However, the terms and conditions for such a challenging project were not yet mature - neither in political nor in economic terms. Thus, only in the late 1980s new progress was made that led to the Treaty of Maastricht more than 10 years ago (on February 7, 1992).
However, individual services, too, might see bouts of stronger demand for a restricted supply once the consumption backlog clears. How much consumption, when and for which goods exactly households intend to catch up on remains to be seen. And nor is it by any means certain that enterprises will then capitalise on any scope to raise their prices.