The European Union, still hampered in the 1980s by a widespread feeling of ‘Europe fatigue’, was thus called upon to play a vital new role.
Iarradh ar an Aontas Eorpach, a bhí fós buailte ag an dearcadh forleathan de bheith ag fáil tuirseach de lánpháirtíocht na hEorpa a bhí le sonrú sna 1980idí, páirt nua ríthábhachtach a imirt.