Transformation of the system of international relations of Spain in the post-Franco period

The article sums up the changes in Spain's foreign policy in the post-Franco epoch. It is emphasized that with the death of F. Franco on November 20, 1975, not only the domestic political and socio-economic transformations of a bourgeois-democratic nature was launched in the country, but significant changes occurred in the system of Madrid's international relations. These changes affected both the political and diplomatic sphere and the areas of Spain's foreign trade, economic, and military-strategic relations, and decisively crossed out the long period of international isolation of the Franco regime. The place and role of the Spanish state in European and world affairs have undergone a significant evolution, and the voice of official Madrid has become heard on all continents. At the same time, the deep geopolitical and geo-economic fault lines of recent years are severely testing the ability of the Spanish establishment and business community not only to adapt to the ongoing global changes, but also to be able to protect fundamental national interests.