In der Krise von 1989/90 boten die Verhandlungen ueber den Vertrag von Maastricht beste Voraussetzungen für einen europäischen Verfassungsmoment.

The book examines the motives that inspired European political leaders, the strategies that they pursued, and the institutions that were used to achieve Monetary Union. Drawing on a wide range of sources and unprecedented research and interviews, the book combines careful political analysis with new information about the way in which European Monetary Union was negotiated.

The UK Position at the beginning of the IGC was very restricted on all points. If you compare the Maastricht negotiations and the Single European Act, the big difference was that in the SEA there were a number of positive aspects which the UK wanted, such as the internal market. However, there was very little that it wanted in the Maastricht negotiations, while its main stance was negative. This book examines the negotiations which led to agreement at the December 1991 Maastricht European Council, which mapped the future progress of the European community to the European Union.

In seiner Arbeit vergleicht D. Wolf die funktionalistische und die intergouvernalistische Theorie der Europäischen Einigung am Beispiel der Währungsunion.

This text analyses the history of the region's movement toward economic and political union. According to Moravcsik, economic interdependence has been the primary force to move in this surprising direction. Politicians rationally pursued national economic advantage through the exploitation of asymmetrical interdependence and the manipulation of institutional commitments.

Exploring the politics of European integration, the author argues that the end of the Cold War and German unification have created a new set of geopolitical realities in Europe that have profoundly affected the nature and dynamics of European union. His primary focus is the "high politics" of European integration after 1989, especially the role of the Franco-German relationship in the Maastricht Treaty process.

Includes text of the Treaty on European Union and various Community and member states' documents leading up to the Treaty.

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