The single market 20 years later: challenges and opportunities

This synthesis reviews the main ideas discussed during the conference entitled 'The single market 20 years later: challenges and opportunities' organised by Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute and the Maison de l’Europe on 11 December 2013 in Paris. The conference focussed on two elements of the single market: growth and the social dimension.

The text is divided in five parts:

1. The single market, a driving force for growth in Europe;
2. A potential which has yet to be fully exploited;
3. A single market based on competition and on solidarity;
4. The social dimension of the single market in the context of the European elections campaign;
5. The single market, unloved and incomplete.