This was also the case in 1991, when the 12 member states negotiated a new treaty in Maastricht, giving an important boost to the ‘ever closer union’ of the peoples of Europe. After Maastricht, things ...

The Ifop poll found that 64 per cent of French would reject the founding treaty of the European Single Currency if a referendum were held today. Some 51 per cent of French voted in favour of the ...

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The Maastricht Treaty, which laid the cornerstone of the European Union, on Friday celebrated its 28th anniversary. The treaty which resulted in the formation of the EU as we know it today was signed ...

LONDON — No one could have foreseen what the European Community’s leaders were unleashing on that cold day last November in Maastricht, the Netherlands, when they approved the treaty on European ...

The early 1990s were a milestone for European integration. The end of the Cold War especially marked a turning point in history, after which the 12 European member states of the time decided to push ...

The Maastricht Treaty, which was signed in 1992, brought the EU into existence for the first time and set the timetable out for the introduction of a single currency. It introduced a Common Foreign ...

The Maastricht Treaty is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It came into force on November 1, 1993. The treaty -- named after a Dutch city -- was responsible for the creation of Europe's single ...

DO YOU remember the headline '8 billion reasons to vote YES to Maastricht?'. It seems like another lifetime, but the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty passed off very quietly on ...

The treaty that established the European Union also laid the ground for strict fiscal rules that are today the target of intense criticism. Thirty years ago on this very day, representatives of the ...

The mighty Maas waltzes effortlessly between the two sides of the Dutch city of Maastricht - both markedly different. Rising from the west bank is an old town of Renaissance houses crammed on to ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. This year for the first time both Sotheby’s and Christie’s will be operating stands at the Maastricht ...