Franco’s Technocracy and Spain's European Integration: Historiographic Paradoxes and New Conclusions

Abstract

The article analyses historiographical interpretations of Franco’s application to the EEC in the first two parts, and the last part describes some preliminary conclusions of current research about Francoist technocracy and the intentions of their policies both in the internal and international contexts, introducing he concept that anti-liberal views of European integration for Spain were important. Throughout the article, the phrase ‘specialized historiography’ is going to be mentioned many times, referring to both the scholarly literature related to the European aspirations of Franco’s regime and the historiographical view of Europe as a long-term comparative reference in the study of Francoism and Spanish transition to democracy

El artículo analiza las interpretaciones historiográficas de la solicitud que Franco presentó a la CEE y algunas conclusiones preliminares sobre la tecnocracia de la dictadura franquista y las intenciones de sus políticos en el ámbito nacional e internacional, incluyendo el punto de vista anti-liberal.