The EU Single Market in Comparative Perspective

Abstract

The establishment of the EU’s single market forms a core element in the EU integration process. The single market is in many ways constitutive for the EU as a political system. The EU is often dubbed a Market without a State. An interesting point in this sense is the discrepancy between law and politics, a discrepancy already commented upon by Joseph Weiler in his seminal article from 1981 entitled ‘The Community System: the Dual Character of Supranationalism’. Weiler spoke of the tension between a supranational legal structure and a more intergovernmental decision-making structure. Over time this tension has abated within the EU’s Community System in line with the increased resort to the ordinary legislative procedure. The tension nevertheless exists in different form in the area of single market governance given that the single market encompasses the EEA-EFTA countries that are not EU members. This panel is interested in contributions that compare and contrast the EU’s single market with that of other political systems, be they states or regional organisations. Further, the panel is interested in contributions that focus on the nature and dynamic of internal-external relations in various forms of market governance.

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