... on promoting the importance of social issues and the completion of a single 'internal marketi'. The SEA was given nearly three hundred directives for ways in which to complete this proposed move towards economic unity. The creation of a single market was considered to be extremely important; the principle purpose of the SEA was to eliminate the remaining barriers to the single internal market by the 31st December 1992. The term 'barrier' is of great importance with regard to the federal debate; if the barriers were removed the structure would become more unified, and therefore more federal. These barriers may take some time to overcome but one could argue that once they have been removed the structure of the EU could one day become a federation. The SEA introduced new Community competencies that focused on economic and social cooperation. In achieving this directive the SEA set up various funds, such ...

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