Treaty of Maastricht
Signed 1992, force 1993
Treaty of European Union
Creation of three pillars
No longer ECSC and EEC
European Community
Common foreign and security policy
Justice of home affairs
Established EU of today
Establishment of monetary union
Single currency
Establishment of European citizenship
Subsidiary principle
Decide about the problem as close to the citizens as possible
General role
Committee of regions
Directive as often as possible, not regulations
The country must transform the directives to regulations by themselves
Establishment of Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
Single market
Citizenship
Treaty
Monetary union
Closer cooperation
Multilevel governance
New coordinated areas (industrial policy, education, Trans-european network for infrastructure, consumer protection)
European parliament voting
Co-decision & veto votes
Social protocol
Some countries opt-out
Euro
Schengen
Social protocol
EU citizenship
Big widening and deepening