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Article: EC Measure to Ease Consensus Takes Effect; Disputes Raise Fears That Dream of European Unity is Fading
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- The Washington Post
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- July 2, 1987
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Visitors to a "Euro-fair" here this week could feast on French
oysters as an appetizer, Greek sausage as the main course, Italian
pastry for dessert and Belgian beer to wash it all down.
The products illustrated the variety available from the world's
largest trading bloc, the European Community, which started a new
chapter today when a landmark act took effect that will make it
significantly easier for the 12-nation group to pass joint
legislation.
The EC, known to most Americans as the Common Market, also marks
its 30th anniversary this year as the embodiment of a dream that most
of Western Europe's democracies can gradually reduce trade and
political barriers and form a kind of United ...