The Building of the European Union

John Pinder was the Director of the Policy Study Institute from 1964 to 1985 and is now a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

• INTRODUCTION; 1. CREATING THE COMMUNITY AND THE UNION: NATION-STATE AND FEDERAL IDEA; 2. INSTITUTIONS OR CONSTITUTION; 3. FROM SIX TO FIFTEEN AND MORE; 4. FROM CUSTOMS UNION TO SINGLE MARKET AND OPEN FRONTIERS; 5. AGRICULTURAL POLICY: FORMATION, CRISIS, REFORM; 6. INDUSTRIAL, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; 7. FROM MONETARY SYSTEM TO SINGLE CURRENCY; 8. EUROPEAN BUDGET AND PUBLIC FINANCE UNION; 9. FROM COMMON TARIFF TO GREAT CIVILIAN POWER; 10. THE BUILDING OF A UNION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.