Movements · eu_single_market_1993 EU Single Market programme (1992 Project) DEU, FRA, ITA, ESP, NLD, BEL, IRL, GBR, DNK, GRC, PRT · 1986 – 1993· European Commission (Delors) + member state consensus via Single European Act 1986
Leaders: Jacques Delors (EC President) · Arthur Cockfield (Commissioner responsible for the White Paper)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Cockfield White Paper 1985 → Single European Act 1986 → completion of internal market by end-1992 with free movement of goods, services, capital, and people. ~300 legislative measures harmonised across standards, VAT, financial-services passporting, public procurement opening. Historically-significant market-liberalising project jointly authored across ideological spectrum — Delors (socialist) + Thatcher (conservative) supported simultaneously for different reasons. D.3.1 canonical cross-spectrum market-oriented content: the framework should credit regardless of coalition labels.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↑
product market competition → regulatory.product_market_competition
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
increased · strong
more competition-friendly (lower entry barriers)
Removal of internal frictions on goods + services + capital movement.
↑
trade openness → regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
increased · strong
more open trade
Intra-EU trade opening was the primary content.
↑
immigration openness → regulatory.immigration_openness
Immigration policy openness — work visas, family reunification, asylum processing, border enforcement posture.
increased · strong
more open (easier legal immigration, broader asylum)
Free movement of workers across EU member states.
↑
sectoral licensing → regulatory.sectoral_licensing
Sector-specific licensing regimes, concentration / quota allocation, state-controlled entry (energy, telecoms, healthcare, banking).
increased · strong
tighter sectoral licensing / more state gating
Harmonised standards reduced national-level sector-specific licensing.
Policies enacted · eu_single_european_act_1986 · eu_banking_passport_1989 · eu_vat_harmonisation_1993 · eu_services_directive_2006 What the data says — linked outcome hypotheses The movement's outcome claims are tied to these hypotheses. Verdicts update as models run.
not yet written eu_single_market_growth_effect
Schools of thought aligned or opposed References Cecchini Report (1988) 'The Economics of 1992' Single European Act (1986) Delors White Paper (1985) Campos-Coricelli (2015), 'Why did Britain join the EU?' IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.