The Count-Duke of Olivares, Philip IV's chief minister, always regarded it as essential to Spain's survival that the bureaucracy be centralized; Olivares even backed the full union of Portugal with Spain, though he never had an opportunity to realize his ideas.
O Conde-Duque de Olivares, ministro xefe de Filipe IV, sempre considerou esencial para a supervivencia de España que a burocracia estivese centralizada; Olivares ata apoiou a unión completa de Portugal con España, aínda que nunca tivo a oportunidade de facer realidade as súas ideas.