Fostering Growth : Reinforcing the Internal Market

More than 20 years have passed since the symbolic date of completion of the Single European Market in 1993. The creation of this Single Market, with its 175 million employments, 21 million undertakings and 500 million consumers, is one of the most emblematic projects of the European integration process, an uncontestable success in spite of its lacunae and imperfections. The project of this economic area without internal borders with free movement of goods, persons and capital, was linked, since its inception, to the generation of new opportunities for growth, employment and thus economic and social progress. Moreover, it was aiming as well at promoting de facto solidarity among the Member States