Ο μύθος της ενιαίας αγοράς
According to the IMF, since the mid-90s, trade costs for goods dropped 16% for non-EU imports, but only 11% for trade within the EU. As a result, actual trade between EU countries is less than half that between US states.
O Luis Garicano, καθηγητής στο LSE και πρώην ευρωβουλευτής γράφει για την κατάσταση της «ενιαίας αγοράς» της ΕΕ.
Today, the EU's internal and external services trade are roughly the same size as a share of our economy. In a true single market, internal trade should be much larger. In a world where scale is ever more vital (services include such scale-intensive business as AI, finance, IT) this fragmentation of the single market is very damaging.
What is the structural problem causing this fragmentation? The Single Market we all thought we have is largely a myth.
- Mutual recognition fails in practice.
- The EU directives do not harmonize EU legislation.
- The EU Commission is not doing its job in enforcing the Single Market.
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