The Single European Act was the first major revision of the founding treaties of the European Community, signed in Luxembourg and, at a later ceremony, in The Hague. It set the aim of completing the internal market by the end of 1992, with free movement of goods, services, capital and people, and it made it easier to adopt single-market legislation by extending qualified majority voting in the Council. It also gave a treaty basis to European political cooperation and to areas such as the environment and research, and it increased the powers of the European Parliament. The act was driven by the Commission under Jacques Delors and came into force in 1987. It paved the way for the Maastricht Treaty.
Before and after
- 20 January 1986Discovery of Ophelia
- 23 January 1986Discovery of Bianca
- 28 January 1986Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- 3 February 1986Founding of Pixar
- 17 February 1986Single European Act
- 19 February 1986Launch of Mir
- from 22 February 1986 to 25 February 1986People Power Revolution
- 24 March 1986Birth of Nathalia Dill
- 27 March 1986Birth of Manuel Neuer
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The era
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