Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Henrich-Franke Christian
    Failed Integration: The European Economic Community and the Formulation of a Common Transport Policy, 1958-1967
    in Journal of European Integration History , vol. 15, n. 2 ,  2009 ,  125-148
    In its first years the EEC transport policy was a story of setbacks and failed endeavours. The Treaties of Rome made transport a common policy issue and fixed the duty to formulate a common transport policy. However, the EEC failed with its implementation until the 1990s. This article will consider the reasons for that failure. Which factors resulted in successes and breakdowns in the period from 1958 till 1967? It will be shown that a variety of factors and their specific interrelations caused setbacks and failed endeavours. Nonetheless some main reasons can be filtered out. National powers of veto, different regulatory policies and a missing interest of the EEC member caused the failure just as mistakes in policy and politics by the EEC-commission.
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