The treaty that created the European Union, signed in Maastricht, Netherlands, on 7 February 1992 and entered into force on 1 November 1993, integrating its member states across trade, monetary policy and other shared areas of governance and building on European integration efforts dating back to the 1950s.
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Key ProvisionSigned on 7 February 1992 and entering into force in 1993, the Treaty on European Union transformed the European Community into the European Union, built on three pillars, the existing Community institutions alongside new intergovernmental cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, created the status of Union citizenship held alongside national citizenship, and set the convergence criteria and timetable that led to Economic and Monetary Union and the euro. It marked a deliberate step from economic integration toward political union, pooling elements of member states' sovereignty in ways that remain debated in several member states to this day. 1 Classification
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The treaty transformed the European Community into the European Union and created the status of Union citizenship.
Source Maastricht Treaty (Wikipedia)
Amended the Treaty on European Union that Maastricht established, among other changes abolishing its three-pillar structure.
Source Treaty of Lisbon (Wikipedia)
Influenced
Pooled elements of member states' sovereignty into shared EU institutions, a step debated within several member states since.
Source Maastricht Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The treaty that created the European Union, signed in Maastricht, Netherlands, on 7 February 1992 and entered into force on 1 November 1993, integrating its member states across trade, monetary policy and other shared areas of governance and building on European integration efforts dating back to the 1950s.
- Part Of: European Union
- Associated With: European Union
- Influenced: Sovereignty
In Group: Treaties and Agreements Since 1990, Lead paragraph
Concluded in 1992 between the then-twelve member states
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