Essays Tagged: "Maastricht Treaty"

Economic and Monetary Union of Europe. Includes personal comment

re that much.I am convinced that most of Europe's population don't know what is written in the 1993 Maastricht treaty. To set the rules for a treaty like the Maastricht treaty is very difficult becaus ... economic growth. No growth means lots of government expenses to support the economy. Aren't the two Maastricht's criteria a bit controversial?Because of the complexity of the Maastricht treaty I think ...

(4 pages) 161 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Discuss The Expansion of The European Union into Eastern Europe and Its Implications for British Companies

n only exists since the early 1990s, although the term has been used for much longer than that. The Maastricht Treaty renamed the European Community the European Union by forming what are known as the ... member states' policies on asylum and immigration, customs, drugs and crime. (Grieco, Joseph. "The Maastricht Treaty, Economic and Monetary Union and the Neo-Realist Research Programme," Review of In ...

(8 pages) 326 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Environmental protection and the limits of Cassis de Dijon

l legislation - subject of course, to the principle of subsidiarity. It was not until the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 however, that environmental objectives were incorporated into the fundamental art ...

(22 pages) 196 1 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU at the beginning of the 21st century.

For example a single market without borders was created and a single currency implemented.Until the Maastricht Treaty on European Union officially adopted the "three-pillar structure" in 1993, other w ...

(4 pages) 98 1 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Anti-Discrimination measures and the EU.

itical unity in areas of social, foreign and security (5). Finally, the Treaty on European Union at Maastricht was signed to establish European Union citizenship and provided, as one of the four sets ... treaties, regulations, commission Directives and the broad interpretation by the courts, after the Maastricht Treaty. The extent of mobility rights given to the EU citizens is far beyond what the com ...

(10 pages) 139 1 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Citizenship of the European Union - metaphor or source of rights

ssay is to look on the development of the concept of citizenship itself since the conception of the Maastricht Treaty. Of particular interest is whether the introduction of Union citizenship provision ... citizenship of the Union2. The Treaty on European Union (here after referred to as TEU or Treaty of Maastricht) has introduced for the first time a systematic concept of citizenship in the Community a ...

(17 pages) 127 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

EU Parliament

loped its role and powers since that time.At the beginning it was only a consulting body, but since Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties it has transformed into real legislative parliament. Now it is sim ... Parliament has to give its final agreement.Co decision - a legislative procedure introduced by the Maastricht Treaty, which places the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on an equal foo ...

(2 pages) 61 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

International Herald Tribune becoming European Herald Tribune

ingle Commission and a single Council of Ministers as well as the European Parliament.The Treaty of Maastricht (1992) introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments. By addi ... governments. By adding this inter-governmental co-operation to the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union (EU).It took some time for the Member States to remove ...

(31 pages) 147 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

History of the E.U.

urther membership expansion with Greece joining in 1981, Spain & Portugal in 1986.The Treaty of Maastricht (1992) introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments by addin ... conomic & monetary union - including a common currency) to the existing "Community System". The Maastricht Treaty later created the European Union (E.U.).In 1995, raising the membership total to 1 ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms

h common external tariffs on imports but integration of economic policy was minimal. "The Treaty of Maastricht (1992) introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments." (Europ ... oduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments." (Europa, 2006, para. 6) The Maastricht Treaty had created the European Union; this turned European market into a large economic ...

(4 pages) 443 2 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

EU Law

aties of the EUIn February 1992 the signing of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU) concluded the Maastricht IGC. Undoubtedly the popular profile of the Community was raised more by the Maastricht d ... ars, are Common Foreign and Security Pillar and Cooperation on Justice and home affairs.�The Maastricht TEU introduced a number of changes in the voting system in the Council of Ministers. It i ...

(10 pages) 45 1 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Globalization And The EU: Will France Integrate And Cooperate?

of European or global integration began to become mainstream only in 1992, with the passing of the Maastricht Treaty, which was the first major push towards a formal European integration. In true spi ... al politics, there also has been a growth of political parties, especially since the passing of the Maastricht treaty (Buffotot and Hanley 135). There has been an increase in the overall percentage of ...

(6 pages) 33 0 3.8 Oct/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

The Euro

ro � PAGE �1� The Euro: Europe's Common CurrencyTable of ContentsAbstract 3The Maastricht Treaty 4Why A Common Courtesy? 5The Implementation Of The Euro 6Versus The Dollar 7Intern ... siblity of euro expansion on the international business scene.The Euro: Europe's Common CurrencyThe Maastricht TreatyFor hundreds of years Europe was the scene of many frequent and bloody wars. For ex ...

(13 pages) 57 1 3.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Single European Market

ound into consideration. Therefore, it is important to have a look at the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) which gave birth to the creation of the Single Market. Having been the Common Mar ... should be transformed into reality.By the signing of the Treaty on European Union (TEU, formal for Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 and its entering into force in November 1993, the European Union was crea ...

(9 pages) 85 0 4.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

The steady incorporation of Eastern European states after the end of the Cold War What issues have emerged as a result of the EU expansion eastwards? How is the EU tackling these issues?

950. Then the community kept growing by the slow integration of Western countries. In 1992 with the Maastricht Treaty the Community institutions were strengthened and given wider responsibilities in o ...

(11 pages) 35 0 5.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Discuss the significance of the birth of the Euro. Would you value it as a benefactor or malefactor for European countries' economy? Use examples to support your argument.

Under the standards of Budget Deficit and Public Debt with other three convergence criteria in the Maastricht Treaty, countries apply to join the EU are required to have annual budget deficits not ex ... budget deficits not exceeding 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), public debt under 60% of GDP (THE MAASTRICHT TREATY, 1992). Once the countries join the EMU, they must obey the above requirements, an ...

(28 pages) 49 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Globalization Questionnaire

ating those countries economies.The European Union was established in 1993 after the endorsement of Maastricht Treaty. This union is political and economical in nature. Since its establishment foreign ...

(2 pages) 132 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The History of the European Monetary Union

h can be described as a “waiting room” for the adoption of the Euro. (De Grauwe, 2003)The Maastricht Treaty developed the EMS into the European Monetary Union (EMU), which was put into opera ... joined this phase, out of which four countries are most recent members of the EU. (Moussis, 2008)3. Maastricht Convergence CriteriaAny member states that enter the third phase of the EMU and adopt the ...

(15 pages) 12 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Euro Currency Markets

: movement of goods, services, people and money. The 1990s is also the decade of two treaties, the 'Maastricht' Treaty on European Union in 1993 and the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999. People are concern ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

EU monetary policy and Turkey

33;91.1.4. The European Monetary System (EMS) �121.1.5 The Dellors Report �131.2. The Maastricht Treaty �161.2.1. The Convergence Criteria and Budgetary Discipline �192. MO ... s conducted by the European Central Bank (ECB). The primary objective of the ECB was defined by the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 as maintenance of price stability. In order to realize such an objective, ...

(47 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics