Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union, der trådte i kraft den 1. november 1 993, rummer et ambitiøst program for medlemsstaterne: Valutaunion senest i 1999, nye fælles politikker, unionsborgerskab, fælles udenrigsog sikkerhedspolitik og indre sikkerhed.
The Treaty on European Union, which entered into force on 1 November 1993, set the Member States an ambitious programme: monetary union by 1999, new common policies, European citizenship, a common for eign and security policy and internal security.