Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2011

The Case for 'More Single Market'

Jacques Pelkmans

February 2011

Centre for European Policy Studies

Abstract

With the Commission’s consultation period on the Single Market Act nearing its end, this CEPS Policy Brief urges the EU to get its act together and give immediate priority to deepening and widening the Single Market. The author argues, however, that it is essential that the legitimacy questions surrounding ‘more Single Market’ are taken seriously at both EU and at national level.