ABSTRACT
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, HER MAJESTY THE
QUEENOFDENMARK, THE PRESIDENTOF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HIS
MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH
REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF
LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND,
RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European integration
undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities,
RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of the
European continent and the need to create firm bases for the construction of
the future Europe,
CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty, democracy, and
respect for Human Rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law,
DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while respecting
their history, their culture, and their traditions,
DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioning of
the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out, within a single institutional
framework, the tasks entrusted to them,
RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of their
economies and to establish an economic and monetary union including, in
accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, a single and stable currency,
DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their peoples,
within the context of the accomplishment of the internal market and of rein-
forced cohesion and environmental protection, and to implement policies
ensuring that advances in economic integration are accompanied by parallel
progress in other fields,
to nationals of their
foreign and security policy
the eventual framing of a common defence policy, which might in time lead to
a common defence, thereby reinforcing the European identity and its indepen-
dence in order to promote peace, security, and progress in Europe and in the
world,
REAFFIRMING their objective to facilitate the free movement of persons,
while ensuring the safety and security of their peoples, by including provisions
on justice and home affairs in this Treaty,
RESOLVED to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among
the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely as possible to the
citizen in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity,
IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European
integration,
HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have
designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
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WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have
agreed as follows.
