The attempt by the European Commission to create a “Europe without frontiers” is in no way a new one. Indeed, written into the founding Treaty of Rome as long ago as 1957 was the objective to establish an economic union based upon 'the four basic freedoms' of movements of goods, people, services and capital. The failure of the community to achieve this union, with seemingly anecdotal tales of the years spent trying to harmonize such things as lawnmower noise, are familiar to many.

Chapter Contents:

• 5.1 Physical Barriers
• 5.2 Technical Barriers
• 5.3 Fiscal Barriers
• 5.4 Competitive Opportunities
• 5.5 Logistics Implications

Inspec keywords: town and country planning; logistics; socio-economic effects

Other keywords: four basic freedoms; community; socio-economic effects; European Commission; logistics; goods-people-services-capital; economic union; Europe without frontiers

Subjects: Social and political issues