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 * The Treaty on European Union - TEU (1992) **

 The Treaty on European Union, also called Maastricht Treaty on European Union, has been signed in Maastricht on February 7th, 1992. It entered into force on November 1st, 1993. The name of the European Economic Community (EEC) simply changes to "the European Community" (EC). It also introduced new forms of co-operation between the Member State governments - for example on defense, and in the area of "justice and home affairs". By adding this inter-governmental co-operation to the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created a new structure with three "pillars" which is political as well economic. This is the foundation of the European Union (EU). It represents a new stage in European integration because it opens the way to political integration. It creates a European Union consisting of three pillars: **the European Communities, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (JHA).** It introduces the concept of European citizenship; strengthen the powers of the European Parliament and launches economic and monetary union (EMU).  With this treaty, the Community clearly went beyond its original economic objective, i.e. creation of a common market, and its political ambitions came to the fore. In this context, the Treaty is the answer to five key goals: · Strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the institutions; · Improve the effectiveness of the institutions; · Establish economic and monetary union; · Develop the Community social dimension; · Establish a common foreign and security policy.

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**Sources** - Wikipedia, retrived on March 15th, 2009 ; the dates are corresponding to the enterring into force of the Treaties

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 * Related Arguments**
 * Council of Europe (1949)
 *  European Coal & Steel Community (1951)
 *  Treaty of Rome (1957)
 *  Merger Treaty (1965)
 *  Single European Act (1987)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Nice (2001)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Lisbon (2007)

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