This book provides a new framework for legal problems concerning the economic order of the European Union. The author discusses recent developments in the politics and economics of European integration and offers a detailed overview of Community industrial, competition, and telecommunications policy.

• Introduction


• Part One: The Political and the Economic Constitution of the European Union


• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Political Constitution of the European Union


• 3: The Economic Consitution of the European Union


• 4: Comparing the Political and Economic Consitution Approaches


• 5: Conclusion


• Part Two: The Emergence of the Industrial Policy of the European Union


• 6: Introduction


• 7: Reasons for Industrial Policy


• 8: The Search for Consensus on Industrial Policy: 1957-1990


• 9: Industrial Policy in the Treaty on European Union


• 10: Conclusion


• Part Three: The Competition Policy of the Community and the Competitiveness of European Industry


• 11: Introduction


• 12: Principles and Objectives


• 13: EC Competition Policy and the Competitiveness of Private Undertakings


• 14: Competition and Public Policy


• 15: Conclusion


• Part Four: The Compatibility of Industrial and Competition Policy: The Telecommunications


• 16: Introduction


• 17: The Global Telecommunications Revolution and the Emergence of EC Policy


• 18: The Telecommunications Law and Policy of the EC


• 19: Industrial Policy and the Future of Telecommunications


• 20: Conclusion