European economic problems
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 3 October 1969 (15th Sitting) (see Doc. 2635, report of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development). Text adopted by the Assembly on 3 October 1969 (15th Sitting).
The Assembly,
1. Hoping that negotiations for the enlargement of the European Communities may begin shortly ;
2. Considering that this will involve the economic organisation of Western Europe as a whole round the Community ;
3. Considering that the negotiations for the enlargement of the Community cannot be separated from the question of its future economic and political development ;
4. Approving the conclusions contained in the report of its Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (
Doc. 2635),
5. Expresses the hope that the six founder Members of the Community, at their forthcoming summit meeting, will :
a adopt a statement of intention with regard to the future development and enlargement of the Community ;
b formulate an overall strategy involving a clear order of priorities for the economic and political negotiations that lie ahead ; and
c fix a date for the opening of negotiations.
