The Hispano–Portuguese Summits or simply Iberian Summits (Spanish: cumbres ibéricas; Portuguese: cimeiras ibéricas) are formal meetings conducted by the Government of Portugal and the Government of Spain to discuss issues of mutual concern. The first one was held in November 1983 in Sintra, Portugal. They are chaired by the respective heads of government. In the 2001 summit, both parts agreed to hold additional meetings between the foreign ministers in-between-summits in order to prepare the next Iberian summit in line. Since 2004 presidents of Spanish border regions (Castile and León, Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia) may also attend to the summits.
Ian Cooper and Federico Fabbrini (2022) have mapped this bilateral summit between prime ministers as an instance of "bottom-up regional group within the European Union".
List of Iberian summits Summit Date Location Prime ministers 1st Summit November 1983 Sintra, Portugal Mário Soares & Felipe González 2nd Summit May 1985 Alcántara, Spain Felipe González & Mário Soares 3rd Summit October 1986 Guimarães, Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva & Felipe González 4th Summit November 1987 Madrid, Spain Felipe González & Aníbal Cavaco Silva 5th Summit November 1988 Lisbon, Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva & Felipe González 6th Summit February 1990 Carmona, Spain Felipe González & Aníbal Cavaco Silva 7th Summit December 1990 Quinta do Lago, Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva & Felipe González 8th Summit December 1991 Trujillo, Spain Felipe González & Aníbal Cavaco Silva 9th Summit December 1992 Funchal, Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva & Felipe González 10th Summit December 1993 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Felipe González & Aníbal Cavaco Silva 11th Summit November 1994 Porto, Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva & Felipe González 12th Summit January 1996 Madrid, Spain Felipe González & António Guterres 13th Summit October 1996 Ponta Delgada, Portugal António Guterres & José María Aznar 14th Summit November 1997 Madrid, Spain José María Aznar & António Guterres 15th Summit November 1998 Vilamoura, Portugal António Guterres & José María Aznar 16th Summit January 2000 Salamanca, Spain José María Aznar & António Guterres 17th Summit January 2001 Sintra, Portugal António Guterres & José María Aznar 18th Summit October 2002 Valencia, Spain José María Aznar & José Manuel Durão Barroso 19th Summit November 2003 Figueira da Foz, Portugal José Manuel Durão Barroso & José María Aznar 20th Summit October 2004 Santiago de Compostela, Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero & Pedro Santana Lopes 21st Summit November 2005 Évora, Portugal José Sócrates & José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero November 2006 Badajoz, Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero & José Sócrates 23rd Summit January 2008 Braga, Portugal José Sócrates & José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 24th Summit January 2009 Zamora, Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero & José Sócrates 25th Summit May 2012 Porto, Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho & Mariano Rajoy. 26th Summit May 2013 Madrid, Spain Mariano Rajoy & Pedro Passos Coelho 27th Summit June 2014 Vidago, Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho & Mariano Rajoy 28th Summit June 2015 Baiona, Spain Mariano Rajoy & Pedro Passos Coelho 29th Summit May 2017 Vila Real, Portugal António Costa & Mariano Rajoy 30th Summit November 2018 Valladolid, Spain Pedro Sánchez & António Costa 31st Summit October 2020 Guarda, Portugal António Costa & Pedro Sánchez 32nd Summit October 2021 Trujillo, Spain Pedro Sánchez & António Costa33rd SummitNovember 2022Viana do Castelo, PortugalAntónio Costa & Pedro Sánchez34th SummitMarch 2023Lanzarote, SpainPedro Sánchez & António Costa35th SummitNovember 2024Faro, PortugalLuís Montenegro & Pedro Sánchez Sources:
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