eunion1-4, Exercise 2: Maastricht

Model answer:

Four things the treaty did (any four): created the "European Union" as an umbrella over the Communities and two new areas of cooperation (foreign and security policy, justice and home affairs); created EU citizenship; set a timetable and criteria for economic and monetary union and a single currency; extended the Parliament's role.

Denmark: voters narrowly rejected the treaty in June 1992, then accepted it in a second referendum in 1993 after Denmark secured opt-outs.
France: a referendum in September 1992 produced a narrow yes, only a little over 50 per cent.