Anna Cavazzini

Article - 30 years of EU single market: benefits and challenges (infographics)

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The single market: bringing Europe together

Key Points: 
  • The single market: bringing Europe together
    One of the cornerstones of EU integration, the single market makes it possible for goods, services, capital and people to move across the bloc as freely as within a single country.
  • Benefits of the single market
    Harmonisation and mutual recognition of standards allow businesses to sell their products to a market of more than 450 million.
  • EU citizens benefit from high product safety standards and can study, live, work and retire in any EU country.
  • The road ahead for the single market
    Thirty years after its launch, the single market remains a work in progress.