February 7th, 1992: The Maastricht Treaty is Signed, Establishing the European Union

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by hodgkinthepirate

44 comments

  3. Aint no way they read the terms and conditions before signing that

  4. The ultimate problem with this is that there is no way to expel members which don’t comply with key values. The EU is in danger to die due to this issue.

  5. “Whoops, sorry I made a typo, can I get a new copy to sign?”

  6. I always forget that the EU was formed so late, in my mind I associate it more with the treaty of Rome (EEC)

  9. We live in an age where people look at that and think it’s a lot to read, *for the establishment of a union of nations.*

    I mean, is it any wonder, that we have the sort of political and business leaders we have?

  11. This is roughly half the number of pages of Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix

  15. is it the largest book ever made? 😂

    BTW, it most surely contains every translation for every language of the then signatories States.

  17. So I’m older than internet and the EU… My grand kids will think that I came from the middle ages.

  18. I wonder how much trouble I would get in if I stole that pen?

  19. so i can say I’m as old as the European Union when someone asks my age. 😂

  20. For such a seemingly important document, that’s some extremely sloppy and bad bookbinding.

  22. All the great things that came with it and are now being taken for granted. The size of the book reflects only the base parts needed, to make so many nations not attack each other, cooperate vastly in matters not ever common before, free movement of people and goods, a common currency.

    So many outsiders never believed it would work and look at us go. Pissed of the Russian and the American enough to freak out since 2022.

  23. This is the pocket-size version, in case you were wondering.

  25. What’s on all the pages after the signatures?

  26. couldnt be r/europe without some racism against those of us who didnt vote for him

  27. My biggest fear, because I use a seal myself in personal correspondence, was to MESS UP the sealing and ruin the whole darn thing…

  29. Why doesn’t anyone read the terms and conditions? The terms and conditions

  30. The red chips mean those pages are triggered an extra time when played.

  32. And now other countries trying to form unions freaks them out 

  34. Well,happy birthday to the best alliance forever.EU!! 🇷🇴🤝🇪🇺❤️

  35. The best thing happened to Europe. I still don’t understand how that happened.

  36. I was nearby the place that day (not in the building itself, and certainly not at the table 😉 ).

  37. Imagine bringing that book out to be signed then realising you’ve lost your place.

  38. The left-hander: “Well fuck me in particular I guess!”

  39. “We will rerun your little referendums until you understand what is good for you”

  43. It took a while, because the signatories all insisted on reading what they were signing.

  44. reminds me on that case where trump in his first term signed a treaty in the wrong spot……

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