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The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the Treaty of Rome that formally established the single market and the European Political Cooperation.
There was discontent among European Community members in the 1980s about the de facto lack of free trade between members. Leaders from business and politics wanted to harmonise laws between countries and resolve policy discrepancies. A commission to analyse whether a common market was possible and what steps would be needed drew up proposals that became the Single European Act.
The goal was to remove remaining barriers between countries, increase harmonisation and increase the competitiveness of European countries. It reformed the operating procedures of the institutions (which then had 12 members, rather than 6 as initially) and Qualified Majority Voting was extended to new areas. An aim was set of a single market by 1992.
The act codified European Political Cooperation, the forerunner of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy, and was signed at Luxembourg on 17 February 1986, and at The Hague on 28 February 1986. It came into effect on 1 July 1987, under the Delors Commission.
| 1948 Brussels |
1952 Paris |
1958 Rome |
1967 Brussels |
1987 SEA |
1993 Maastricht (founded EU) |
1999 Amsterdam |
2003 Nice |
2009? Lisbon |
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| European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) | |||||||||
| European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | European Union (EU) | ||||||||
| European Economic Community (EEC) | → P I L L A R S → |
European Community (EC) | |||||||
| ↑European Communities↑ | Justice & Home Affairs (JHA) | ||||||||
| Police & Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters (PJCC) | |||||||||
| European Political Cooperation (EPC) | Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP) | ||||||||
| Western European Union (WEU) | |||||||||
External links
- Text of the Single European Act
- The History of the European Union - The Single European Act
- The Single European Act European Navigator
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