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The Treaty of the European Union
The Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992.
Contributed by Neil McLachlan, [email protected]
Note: In the Contents section, the short upper case heading of each
chapter can be searched for, to jump to that chapter.

CONTENTS
HEADS Introduction of signatories TITLE1 Common Provisions
TITLE2 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European
Ecomonic Community with a View to Establishing the European
Community TITLE3 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the
European Coal and Steel Community TITLE4 Provisions Amending
the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
TITLE5 Provisions on a Common Foreign & Security Policy TITLE6
Provisions on Cooperation in the Fields of Justice & Home Affairs
TITLE7 Final Provisions PROTOCO Protocols FINAL FINAL ACT
MAY1_92 Declaration on Protocol No. 17, made on the 1st May 1992

HEADS TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION HIS MAJESTY THE
KING OF THE BELGIANS, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF
DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE

FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HIS ROYAL
HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG, HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN IRELAND
RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European
integration undertaken with the establishment of the European
Communities,
RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of
the European continent and the need to create firm bases for the
construction of the future Europe,
CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty, democracy
and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule
of law,
DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while
respecting their history, their culture and their traditions,
DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioning
of the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out, within a
single institutional framework, the tasks entrusted to them,
RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of their
economies and to establish an economic and monetary union including,
in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, a single and stable
currency,
DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their
peoples, within the context of the accomplishment of the internal
market and of reinforced cohesion and environmental protection, and to
implement policies ensuring that advances in economic integration are
accompanied by parallel progress in other fields,
RESOLVED to establish a citizenship common to the nationals of their
countries,
RESOLVED to implement a common foreign and security policy
including the eventual framing of a common defence policy, which
might in time lead to a common defence, thereby reinforcing the
European identity and it independence in order to promote peace,
security and progress in Europe and in the world,

REAFFIRMING their objective to facilitate the free movement of
persons while ensuring the safety and security of their peoples, by
including provisions on justice and home affairs in this Treaty,
RESOLVED to continue the process of creating an ever closer union
among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely as
possible to the citizen in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity,
IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European
integration,
HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have
designated as their plenipotentiaries:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS: Mark EYSKENS,
Minister for Foreign Affairs; Philippe MAYSTADT, Minister for
Finance;
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK: Uffe
ELLEMNA-JENSEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Anders FOGH
RASMUSSEN, Minister for Economic Affairs;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY:
Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Theodor WAIGEL, Federal Minister for Finance;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC: Antonios
SAMARAS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Efthymios
CHRISTODOULOU, Minister for Economic Affairs;
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN: Francisco FERNANDEZ
ORDONEZ, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Carlos SOLCHAGA
CATALAN, Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: Rolan DUMAS,
Minister