28 - Europe, The Balkans And The End Of The Cold War Flashcards
What did issues on Europe focus on? What would be implicated?
Closer relations with member states
National sovereignty
What could’ve potentially been created with Europe? What did the Maastricht Treaty begin the process of?
United States of Europe
Closer European union
Who did the issue of Europe split from the Major years and beyond?
Conservative Party
When was the Maastricht Treaty created? Who supported it?
1992
Major
Why did many of Major’s supporters oppose the Maastricht Treaty? What facility did the treaty intend to create?
Loss of national sovereignty
European Central Bank
What 2 common policies were envisaged in the Maastricht Treaty?
Foreign policy
Defence policy
What did Eurosceptics become over the Maastricht Treaty? When did they vote against the Treaty’s implication in Government?
Euro rebels
July 1993
When were the Maastricht proposals forced through Parliament? What did the rebels call for on the proposals?
October 1993
A referendum
How did the government respond to referendum calls on Maastricht? What did Major call in 1995, due to his own incense?
They refused
Leadership election
Who won the 1995 Tory leadership election? What did he hope to reassert?
Major
His authority
How many people voted for John Redwood in the 1995 Tory leadership contest? How many people abstained?
89
22
What did Redwood’s popularity show doubts about? How did it impact Major’s authority?
Major’s leadership
It undermined his authority
Whose directives were ridiculed in the 1990s? What regulations are an example of this?
EU
Regulations on the curvature of bananas
Who didn’t support all EU developments? What clause did he negotiate?
Major
Opt-out clause
What Chapter did Major not opt-in to? What were 3 concepts of the Chapter?
Social Chapter
Workers’ rights protection
Good working conditions
Fair pay rates
