The Maastricht Treaty

Implications for the Nordic Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID8911278
AuthorsFinn Laursen (corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume28
Issue2
Pages115-141
Publication date1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0010836793028002001
OpenAlexW2048867757
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Among the Nordic countries Denmark has been a member of the European Community (EC) since 1973. The other Nordic countries, for various reasons, did not feel they could join the EC until now. Recently they negotiated the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement with the EC, but, partly because of its limits, Sweden, Finland and Norway have now applied for EC membership. If the Maastricht Treaty on European Union enters into force they will be seeking to join a Union which will further deepen the European integration process. This, however, depends on a second Danish referendum, probably in May 1993. Since Denmark has been a `minimalist' member of the EC and now has been given some opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty at the Edinburgh meeting of the European Council in December 1992, it is to be expected that the Nordic participants in the European integration process will remain `difficult' partners for those who have more ambitious plans for the future

Business · Danish · European community · European integration · European union · International trade · Join (topology · Maastricht Treaty · Member states · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Single Euro Payments Area · Treaty · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law

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