However, the period between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s was to prove difficult as in addition to the oil shocks to which Spain was highly exposed, the settling of the new political order took priority over the modernising of the economy.
Međutim, razdoblje između sredine 1970-ih i sredinom 1980-ih bio je dokazano teško, uz naftne šokove kojima je Španjolska bila vrlo izložena, uspostavljanje novog političkog poretka koji je preuzeo prednost nad modernizacijom gospodarstva.