Britain and the Maastricht Negotiations

by Anthony W. Forster

This book examines the British government's negotiation of the Treaty on European Union which took place between December 1990 and December 1991. On the basis of documentary and interview-based evidence from leading participants from Britain and Europe, it offers a unique insight into the objectives and motivations of the British government. It analyzes the various constraints and pressures that impinged on the British government and sets its successes and failures in the Maastricht negotiations in a broader context of British European policy.

211 pages, Hardcover

First published February 24, 1999

About the author

Professor Anthony William Forster, AcSS is a British political scientist and former British Army officer. He is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex and was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Durham University.