Economics and Politics of 1992

If the political and military threat from the Eastern bloc united Western Europe in the 1950s, helping the creation of the EEC, now it is the commercial threat from the Far East which is once again bringing Europe together again. Many ifs and buts, however, persist because the differences that divide Europe are still more than the commonalities that unite it. Concern about the implications of 1992 have been expressed in three other quarters as well: among the trade unions, among immigrant communities and, most importantly, outside Europe.