No one ever said it would be easy.

Considers the far-reaching effects of the Jan. 1 imposition of the European Community's single market, in effect freeing the movement of goods among all 12 countries. Estimated 63,000 customs workers without a job; Failure to deal with Yugoslavia exposed the EC's impotence in foreign policy; Doubts concerning achievement of a single currency and greater political union; Growing unemployment and factory closings; Common agricultural policy; Winners and losers.