The Maastricht Treaty, signed in the Dutch city of Maastricht in February 1992 and in force from November 1993, created the European Union out of the European Community. It set up a structure of cooperation on foreign policy and on justice and home affairs alongside the existing economic institutions, and introduced the concept of European citizenship. Its most consequential element was the timetable for economic and monetary union, with strict convergence criteria for debt and inflation, which led to the launch of the euro. The United Kingdom and Denmark obtained opt-outs from parts of it. Ratification was difficult: Danish voters rejected it at first and approved it a year later, and the French referendum passed by a narrow margin.
Before and after
- from 11 January 1992 to 8 February 2002Algerian Civil War
- 22 January 1992Discovery of PSR B1257+12 c
- 22 January 1992Discovery of PSR B1257+12 d
- 5 February 1992Birth of Neymar
- 7 February 1992Maastricht Treaty
- 11 February 1992Founding of Central Bank of Azerbaijan
- 11 February 1992Birth of Taylor Lautner
- 20 February 1992Founding of Premier League
- 24 February 1992Establishment of Rila National Park
More in Wars, politics & history
- from 12 March 1947 to 25 December 1991Cold War
- 15 August 1947India and Pakistan become independent
- 10 December 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953Korean War
- from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975Vietnam War
- 24 February 2022Full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
The era
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