Iberian Federalism ( Iberismo )

It’s the federation of both countries in the Iberian Peninsula : Spain and Portugal

Why these two countries ?

1- Spain and Portugal share a common geographical unity that is manifested by a common border of 1214 km , 4 common rivers , the same climate , the same rural aspect….and many other characteristics that make the Iberian peninsula a unique homogenous entity.

2- The history of both countries is common most of the time or at least evolved in parallel : Phoenician colonies , roman occupation , Visigothic kingdom , arab occupation , reconquista , the catholic kings , new world discoveries and colonization , Iberian union , adhesion to the EU.

3- Both Portuguese and Spanish are both of Latin roots from the Ibero-romance group. They share a 89 % of lexical similarity more than any other romance languages.

4- Roman Catholicism is the prominent religion of both countries.

5- Spain is the Portugal’s first economic partner and Portugal is the third export partner of Spain and the 8^th in imports.

When joined together they will be the largest country within the EU and the third largest one in Europe after Russia and Ukraine. The 5^th most populated country in the EU with 78 deputy in the European parliament and the 8^th economic power in the world.

Iberian Federation Area : 596 735 km² Population : 57.289.200 Important cities : Madrid , Lisbon , Barcelona , Valencia , Porto .. Official Languages : Spanish and Portuguese Religion : Roman Catholicism Currency : Euro