En juin 1985, à la veille du Conseil européen de Milan des 28 et 29 juin 1985, l'éditorialiste de la revue fédéraliste L'Europe en formation se demande si les Dix vont tenir compte des propositions du Comité Dooge et convoquer une conférence intergouvernementale.

In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the atmosphere and proceedings at the Council of the European Union held in Milan on 28 and 29 June 1985, with particular regard to the decision taken by the Ten, after strong pressure had been exerted by the Italian Presidency, to convene an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) to amend and supplement the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).

The Milan European Council, meeting on 28 and 29 June 1985, instructs the Presidency to take the steps required to convene an Intergovernmental Conference with a view to amending the EEC Treaty and draw up a treaty on a common foreign and security policy.

Le 9 juillet 1985, Jacques Delors, président de la Commission des Communautés européennes, déplore devant le Parlement européen l'échec du Conseil européen de Milan des 28 et 29 juin et fait sept propositions pour sortir l'Europe communautaire de l'impasse.

En décembre 1985, le mensuel Revue du Marché commun analyse les résultats du Conseil européen de Luxembourg et s'interroge sur la possible relance du processus d'intégration européenne.

On 2 December 1985, on the occasion of the Luxembourg European Council, the Belgian Foreign Minister, Leo Tindemans, replies to questions from the Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique on the issue of reforming the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, summarises the origins of the Single European Act (SEA), drawing particular attention to the last-minute difficulties that arose at the Luxembourg European Council held on 2 and 3 December 1985.

In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the implications of and proceedings at the Luxembourg European Council, held on 2 and 3 December 1985, and, in particular, how the Heads of State or Government of the Ten finally succeeded in reviving the negotiations of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which, in 1985 and 1986, resulted in the Twelve concluding the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the implications of and proceedings at the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which, in 1985 and 1986, resulted in the Twelve concluding the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the French priorities, particularly in the social and cultural fields, during the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which, in 1985 and 1986, resulted in the Twelve concluding the Single European Act (SEA).

On 18 February 1986, the British left-wing newspaper The Guardian reviews dissent among the European countries as the Single European Act is being signed.

On 17 February 1986, in Luxembourg, Giulio Andreotti, Italian Foreign Minister, emphasises the position of the Italian Government in relation to certain provisions of the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview excerpt, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, recalls the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 1985 and describes the negotiations that led to the signing of the Single European Act. He also emphasises the close cooperation between the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and the European Commission in the drafting of this treaty, particularly regarding the number of areas where decisions could be taken by a qualified majority and the extension of the powers of the European Parliament.

On 5 March 1985, Altiero Spinelli, Italian Chairman of the European Parliament’s Institutional Affairs Committee, writes an aide-memoire on the procedure to be followed so that the Intergovernmental Conference, responsible for drawing up the Treaty on European Union, may reach a successful conclusion.

On 22 July 1985, the European Commission delivers a favourable opinion on plans to hold an intergovernmental conference in order to amend and complete the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 2 and 3 December 1985, the Heads of State or Government of the Ten agree on a revision of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and approve the Single European Act.

On 11 December 1985, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it regrets that the work achieved at the Luxembourg European Council of 2 and 3 December does not enable the planned institutional reform to be carried out.