• As we enter 2022, it is 30 years since Citizenship of the European Union was first introduced during the Maastricht Treaty negotiations.
  • The Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992 and effective in 1993, laid the groundwork for the European Union (EU), fostering greater cooperation among its member...
  • The Maastricht Treaty, formally known as the Treaty on European Union, was signed on February 7, 1992, in Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • The Treaty of Nice, which came full circle in February 2003, improved the Treaty of Maastricht in anticipation of new member states.
  • In Denmark, the first Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum was held on 2 June 1992 and ratification of the treaty was rejected by a margin of 50.7% to 49.3%.
  • The Maastricht Treaty was only ever intended to be a stop-gap Treaty, as it was clear that a number of changes were likely to occur in the very near future.
  • Union and led to the creation of the single European currency, the euro. The Maastricht Treaty has been amended to a degree by later treaties.
  • The Treaty on European Union (TEU), signed in Maastricht, was one of the most important agreements in the EU’s history.
  • § Lord Pearson of Rannoch rose to call attention to the constitutional effects of ratifying the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht; and to move for Papers.
  • The main attribute of the Maastricht Treaty is that it deepened the reforms carried out to implement the European Union (EU).