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2 unusual facts about Single European Act


Cooperation procedure

The procedure's introduction by the Single European Act marked the first step toward real power for the European Parliament.

Single European Act

In order to make this objective possible the SEA reformed the legislative process by introducing the Cooperation procedure and by extending Qualified Majority Voting to new areas.


Anthony Coughlan

He opposed EU enlargement and EU treaties such as the Single European Act, Maastricht Treaty, Amsterdam Treaty, Nice Treaty, Nice Treaty re-run and the Lisbon Treaty.

Eurosclerosis

Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium from 1981 to 1992, states in his 2008 memoirs that the period of "eurosclerosis" was brought to an end by the 1986 Single European Act which re-launched the drive to integration by framing the single market of the EEC.


see also

Tenth Amendment

Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which permitted the state to ratify the Single European Act