Maastricht Treaty 1992

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European Union treaty founding treaty of the European Union international treaty

The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 is the landmark agreement that formally created the European Union, introduced the euro, and deepened political and economic integration among its member states.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Maastricht	8
Maastricht Treaty 1992 canonical	2
Maastricht Treaty negotiations	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union treaty ⓘ founding treaty of the European Union ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
allowed	EU citizens to vote and stand in European Parliament elections in any member state of residence ⓘ EU citizens to vote and stand in local elections in any member state of residence ⓘ
amended	Single European Act ⓘ Treaty of Rome ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1993-11-01 ⓘ
category	1992 in international relations ⓘ EU Treaties ⓘ surface form: Treaties of the European Union
countryOfSigning	Netherlands ⓘ
created	European Union ⓘ
createdInstitutionalFrameworkFor	European Union economic and monetary union ⓘ surface form: Economic and Monetary Union of the EU
dateSigned	1992-02-07 ⓘ
defined	three pillars of the European Union ⓘ
expanded	use of co-decision procedure in EU lawmaking ⓘ
granted	EU citizenship to nationals of member states ⓘ
introduced	European Union economic and monetary union ⓘ surface form: Economic and Monetary Union concept of European citizenship ⓘ three-pillar structure of the European Union ⓘ
laidFoundationFor	euro ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ other official languages of the European Communities ⓘ
laterAmendedBy	Treaty of Amsterdam ⓘ Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ Treaty of Nice ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU ⓘ cooperation in justice and home affairs in the EU ⓘ
namedAfter	Maastricht ⓘ
numberOfOriginalSignatories	12 ⓘ
officialName	Treaty on European Union ⓘ
pillar	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar European Communities pillar ⓘ Justice and Home Affairs pillar ⓘ
policyArea	economic integration ⓘ foreign and security policy ⓘ justice and home affairs ⓘ monetary integration ⓘ political integration ⓘ
ratificationProcessIncluded	Danish referendum ⓘ French referendum ⓘ
set	convergence criteria for adoption of the euro ⓘ
shortName	TEU ⓘ
signatory	Belgium ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
signedIn	Maastricht ⓘ
strengthened	powers of the European Parliament ⓘ
subjectTo	ratification by all member states ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union internal market → strengthenedBy → Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ

Autobiography "John Major: The Autobiography" → describesEvent → Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ

subject surface form: John Major: The Autobiography

this entity surface form: Maastricht Treaty negotiations

euro (indirectly, via later French franc) → createdBy → Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ

subject surface form: euro