In the run-up to the Intergovernmental Conference of the Member States of the EU in 1996, criticism of the convergence criteria laid down in the Maastricht Treaty selection and the scope left for interpretation is becoming ever vociferous. Will the shortcomings be rectified if, as demanded by...

The pattern of migration into the EU and within the EU has changed greatly in recent years. Does this make it necessary to introduce a common European migration policy? How is the planned eastern enlargement of the EU to be seen against this background?

One of the most important results of the Paris Summit of the nine EEC-members was the decision taken to establish a European Monetary Union until April 1, 1973. Will the Economic Union be now approached more rapidly than in the past?