By now most people in the UK will be aware that after 1992 there will be a single European market with (almost) free competition and free movement of goods, services and people. How will this affect the engineering profession, particularly electronics engineers, and the engineering industry? The answer is, of course, that only time will tell, and that this opinion, and any others, may well be entirely wrong. However, there are important issues that must be faced: by the profession, by industry and by education.