Institutions for Europe
The nine stars of the European Economic Community have become more and more tarnished by the successive crises of the last few years. Its institutes have been accused of failing to build the Europe dreamed of by the original founders. The politicians have been berated for putting national considerations above European ones.
Michael Shanks , who has just returned to Britain after nearly three years as one of the four British Directors-General in Brussels, examines the state of the Common Market and asks not only how it can be improved, but whether it can survive.
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND