The treaty that established the European Union also laid the ground for strict fiscal rules that are today the target of intense criticism. Thirty years ago on this very day, representatives of the ...

LONDON — No one could have foreseen what the European Community’s leaders were unleashing on that cold day last November in Maastricht, the Netherlands, when they approved the treaty on European ...

The Maastricht Treaty is one of the most fundamental treaties for the European Union, for creating the bloc itself and paving the way for the economic and political union. The treaty laid foundations ...

The Maastricht Treaty, which laid the cornerstone of the European Union, on Friday celebrated its 28th anniversary. The treaty which resulted in the formation of the EU as we know it today was signed ...

On 7 February 1992, minsters from the 12 European Community states signed a treaty setting the bloc toward political and monetary union – although some were a little confused about what they were ...

Feb. 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1497, the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, Italy, took place when followers of Girolamo Savonarola burned thousands of books, art and cosmetics. In 1940, ...

November 2018 marks 25 years since the creation of the European Union. The Maastricht Treaty, officially the Treaty on European Union, was signed by 12 countries in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, and ...

DO YOU remember the headline '8 billion reasons to vote YES to Maastricht?'. It seems like another lifetime, but the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty passed off very quietly on ...

The government was warned in confidential legal advice in 1992 that endorsing the Maastricht Treaty would override some aspects of a constitutional provision on the right to life of the unborn child.

The former Conservative MP – and Maastricht rebel – Sir Richard Shepherd has died aged 79, his family said. Sir Richard, who represented the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills for 36 years, was best ...