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THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN PARALLEL WITH THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR BRUSSELS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE SAME DAY. THE CAMPAIGN WAS FOUND TO BE ABLE TO EMPHASIZE CONSENSUS RATHER THAN DIFFERENCE AS THERE WAS SEEN LITTLE TO BE AT STAKE IN NATIONAL POLITICS. THE COMPULSORY VOTING LAW IS EXAMINED AND IT IS CONCLUDED THAT BELGIUM HAS ENTERED A PERIOD OF RELATIVE STABILITY.

The leitmotiv of the Single European Act is the realisation of the internal market. Almost all the institutional changes: increased Community competences; greater use of majority voting; the involvement of the European Parliament in legislation via the co-operation procedure and the principle of greater delegation in implementing powers to the Commission, operate only in areas related to the internal market matters. (CP)