The single market: the arguments for and against.

The idea of creating a European common market based on the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is not a recent one: it was born in 1957 with the Rome treaty, which was supposed to achieve the common market in 12 years. The objective was to build a European economic power, to induce a better intra-Europe growth, which would increase the level of life of its citizens. But this ambitious project proved to be more …

…at the core of the debate between pro Europeans and Euro sceptics because of the imminent enlargement and the recent monetary union, which are linked to the single market. Of course, the Commission gives a glory picture of the single market, but some people argue the contrary. In a first part, we will briefly explain the concept of single market. Then, the two next parts will expose the arguments for and against the single market.