WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ‘European Union’ is officially created by the treaty, which enters into force on 1 November 1993.

Detailed explanation-2: -The treaty was designed to enhance European political and economic integration by creating a single currency (the euro), a unified foreign and security policy, and common citizenship rights and by advancing cooperation in the areas of immigration, asylum, and judicial affairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty-whose main architects were Horst Köhler, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand-came into force on 1 November 1993.

Detailed explanation-4: -European Union (EU), Organization of European countries, formed in 1993 to oversee their economic and political integration. It was created by the Maastricht Treaty and ratified by all members of the European Community (EC), out of which the EU developed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Maastricht Treaty officially came into force on 1 November 1993 and the European Union was officially established. Since then, a further 16 countries have joined the EU* and adopted the rules set out in the Maastricht Treaty or in the treaties that followed later.