The Maastricht Treaty

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The Maastricht Treaty

The Maastricht Summit, held in December 1991, was inevitably, in my opinion, the most important step in the process of moving towards a united Europe.

The Maastricht treaty was also known as the Treaty of the European Union because many people believed that this treaty was the one that would change Europe drastically. Evidence of this was infact included within the treaty:-

"This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe..."

 The summit’s purpose was to lay the foundations for more radical moves towards a federal style union that would subsequently, follow later in the decade.

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Though, I believe that the national ‘Press’ of each member state of the European Union, were somewhat exaggerating the aims of the summit and this as a result, forced the leaders of member states to think about the move very seriously.

Now, the main aim of the summit was to fix a definite date for the achievement of a single exchange rate. The French, along with the Germans were very keen to set an irreversible date for the introduction of a single currency. This is, of course, known as the ‘Euro’ today.

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