Describes the emergence of the European Union (EU). Focuses on the critical stage of European integration - a period in the early 1990s, when member states negotiated the Maastricht Treaty conditions. That agreement set in motion a project that will eventually lead to the formation of the single currency. Considers the political and economic conditions that led France, Germany and Britain to hold this common project. "Hide
by Gunnar Trumbull Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Publication date: April 15, 2003. Prod. #: 703032-PDF-ENG