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MEETING THE MAASTRICHT TARGETS
Author(s) -
Kahrs Karl H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2002.tb00331.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , maastricht treaty , politics , debt , work (physics) , political science , resistance (ecology) , treaty , economic integration , economics , international trade , economic policy , political economy , european integration , finance , law , european union , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , biology
This article documents the role of debt management and budgetary targets as emerging factors in economic integration. The author examines the negotiations behind the Maastrict Treaty with a particular focus on Germany and France. This study also examines the long and short‐term outlook for economic success by analyzing the domestic and international economic and political forces at work in the process of economic integration. Such an understanding is critical as regional trading blocs spread and resistance to these trends becomes organized.