THEBACKGROUND Why a book on Europe - Toward the Year 200l? There
are two principal reasons why a European should embark upon such a
hazardous enterprise. First, when the Treaty on European Union
(popularly known as the Maastricht Treaty, and, hereafter referred
to as the Treaty in this introduction) was signed in February 1992,
it was agreed that the heads of government of the EU Member States
would assemble, in 1996, to examine its workings. This meeting will
be known as the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). Second, by the
end of the century, it is certain that arrangements will have been
made for the admission of some countries of Central and Eastern
Europe into the European Union (EU). Consequently, even with or
without the holding of the IGC, it will be urgently necessary to
reform some of the Community's policies - notably the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the structural poliCies which are
linked, for example, 2 Europe - Toward 2001 with the Regional and
Social Funds - before these countries become members. Failure to do
this could result in bankruptcy for the EU. Of almost equal
importance is the reform of the institutions and the actual
workings of the Community. Already with 12 Member States, it was
difficult enough to manage things on a daily basis. Now, as more
countries join the Union, things could literally grind to a stop.
Thus, changes in this area are indispensable.
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