A new economic program aimed at changing Turkey’s economic and financial policies and at introducing new market economy principles was announced.

EEC-ASEAN Cooperation Agreement was signed.(7-8 March 1980)

The Community signed a Cooperation Agreement with Yugoslavia.

The Foreign Minister H. Erkmen announced in a press conference that Turkey was going to apply for full membership in autumn. The Association Council decided to reduce almost all the custom duties applied on agricultural produces by the year 1987. Furthermore, an agreement concerning the IV. Financial Protocol which provided a financial support to Turkey amounting 600 million Euros was reached.

With the army taking over the government, the EEC Foreign Ministers Council announced that it granted to the army a time credit and ensured that the collaboration with Turkey would continue.

The Community signed a framework cooperation agreement with Brazil.

The Cooperation Agreement signed between EEC and ASEAN entered into force.

A European-Arabic dialog began at the political level. (12-13 November 1980)

Greece became the 10^th member of the European Community.

The National Security Council decided to apply for a full membership as soon as the democracy would be ensured in Turkey.

The IV. Financial Protocol had been initialized. However, in November 1980, the Protocol was frozen for political reasons.

The European Parliament asked the Council and the Commission to suspend the agreement between the EEC and Turkey. As a result, the relations between ECC and Turkey were frozen. Furthermore, the EP decided not to relaunch the activities within the Joint Parliamentary Commission until the elections would take place and the Parliament would be established in Turkey.

The Community signed a commercial and economic cooperation agreement with India.

Greenland, which became a member of the Community as part of Denmark, decided to withdraw itself from the Community.

The EP took an advisory decision condemning the violation against human rights in Turkey. The EP also asked Turkey to respect its engagement made by the President in November 1982 to hold a referendum for the new Constitution.   

The framework cooperation agreement signed between the Community and Brazil entered into force.

Copenhagen European Summit identified the economic and social priorities and emphasized that there was a strong political will in favor of the enlargement process. (3-4 December 1982)

European Parliamentarian Altiero Spinelli presented a draft of the Treat that created the EU to the European Parliament.

The EP mentioned, after the creation of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, that it did not recognize the country and adopted a decision defending the  integrity of the island.

At the European Council Summit held in Athens, a series of measures was proposed regarding the funding of the European Commission, the budgetary imbalances, the harmonization within the Common Agricultural Policy, the strengthening of the structural funds and the development of new Community Policies. (4-6 December 1983)

The Council agreed on the general framework of the Common Fisheries Policy.

An economic cooperation agreement was signed between the European Community and the countries of the Andean Pact.

The European Council signed an agreement determining the relations between Greenland and the Community.

The Council accepted a regulation regarding the Regional Fund.

France and Germany signed an agreement to  gradually abolish their border controls.

The Community signed a cooperation agreement with the Republic of Yemen.

Dublin European Summit settled on the development of the European Monetary System and on the strengthening of the role given to the ECU. (3-4 December 1984)

EEC and 65 ACP countries signed the 3^rd Lomé Convention.

Many Member States started to issue their first European passports.

Greenland left the Community but got the status of “overseas partner country”.

At the Brussels European Summit, the accession of Spain and Portugal in the Community was approved.

Spain and Portugal signed their Accession Agreements.

The White Paper on “the Completion of the Internal Market” was published by the Commission. The Schengen Agreement relavant to the abolition of borders was signed by Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

At the Milan European Summit was accepted the Commission’s White Paper on the Internal Market and they decided to organize a conference in order to discuss the institutional reform. (28-29 June 1985)

The Heads of State of Member States and the Heads of the Central Banks determined the rates within the European Monetary System.

The Commission sent the “Green Paper” on the Common Agricultural Policy to the European Council.

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference was held.

Luxembourg European Summit decided to create a single market before 1992 and approved the Single European Act. (2-4 December)

Spain and Portugal became members of the EC.

The 3^rd Lomé Convention entered into force.

The Complementary Protocol signed between Turkey and UK, Ireland and Denmark entered into force.

The European Flag was accepted by the Institutions of the Community.

The EP, the Council and the Commission signed a common declaration against racism and xenophobia.

The reactivation process of the relations, frozen since 12 September 1980, began with the gathering of Turkey-EC Association Council.

A governmental ministry responsible from Turkey-EC relations was created and the first Minister assigned was Prof. Dr. Ali Bozer.

The EC halted the entry into force of one of the provisions of the Additional Protocol regarding the free movementof workers.

At the London European Summit, the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration and drug trafficking were the main topics discussed. (5-6 December)

Turkey applied for full membership to the European Community.

Turkey's request for full membership was sent to the Commission by the Council of Ministers.

Morocco applied for membership to the European Community.

Spain and Portugal signed an agreement which was to be incorporated into the Ankara Agreement.

The Council approved the Framework Programme on research and technological development for the period 1987-1991.

The Community declared its wish to further develop its relationship with Morocco but rejected Morocco’s membership request.

The Agreement signed by Spain and Portugal which was to be incorporated to the Ankara Agreement entered into force.

Greece and Turkey signed an agreement which was to be incorporated into the Ankara Agreement.

The Community and the Arab States of the Gulf Cooperation Council signed a cooperation agreement.

The Community signed a commercial and economic cooperation agreement with Hungary.

The first meeting of Ad-Hoc Committee, created in order to deal with commercial and economic problems between Turkey and the EEC, was held.

The Ad-Hoc Committee met for the second time: Turkey presented an accelerated calendar to the Community in order to respect its engagements  which had been suspended since 1978. This calendar entered into force. (20-21 December)

Delors Committee published a report on an economic and monetary union and approved EP’s Declaration of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.

The Spanish Peseta entered in the European Monetary System’s exchange rate and the ECU was adjusted according to this entrance.

Austria applied for full membership to the European Community.

The Community signed a commercial and economic cooperation agreement with Poland.

The Berlin Wall collapsed and East Germany opened its borders.

The Commission published a notification about its renewed Mediterranean policy in order to develop the relationship between the Community and the non-member Mediterranean states.

 At the Strasbourg European Summit, European officials decided to organize an Intergovernmental Conference in order to make some regulations on the Treaty, before 1990. The Charter of Fundamental Social Rights was accepted by all member states, except UK. (8-9 December)

EEC and 69 ACP countries signed the 4^th Lomé Convention.

The European Commission considered that even though Turkey was eligible to become a member of the European Community, Turkey firstly needed to improve its economic, social and political situations. The Commission also stated that no new Member State would join the Community before the completion of its own internal market.

An aid mechanism was created after the collapse of the communist regimes in Poland and Hungary, in order to support the reform period in these countries. This aid mechanism was expanded to the CentralandEastern European countries and PHARE Programme which provides financial and technical help was created.

A commercial and economic cooperation agreement was signed by the Community and the Soviet Union.