ABSTRACT
The introduction of the Single Market marks a particularly appropriate time to consider the political issues and processes affecting environmental policy in the European Community(EC). As the European Commission states: Under the Single Act, the EC has taken on the task of preserving and protecting a sound environment, safeguarding human health, and ensuring the prudent and rational use of natural resources. The Treaty of Rome, the founding treaty of the European Economic Community, made no reference to the environment and had no conception of environmental policy as an integral part of a common market. Albert Weale and Andrea Williams, examining the concept of ecological modernisation note how EC policy makers contributed to the idea that environmental protection and economic development could be complementary rather than conflicting objectives. Elizabeth Bomberg provides a logical stepping stone from the analysis of green voters to an examination of the activities of one of the major green parties the German Greens in the European Parliament.
