The Maastricht Treaty: Books

The negotiations for economic and monetary union in the European Union represented a massive change for Europe and for the world. This book identifies why the historical agreement at Maastricht in December 1991 was possible and how the agreement was made. It examines the motives that inspired EC political leaders, the strategies that they pursued, and the institutions of the EC which were used to achieve monetary union.

Since Maastricht it has become clear that future developments are less certain with regard to the EU and integration. The IGC will have to try and resolve tensions such as: "widening" Europe to include former communist countries whislt also trying to "deepen" Europe with increased political and economic integration; providing a framework which is acceptable to a core of countries (Benelux, Germany, France) who favour more integration and an early move to monetary union with countries such as the UK, which does not.

Maastricht and Beyond is a critical assessment of the European Union brought into being by the Treaty of Maastricht. A team of experts provide a clear and thorough appraisal of the main provisions of the Treaty - including the three pillared structure of Economic and Monetary Union, common foreign and security policy and home affairs and justice - showing how these elements will change the function and eventually the character of the European Union.

Die jahrelange Idee der Vereinigung Europas mit mehr oder weniger konkreten Vorstellungen von einem Bund europäischer Staaten, vor allem mit dem friedens- und sicherheitspolitischen Zielen sowie dem Motiv wirtschaftlicher Zweckmäßigkeit, scheint vor der Wende von der träumerischen Utopie zur konkreten Verwirklichung zu stehen." Dieses Buch fasst eine Bilanz der europäischen Integration zusammen.

This publication examines the ratification process of the Treaty on European Union in the 12 different Member States, as well as the debate in the European Parliament. It studies the main issues that have dominated the debate, looks at the different ratification procedures, and focuses both on the discussions in the national parliaments as well as on the public debate.

Includes text of the Treaty on European Union and various Community and member states' documents leading up to the Treaty.

Der Vertrag über die Europäische Union hat in Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien eine ungewöhnlich intensive Diskussion über die Weiterentwicklung der EG ausgelöst. Der Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration, eine interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Vereinigung, hat auf seinem Jahreskolloquium 1992 die in der politik-, wirtschafts- und rechtswissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung um den Vertrag von Maastricht vertretenen Auffassungen einander gegenübergestellt, in einen größeren Zusammenhang einbezogen und Anstöße zu weiterer Reflexion gegeben.

A quarter of a century after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, discussions about the European Union, the euro and whether or not to close the borders again flared up from time to time. The Greek crisis, the banking crisis, the Brexit and the refugee problem have broken the once beautiful and hopeful European idea. This book will give those involved at the time, European top politicians of today and experts their view on the treaty. They do not just look back; they also look ahead. Striking is the optimism and the hope that speaks from their words.

What makes people identify with Europe? To answer this question, this book analyzes the development and determinants of a common European identity among EU citizens from the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 to the recent financial and economic crisis. The author examines citizens’ identification with Europe for all EU member states, and systematically explores the theoretical and empirical implications of two turning points in the recent history of EU integration, namely the EU’s enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe in 2004/2007 and the financial and economic crisis that started in 2008.

The twenty years since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty have been marked by an integration paradox: although the scope of European Union (EU) activity has increased at an unprecedented pace, this increase has largely taken place in the absence of significant new transfers of power to supranational institutions along traditional lines. The New Intergovernmentalism challenges established assumptions about how member states behave, what supranational institutions want, and where the dividing line between high and low politics is located, and develops a new theoretical framework known as the new intergovernmentalism.

This volume brings together an international group of leading scholars in the field in order to provide such an assessment, with each article both looking back over the developments within each of these domains as well as looking ahead to the way in which the EU is positioned to address current challenges. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

This book commemorates the entry in force of the Treaty on European Union by evaluating the legal impact it has had on the European Union’s institutional framework and its policies. It includes contributions on a wide variety of topics, including Economic and Monetary Union, Union citizenship, fundamental rights, foreign affairs and defence policy, educational policy and environmental policy.

The product of expert research, this book looks at the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty and assesses how the European Union will be able to respond to the challenges that have emerged over the last few years.

The authors, all of them specialists on European law, provide a compact overview of the European primary law and also refer to the relevant secondary law. Each commentary contains an introduction to the particular legal area at issue and gives particular importance to the current case law of the European Court of Justice.

This publication in English contains detailed explanations, article by article, on all the provisions of the TEU as well as on several Protocols and Declarations, including the Protocols No 1, 2 and 30 and Declaration No 17, having steady regard to the application of EU law in the national legal orders and its interpretation by the Court of Justice of the EU. The authors of the Commentary are academics from different Member States and different legal fields, some from a constitutional law background, others experts in the field of international law and EU law professionals.

This book suggests that the end of the Cold War has modified the functions of European integration so that the original ideals of integration have lost part of their appeal; hence the birth of the European Union can be regarded as an attempt to seek a new legitimacy. How far did the EU Treaty meet this unprecedented challenge? This book argues that the Maastricht Treaty established a constitutional framework for a new kind of polity without resolving the issue of its purpose and scope.

Prominent law academics, officials of European community institutions, government advisers and legislators present articles which explore the key issues raised by the Treaty. The structure of the Maastricht Treaty and the constitutional changes it brings about; subsidiarity and the Social Chapter; the role of the Court of Justice and the European Parliament; development of a common foreign and security policy are among the topics discussed.

Ce livre contient les chapitres suivants : 1. Les antécédents ou le contexte historique, 2. De l'Acte Unique aux conférences intergouvernementales de 1991: les années 1987 à 1990, 3. Le déroulement des conférences intergouvernementales, 4. La structure du Traité les Trois Piliers, 5. La nouvelle communauté européenne, 6. La Politique Étrangère et de Sécurité Commune (PESC), 7. La coopération intergouvernementale dans les domaines de la justice et des affaires intérieure.

In the contributions to this book a number of academic experts and practitioners from the Community and the Member States have sought to look beyond the controversial debate surrounding the ratification of the Treaty and evaluate the results of Maastricht in as objective a manner as possible. The contributions reflect a broad spectrum of different research approaches and opinions, but they all take into account the political constellation during the negotiations, the practical problems of implementing the Treaty and its potential for the future.