Das Weißbuch und die Vorschläge der Kommission
Das Weißbuch und die Vorschläge der Kommission
Das erste Weißbuch der Kommission
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the White Paper (27 November 1985)
TextOn 27 November 1985, the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) of the European Communities delivers its opinion on the European Commission’s White Paper ‘Completing the Internal Market’. The opinion is adopted by 90 votes in favour, 14 votes against and 17 abstentions.
Meeting of the Delors Commission (1985)
ImageMeeting of the Commission of the European Communities presided by Jacques Delors, in office from 7 January 1985 to 5 January 1989.
Lord Francis Arthur Cockfield
ImageLord Francis Arthur Cockfield, Vice-President of the European Commission with special responsibility for the single market, is the man behind the 1985 White Paper on the Completion of the Internal Market.
‘Europe is like that’ from Le Monde (24 March 1987)
TextOn 24 March 1987, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reflects on the nature of the future single European market and considers the limits of a forced unification of Europe.
Das zweite Weißbuch der Kommission
Second report from the Commission of the European Communities on the completion of the internal market (18 May 1987)
TextOn 18 May 1987, the European Commission sends a second report to the Council and the European Parliament a report in which it considers the progress made in the implementation of the Commission’s White Paper on the completion of the internal market.
European Parliament Resolution on the White Paper on the completion of the Internal Market (15 October 1987)
TextOn 15 October 1987, the European Parliament adopts a resolution on the European Commission’s White Paper on the completion of the internal market.
Das dritte Weißbuch der Kommission
Commission White Paper on Growth, competitiveness, and employment (1993)
TextConclusions of the Commission White Paper on ‘Growth, competitiveness, and employment’, which was approved by the European Council on 11 December 1993 and recommends increased cooperation in research and development, the adoption of a new development model taking into account the environment and qualitative needs, and action to be taken regarding the employment market.
Interview with Jacques Delors (Paris, 16 December 2009) — Excerpt: The coordination of economic policies and the 1993 White Paper
VideoIn this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, describes the imbalance between monetary union and the lack of coordination of economic policies, and discusses the publication of the 1993 White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment.