This Memoclip presents : - Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, Presentation of the new Delors Commission, EP, Strasbourg (France) - 14/01/1985 - Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, 14/01/1985, Interview - Soundbite (French) Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, interview on the occasion of the European Council of Milan, Milan (Italy) - 27/06/1985 - Soundbite (French) Gaston THORN, Former EC President, statement during a meeting of the European Federalists, Milan (Italy) - Francis Arthur COCKFIELD, EC Member, Presentation of the white paper on the Internal Market, EP, Strasbourg - 14/01/1986 - Views of empty borders in Belgium, Germany and France (1989)

single market (T)

PFLIMLIN, Pierre (EPP, FR)

DELORS, Jacques (FR)

SANTER, Jacques (EPP-DE, LU)

THORN, Gaston (L, LU)

COCKFIELD, Francis Arthur (Lord)

Memoclip: Single Market - Historical statements

Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, Presentation of the new Delors Commission, EP, Strasbourg (France) - 14/01/1985: "Europe appeared &mdash; and still appears &mdash; like some kind of feudal state where barriers, customs posts, formalities and red tape proliferate. But now that the Heads of State or Government have decided to set an example, to throw their weight into the balance, to clear away all obstacles to free movement, whether hidden or visible, it may not be over-optimistic to announce a decision to eliminate all frontiers within Europe by 1992 and to implement it. That gives us eight years, the term of office of two Commissions. (Applause) We should both like to see the people of Europe, your electors, enjoying the daily experience of a tangible Europe, a real Community where travel, communication and trade are possible without any hindrance, by the end of this Parliament in 1988.(Applause) If we can achieve this, the European elections of 1989 will mark a renewal, the birth of citizenship in effect, a boost to democracy."

Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, 14/01/1985, Interview : "The belonging to a large group, a community, is marked by the ability to circulate or exchange freely. In my mind Europe will not exist as long as the citizens of our countries will not feel that they can share or communicate freely. It is important politically but also for business and economic activity. How to be competitive with U.S. companies if we have a split market, full of obstacles and no real competition between us. You've already seen McEnroe preparing the Masters tournament, playing balls in a provincial town or against the wall of his country villa. No, he plays against the bests. If the Europeans play among themselves, the bests, then they can compete with the world and we will all benefit on the point of view of the employment and the standard of living." - "L'appartenance &agrave; un grand ensemble, &agrave; une collectivit&eacute;, se marque par la possibilit&eacute; de circuler, d'&eacute;changer librement. Dans mon esprit l'Europe n'existera pas tant que les citoyens de nos pays n'auront le sentiment qu'ils peuvent &eacute;changer, communiquer librement. C'est important sur le plan politique. Mais il y a aussi les entreprises, l'activit&eacute; &eacute;conomique. Comment voulez-vous que nous soyons comp&eacute;titifs avec les entreprises am&eacute;ricaines si nous avons un march&eacute; fractionn&eacute;, rempli d'entraves, d'embuches pas de v&eacute;ritable comp&eacute;tition entre nous. Vous avez d&eacute;j&agrave; vu McEnroe, pr&eacute;parer le tournoi des masters en allant faire des balles dans une ville de province ou sur le mur de sa villa de campagne. Non, il joue contre les meilleurs. Si les europ&eacute;ens jouent entre eux, entre les meilleurs, alors ils pourront &ecirc;tre bons dans le monde et nous en tirerons tous les avantages d'un point de vue de l'emploi et du niveau de vie."

Soundbite (French) Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, interview on the occasion of the European Council of Milan, Milan (Italy) - 27/06/1985: "The common market wanted by the authors of the Treaty of Rome is not fully realised. It remains too many controls at the internal borders of the communities. Rightly M. Delors, President of the Commission, wants to abolish these obstacles by 1992. But to achieve these results, we must strengthen the institutions. (...) The European Council, have a great responsibility. It have to take concrete decisions to ensure that Europe is able to take his fate in the interests of our people and especially of young people. " - "Le march&eacute; commun qu'ont voulu cr&eacute;er les auteurs du trait&eacute; de Rome n'est pas pleinement r&eacute;alis&eacute;. Il y a encore au fronti&egrave;res int&eacute;rieures des communaut&eacute;s beaucoup de contr&ocirc;les et &agrave; juste titre M. Delors, Pr&eacute;sident de la Commission veut les abolir d'ici 92. Mais pour arriver &agrave; tous ces r&eacute;sultats, il faut renforcer les institutions. (...) Au conseil europ&eacute;en, vous avez une grande responsabilit&eacute;. A vous de prendre des d&eacute;cisions concr&egrave;tes afin que l'Europe soit capable d'assumer vraiment son destin dans l'int&eacute;r&ecirc;ts de nos peuple et surtout des jeunes."

Soundbite (French) Gaston THORN, Former EC President, statement during a meeting of the European Federalists, Milan (Italy) - 27/06/1985: "We must put the internal market in concrete form today, not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow. It will help all the workers and those 13 millions unemployed increasing for 13 consecutive years. If we want hope, we must finally realise the internal market today." - "Il nous faut de nouveau r&eacute;ussir aujourd'hui, pas demain, pas apr&egrave;s demain le march&eacute; int&eacute;rieur. Cette grande sauvegarde pour tous les travailleurs, pour ces 13 millions de ch&ocirc;meurs qui augmentent depuis 13 ann&eacute;es cons&eacute;cutives. Si nous voulons un espoir, il nous faut enfin r&eacute;aliser et aujourd'hui ce march&eacute; int&eacute;rieur."

Soundbite (French) Jacques SANTER, President of the Council and Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Statement of the Council on the European Council of Milan, EP, Luxembourg - 09/07/1985 : "One of the most notable aspects of the European Council meeting in Milan was undoubtedly the determination shown by the Heads of State or Government to bring about, by 1992, the implementation of the ambitious programme for a genuine internal market proposed by the Commission in its White Paper. The opening up of markets as provided for in the Treaty of Rome has not led to the creation of a genuine internal market and will not do so until it is accompanied by a series of other measures. It is now obvious, and generally recognized, that the achievement of a genuine single market is dependent on a great deal more than just tariff reductions and the establishment of a Common Customs Tariff."

Francis Arthur COCKFIELD, EC Member, Presentation of the white paper on the Internal Market, EP, Strasbourg - 14/01/1986: "The completion of the internal market is probably the most important challenge facing Europe and its peoples today. Failure to meet this challenge in full would be to offer the people of Europe a narrower, less rewarding, less secure and less prosperous future than they could otherwise enjoy. (...) I am convinced that the louder and more widespread the cry for the barriers to come down, the faster they will do so. (Applause)"

Views of empty borders in Belgium, Germany and France (1989)