
Foreign ministers of the European Common Market reached broad agreement on membership terms that Spain and Portugal are expected to accept, French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said. Dumas told reporters that the terms will be submitted immediately to the representatives of Spain and Portugal, whose membership has been under negotiation for six years. The aim is for them to join the trading bloc on Jan. 1.
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