It is now four years after the White Paper launched the project on the completion of the internal market [Commission, 1985]. 300 steps were packaged and sold in a manner by Delors and Lord Cockfield that "caught on". The basic strategy is simple: abolish or reduce market segmentations that still...

The European Council and the European Parliament adopted the European Electricity Directive in 1996. Since the end of the implementation period in 1999, some parts of the European power sector have been liberalized. In most countries, e.g., in Germany, price reductions and comprehensive...

Nachdem es lange Zeit kaum Fortschritte bei der Verwirklichung des Binnenmarktes in der EG gegeben hatte, hat sich das Tempo in den achtziger Jahren zunehmend beschleunigt. Entscheidend dazu beigetragen hat die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs: Im Grundsatz gilt, daß in allen...