ABSTRACT
Publicity about '1992' is widespread: the objective of creating a barrier-free single economic market within the European Community (EC) by the end of that year is now known to millions of business executives and managers, public servants, trade union officials, journalists, and ordinary citizens. The emergence of the internal market proposals began directly with the publication by the Commission in 1982 of a set of priority measures designed to open up the EC economy. The internal market programme appeared in parallel to proposals dealing with political and social issues. An important addition to the liberalization measures entailed in the internal market programme is the emphasis placed on economic and social cohesion. The Commission again complained about the delays resulting from the new co-operation procedure between the Council and the European Parliament introduced by the Single European Act (SEA).
