01 - 05 The Single European Act (1986 / 1987)

Join us in this episode as we unpack the Single European Act of 1987, a crucial milestone towards achieving a real single market within the EEC. Understand why, despite the abolition of customs duties in 1968, trade barriers persisted and how this Act aimed to eliminate them by harmonizing national regulations by 1993. Learn about the introduction of qualified majority voting and the strengthening of the European Parliament's role in legislative processes.