1. Treaties

2. 6 Main Treaties – (Since Rome)
Single European Act 1986 – completed that last week
Maastricht in 1992
Amsterdam 1997
Nice 2000
Copenhagen 2002
Lisbon 2007

3. Maastricht 1992 Purpose Amended Rome Advanced SEA
Deeper political union
3 pillars (economic foreign affairs home affairs)
Official creation of EU
Began EMU

4. Contents
Widen responsibility and deepen integration thus using supranational structure in some areas (Parliament)
Using intergovernmental in others (common foreign and home affairs policy)
Commission = economic
Council controlled other pillars BUT all still linked via EU
Introduced co-decision
Social Chapter for employment and social issues (UK opted out)

5. Issues? What issues do you foresee arising here?
What actual issues arose?
Was it a successful Treaty?

6. Amsterdam 1997
Purpose
Another tidy up of Rome and loose ends of Maastricht
Change role of Council of EU
Implamented Schengen
Greater role of EU in home affairs
More Supranational over intergovernmental

7. Contents Accession process for the 10 new states
12 states applied Schengen
Greater role for Common Foreign Security Policy
New High Representative for EU foreign affiars
More powers for Europol
Expanded the decisions used for QMV
Commission more say over Justice and Home Affiairs
Enhanced co-operation procedure on issues outside of Treaties

8. Issues What were the issues that arose?
What was the difference between the issues that were faced by smaller states/larger states/ pro Europeans / Eurosceptics
Evaluate the success of this Treaty

9. Nice 2000 Purpose Steps forward for integration
Preparation for enlargement
Discussion over intergovernmental v supranational models

10. Contents – took 330 hours to negotiate
Reforming decision making in EU
Extended QMV
Removal of veto from 39 areas
New President of Commission to Parliament with power to sack ind comms
Limits on no of comms (once reached 27 states) and MEPs
More QMV weight to large countries
Stronger Common Foreighn Sec Policy

11. Issues and effectiveness?
The present generation should lay the final brick in the edifice of Europe. This is our task and we ought to get down to it – Tony Blair 2000
Does the above quote accord to the views of the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Lib Dems, British people, media?

12. Copenhagen 2002 Not really a full blown treaty… Purpose
Sought to define the rules for countries wishing to join the EU
Conditions of democracy, respect for human rights, economic stability, will to become part of a closer union

13. Contents Will to have secret democratic ballot A free press
Judges free from executive power
Freedom of opinions
Rule of law
Subscribe to the United Dec Hum Rights and ECHR
Respect for national ethnic minorities
Must be market economy and commit to Eurozone

14. Complications / issues
What were the issues that surrounded this criteria
Which countries were candidates?
Which ones from the list are still candidates?