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Reflects on the 25 years of environmental policy in the European Union (EU). Effort to prevent the European Economic Community from promoting unreconstructed economic growth; Concern on the integration of environmental considerations into other EU policies; Problems of enforcement agencies in bringing cases before the national courts.

Investigates why the issue of poor implementation was neglected during the first decade of environmental policy in the European Union. Responsibilities and interests of the regulators; Solutions to the gap between policy goals and outcomes; Difficulty in the complete eradication of implementation deficits.

Investigates the extent to which environmental integration principle is applied to the European Union's policies. Effect on the implementation of non-environmental policies; Determination of the levels of achieved integration with preexisting policy philosophies and institutional structures; Success in the use of defensive strategies in conjunction with legal pressure.

Explains paradoxes in the European Union's environmental policy. Infrequency of the use of economic instruments by the liberal policy regime; Dependence on members states in the development of government proposals; Regulation of the subnational environmental goods by the supranational political authority.

Presents an essay discussing the historical evolution of the European Union's environmental policy. Creation of members states of an institutional entity; Focus of the policies on safeguarding health and removing internal barriers to trade in products; Changes made in preexisting environmental policies.