There is not a week going on a week without being heard of the ardent obligation to lift the barriers of the internal market, which prevent companies and citizens from enjoying the benefits of a market of 450 million inhabitants. Business leaders, economists, European institutions, but also heads of state and government regularly denounce the brakes on growth and competitiveness they represent. And yet, despite this beautiful facade consensus, the cause which seems to be heard little. The subject, in reality, is very complex, because it requires shaking up well established interests, to which political leaders often relieve to attack.
Stéphane Séjénéné, the executive vice-president of the commission, discovered the magnitude of the task by preparing the strategy for the internal market, which he presented on Wednesday May 21. This provides around twenty legislative proposals, in areas as varied as telecommunications, regulated professions, energy, postal and financial services, recycling, unique booking in rail, labeling, cross-border car rental, the creation of a single regime for companies working on the single market or the harmonization of public market rules.
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Source: Lemonde