位于伊比利亚半岛的西班牙和葡萄牙是欧盟中的穷国,均于1986年加入欧盟。在欧盟区域政策,尤其是欧盟结构基金的支持下,两国经济发展水平与欧盟平均水平的差距逐渐缩小。 欧盟区域政策 欧盟区域政策是逐步明确和形成的。1955年,欧洲共同体成立之初,虽然认识到富裕地区和贫困地区的差距可能会威胁到欧洲一体化进程,在建立欧洲投资银行、共同农业政策和欧洲社会基金的文件中,也认识到消除地区发展不平衡的必 Spain and Portugal, located in the Iberian Peninsula, are poor countries in the EU, all of which joined the EU in 1986. With the support of EU regional policies, especially the EU structural funds, the gap between the level of economic development of the two countries and the average EU level has been gradually narrowing. EU regional policy EU regional policy is gradually clear and formed. In 1955, at the beginning of the establishment of the European Community, although recognizing that the gap between rich areas and poor areas might threaten the process of European integration, it also recognized in the documents establishing the European Investment Bank, the Common Agricultural Policy and the European Social Fund Unbalanced development must