Treaty on European Union

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founding treaty of the European Union international treaty multilateral treaty

The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundational agreement that created the modern European Union and introduced the framework for a single currency, common foreign and security policy, and closer political integration among its member states.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maastricht Treaty	5
Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union	3
Treaty of Maastricht	3
Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union	2
Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union	1
Article 43 of the Treaty on European Union (post-Lisbon)	1
Maastricht Treaty 1992	1
Title V of the Treaty on European Union	1
Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty)	1
Treaty on European Union (consolidated version after Lisbon)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding treaty of the European Union ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
amendedBy	Treaty of Amsterdam ⓘ Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ Treaty of Nice ⓘ
article49ProvidesFor	accession of new member states to the European Union ⓘ
article50ProvidesFor	withdrawal of a member state from the European Union ⓘ
cameIntoForceWith	Treaty on European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty on European Union (consolidated version after Lisbon)
created	European Union ⓘ
createdPillar	Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar European Communities pillar ⓘ European Union area of freedom, security and justice ⓘ surface form: Justice and Home Affairs pillar
dateSigned	1992-02-07 ⓘ
defines	objectives of the European Union ⓘ principles of subsidiarity and proportionality ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1993-11-01 ⓘ
established	European Union ⓘ
expandedPowerOf	European Parliament ⓘ
formsConstitutionalBasisOf	European Union ⓘ
hasAlias	Treaty on European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maastricht Treaty
hasArticle	Article 1 TEU ⓘ Article 2 TEU ⓘ Article 3 TEU ⓘ Article 4 TEU ⓘ Article 49 TEU ⓘ Article 5 TEU ⓘ Article 50 TEU ⓘ Article 6 TEU ⓘ Article 7 TEU ⓘ
introducedConcept	European Union economic and monetary union ⓘ surface form: Economic and Monetary Union European Union citizenship ⓘ convergence criteria for the euro ⓘ
introducedPolicyFramework	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ cooperation in justice and home affairs ⓘ
introducedProcedure	co-decision procedure ⓘ
language	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasisFor	European Central Bank ⓘ Euro ⓘ surface form: euro
negotiatedBy	governments of the member states of the European Communities ⓘ
numberOfOriginalSignatories	12 ⓘ
partOf	primary law of the European Union ⓘ
predecessor	Treaty of Rome ⓘ
providedFor	creation of a single European currency ⓘ strengthening of the European Parliament ⓘ
setsOut	institutional framework of the European Union ⓘ
signatoryOrganization	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Communities member states
signedAt	Maastricht ⓘ
signedInCountry	Netherlands ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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

Treaty of Rome → amendedBy → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty)

Treaty of Lisbon → amends → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Council → articleReference → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union

European Union legal order → basedOn → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European institutions → basedOn → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Statute of the European Ombudsman → basedOn → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank → basedOn → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union → basisInLaw → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

Treaty on European Union → cameIntoForceWith → Treaty on European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on European Union (consolidated version after Lisbon)

Petersberg Tasks → codifiedIn → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 43 of the Treaty on European Union (post-Lisbon)

EU Treaties → composedOf → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Committee of the Regions → establishedBy → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Maastricht

European System of Central Banks → establishedUnder → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maastricht Treaty

Member States of the European Union → follows → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Union → foundedByTreaty → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Committee of Permanent Representatives → governedBy → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

General Secretariat of the Council → governedBy → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Treaty on European Union → hasAlias → Treaty on European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maastricht Treaty

European integration → hasKeyEvent → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maastricht Treaty 1992

EU Member States armed forces → hasLegalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union

CJUE → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Committee of the Regions → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Common Security and Defence Policy → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title V of the Treaty on European Union

Council of Ministers → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Union

Council of the European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Court of Justice of the European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

EU Battlegroups → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Central Bank → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Commission → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Commissioner → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Council → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Court of Auditors → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Parliament → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Union area of freedom, security and justice → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Union crisis management operations → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European Union economic and monetary union → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maastricht Treaty

European Union internal market → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

European political parties → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Foreign Affairs Council → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

General Affairs Council → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

General Court → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

President of the European Commission → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

President of the European Council as chair → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the European Council

President of the European Council as chair → legalBasis → Treaty on European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the European Council

this entity surface form: Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union