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An Enterprising Community: The Common Market as Locomotive for Integration

little noticed, yet remarkable revival is taking place in Europe as the European Community (EC), now composed of twelve countries, regains dynamism and vision. A new common market orientation and a reemphasis on initiative, innovation, and growth through flexibility replaces talk of "Euro-sclerosis" and decline. From where do these new inspirations stem, and what will be their internal and international implications? What are the difficulties the European integration movement will encounter, and what are the prospects of a stronger European Community in the 1990s?1 The European Economic Community (EEC), based on the 1957 Treaty of Rome, was created to establish a "common market" as the major means to foster unity among the peoples of Europe. In its initial form this meant internal free trade in primarily agricultural and industrial goods, and an external tariff. The European Community of today may be characterized as a customs union, with several additions reminiscent of a common market and an array of other cooperative activities that facilitate economic intercourse and strengthen the bonds among the