THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINGLE MARKET PROGRAMME (1985-92) THE EXAMPLES OF THE CAR EMISSION AND OF COMPETITION POLICY

Laurent Warlouzet (1)

1 SIRICE - Sorbonne, Identités, relations internationales et civilisations de l’Europe

This contribution will focus on the implementation of the Single Market programme between its definition in the Single Act in 1986, and its "opening" in 1993. I will argue that the Single Market was a compromise between different visions of Europe, and not solely a neoliberal project. In doing so, I will use a typology that differentiates between three types of economic policies: socially-oriented, neomercantilist, and market-oriented, with neoliberal policies being a subgroup of the final category. A few examples, including legislation on mergers and car pollution, will be explored in-depth by way of illustration.

Mots clés: Competition policy; Environmental history; European integration history; European history; EU Competition Law; EU Governance; EU Integration; Car Emission

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Histoire

Laurent Warlouzet. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINGLE MARKET PROGRAMME (1985-92) THE EXAMPLES OF THE CAR EMISSION AND OF COMPETITION POLICY. Reshaping Europe: Towards a Political, Economic and Monetary Union, 1984-1989, Nomos, pp.247-262, 2020, 978-3-8487-6674-1. ⟨hal-02977275⟩