On 21 November 1986, the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, reflects on the implications for Europe of the implementation of the Single European Act (SEA).

On 13 November 1986, German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher urges the Bundestag to ratify the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview, Jean-Jacques Kasel, Director of Political and Cultural Affairs at the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1992, sets out the main developments for the European integration process provided by the Single European Act (SEA).

En avril 1987, Pietro Calamia, représentant permanent de l'Italie auprès de la CEE, analyse les éléments principaux de l'Acte unique européen signé en février à Luxembourg et en avril à La Haye.

Aerial view of the buildings of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on the Kirchberg Plateau, Luxembourg.

The Court of First Instance was established in 1989 to take on some of the workload falling to the Court of Justice, thus improving the judicial protection of citizens.

On 19 June 1984, the Council of the European Communities adopts a resolution proposing measures to facilitate free passage across internal frontiers for Member State nationals.

On 14 June 1985, in Schengen, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Benelux countries sign the Schengen Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders.

On 17 February 1986, on the occasion of the signing of the Single European Act in Luxembourg, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, meeting in the framework of European political cooperation, adopt provisions concerning the practical application of certain aspects of Title III of the Act.

On 7 October 1987, Emanuele Gazzo, Director of Agence Europe, condemns the inadequacy of the structures in place for the implementation of European Political Cooperation (EPC) and calls for EPC to be made a key component of the European Community.

Le 22 septembre 1987, à l'occasion d'une séance académique en honneur d'Emile Noël à Bruxelles, Leo Tindemans, ministre belge des Affaires étrangères de 1981 à 1989, fait un discours sur la coopération politique européenne.

On 22 December 1986, the Council of the European Communities adopts a resolution according to which the Ten undertake to promote economic growth and reduce the level of unemployment in the Member States.

On 28 February 1984, on the initiative of the European Commissioner, Étienne Davignon, the Council of the European Communities decides to set up a ‘European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology’ (Esprit).

En février 1981, le mensuel 30 jours d'Europe dresse un portrait détaillé des programmes communautaires de recherche scientifique et de développement technologique.

En novembre 1983, le mensuel 30 jours d'Europe analyse les enjeux du programme ESPRIT (European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology) élaboré par les Dix dans le but déclaré de combler le fossé technologique qui sépare l'Europe du Japon et des États-Unis.

Joint European Torus (JET), which began operating on 9 April 1984 in Abingdon (United Kingdom) as part of the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme for Technological Research and Development, is a fusion reactor built to study the use of thermonuclear energy for the production of electricity.

On 26 April 1985, the French weekly magazine L’Express analyses France’s attempts to coordinate scientific and technological research at Community level.

‘I’ve even included a catalytic converter, just for you!’ In April 1985, the French cartoonist, Plantu, takes an ironic look at the efforts being made by the French President, François Mitterrand, to coordinate scientific and technological research at Community level, in particular the Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency) project (on the right: German Chancellor Helmut Kohl).

On 27 June 1985, the eve of the meeting of the Ten in Milan, the French daily newspaper Le Monde gives an overview of the issues to appear on the agenda of the summit of Heads of States and Governments.

On 17 July 1985, German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher gives a speech at the first Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency) ministerial conference in Paris.

En août 1985, le mensuel français Le Monde diplomatique décrit les enjeux du programme Eureka lancé en 1985 à l'initiative de la France pour accroître la productivité et la compétitivité des entreprises européennes et pour combler le retard technologique entre l'Europe et les États-Unis.

On 5 November 1985 in Hanover, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl opens the second Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency) Ministerial Conference.

Le 5 novembre 1985, lors de l'ouverture de la Conférence intergouvernementale Eureka, le secrétaire d'État luxembourgeois aux Affaires étrangères Robert Goebbels détaille l'importance de l'initiative Eureka quant à la maîtrise et à l'exploitation des technologies de pointe en Europe.

Le 5 novembre 1985, à l'occasion de l'ouverture de la Conférence intergouvernementale Eureka, le ministre luxembourgeois de l'Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse Fernand Boden détaille les enjeux de l'inititiave Eureka en matière de coopération scientifique et technologique en Europe.

Le 5 novembre 1985, lors de la Conférence intergouvernementale Eureka à Hanovre, Fernand Boden, ministre luxembourgeois de l'Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse souligne l'intérêt du pays à participer au projet EUREKA et évoque la nécessité d'une concertation entre les multiples projets de recherches européens.

In 1985, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, takes an ironic look at the difficulties encountered by the Ten in establishing the EUREKA project for the coordination of research compared with the power of the US Strategic Defence Initiative, more commonly known as the ‘Star Wars’ project.

On 2 December 1985, the German cartoonist, Mayk, expresses concern at the compatibility of the European Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency) project with the US SDI (Strategic Defence Initiative) programme, more commonly known as ‘Star Wars’.