Produced by Neil McLachlan
The Treaty of the European Union
The Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992.
Contributed by Neil McLachlan, nmclachlan@delphi.com
Note: In the Contents section, the short upper case headingof each chapter can be searched for, to jump to that chapter.
HEADS Introduction of signatories
TITLE1 Common Provisions
TITLE2 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European
Ecomonic Community with a View to Establishing the
European Community
TITLE3 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European
Coal and Steel Community
TITLE4 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European
Atomic Energy Community
TITLE5 Provisions on a Common Foreign & Security Policy
TITLE6 Provisions on Cooperation in the Fields of Justice & Home
Affairs
TITLE7 Final Provisions
PROTOCO Protocols
FINAL FINAL ACT
MAY1_92 Declaration on Protocol No. 17, made on the 1st May 1992
RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European integrationundertaken with the establishment of the European Communities,
RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of theEuropean continent and the need to create firm bases for theconstruction of the future Europe,
CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty, democracyand respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of therule of law,
DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples whilerespecting their history, their culture and their traditions,
DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioningof the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out, within asingle institutional framework, the tasks entrusted to them,
RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of theireconomies and to establish an economic and monetary unionincluding, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, a singleand stable currency,
DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for theirpeoples, within the context of the accomplishment of the internalmarket and of reinforced cohesion and environmental protection, andto implement policies ensuring that advances in economic integrationare accompanied by parallel progress in other fields,
RESOLVED to establish a citizenship common to the nationals of theircountries,
RESOLVED to implement a common foreign and security policyincluding the eventual framing of a common defence policy, whichmight in time lead to a common defence, thereby reinforcing theEuropean identity and it independence in order to promote peace,security and progress in Europe and in the world,
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