Maastricht Treaty

peaceful Europe. Over decades of treaty making and attempts to collaborate with one another, eventually, the Maastricht Treaty was created in 1992. This new treaty was put into effect in 1993 providing unity to twenty-seven member states. Giving the world the birth of the European Union. Through the decades in the wake of WWII Europe has been in zero armed disputes. Their success with maintaining peace among each other was proving to work, yet, there is indubitably a lot more issues to resolve before a single, sovereign…

reason Britain is resisting European unity so much is because they have a lot to lose if they do. Britain has great relations with America, and if they were to be fully unified with Europe then they might have to give up some of those trading options, which they don’t want to do. In addition, Britain is for the most part economically stable and is a very strong, wealthy nation on its own, therefor doesn’t have much incentive to join in with the other European countries. Although, despite…

This treaty was formed the legal basis for the unification of a Europe union. Citizenship, monetary policy, common foreign and security policies and union combination co operation were addressed. The treaty was signed October 29th 2004 by representative of the European Union back then and then it was later approved 18 members states and also included votes in Spain and Luxembourg. But the disapproval of the document by the French and Dutch voters in 2005 brought the authorization process to a…

now operates. The competences of the EU institutions have altered because of a series of Treaty revisions, and subsequently the political balance of power in the EU has changed. Legislative…

in need of bailouts are turning to the European Central Bank (ECB) in the hopes that they will help to pay off the struggling countries’ debt. This strikes fear in the Germans because they think that this will lead to an increase in inflation especially if the ECB begin to print excess money. Q3: In just a few sentences, state the German condition for joining the currency union? In order to be a part of currency union, Germany stated that the European Central Bank must be totally independent…

is also very important to know how is the EU seen in the eyes of the world? And how the EU wants to be seen to improve their public diplomacy approaches. According to the European Commission, the problem of EU's public diplomacy is that, historically, has been directed primarily inward trying to improve communicating Europe to their citizens establishing a relationship through dialogue. The 1973 Declaration on European Identity, the 1984 Television Without Borders Directive, the 1984 EU…

European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions and the methods of ‘qualification’ to EU law’s supremacy that MS adopted alongside with the academics opinions. 2.0: EU law is supreme It is essential for the EU legal system (being one of the biggest legal orders in the world ) to be supreme in order to ensure the uniform application and effectiveness of Community law within the MS. Though the principle of supremacy is not explicitly stated in any of the EC Treaties or probably in future treaty, the…

less power over their own laws and policy making. When this happens citizens in the member states may not like certain laws or policies but will have little say as to what those laws or policies will be. As time continues to go on with the European Union making laws and policies for member states “the sovereignty of the member states will increasingly and inevitably be eroded.”(Doc 1) In this quote by David Cameron he is saying that he freedom of the member states will inevitably disappear and…

some were setbacks and others were turning points. For instance, the ‘Empty Chair Crisis’ in 1965 and subsequent informal agreement, namely the Luxembourg Compromise, in 1966. During the two decades, the high politics areas mainly governed by the Luxembourg Compromise, which was by unanimity voting in the Council of Ministers. Moreover, mainly because of internationalism that the pace of integration was determined by recalcitrant member state with a slow speed until 1980s. Nowadays, most of…

It’s common knowledge that Germany was one of the defeated countries in WWI. The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 to 1919 contributed to this defeat more than most people are aware of. The influenza had an effect on Germany’s military offense that may have been the cause of their defeat. Specifically, it contributed to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, a peace settlement that was imposed on Germany and affected them negatively. The effects the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 had on Germany’s…