ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Maastricht Treaty, Unification Of Germany, Pillarisation
14 Oct 2020
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Establishment of the eu in the maastricht treaty. + delors: uk against single currency, social rights, defence policy and qmv; opted-out from single currency, social rights, germany: ratification problems. Shows that there were other options for integration (lighter options), integration process could be engaged in lower (e. g. denmark, uk, sweden) Negotiations: france concerned with economic/monetary union esp. after german unification, britain unwilling to commit single currency and social charters, germany wanted closer defense integration. Cooperation = co-decision later: commission initiates proposal of policy and ep creates amendments. Yugo war + collapse su + reunification = background maastricht treaty. Delors would have preferred a tree structure, because in a temple structure there are many ways to make decisions (many procedure making procedures) while in a tree structure only one. 1st pillar: supranational vs. 2nd & 3rd pillar: intergovernmental. European court of justice has the right to fine other countries. International context: fall berlin wall, collapse socialism, unification germany,
