Richard Corbett

FOREWORD As President of the European Parhament, I welcome the appearance of this excellent book. The European Union affects important aspects of the lives of all its citizens. Yet there is still an alarming lack of pubUc understanding of how its structures, procedures and d^ecision-taking...

Preface To take stock of the results of the Single European Act, signed by the governments of EC member states in February 1986 in The Hague and entered into force on 1 July 1987, is of major usefulness. The Single Act has by now become part of the European Community's everyday reality and...