Removing barriers to the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital has brought greater prosperity to people across the Continent, hones our skills internally, and gives us weight internationally. When we made the big push for the single market 20 years ago, there were just 12 member states.
单一市场是欧盟最伟大的成就之一。为人员、商品、服务和资本的自由流动扫清障碍给整个欧洲大陆上的人们带来了伟大的繁荣，锤炼了我们内部的实力，增加了我们在国际上的份量。当我们在20年前大力推动单一市场时，只有12个成员国。现在我们有了27个。欧洲发生了巨变。