"The Shaping of the Framework for a Single Currency in the Course of the EMU Negotiations"

Thiel, Elke. (1995) "The Shaping of the Framework for a Single Currency in the Course of the EMU Negotiations". In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1995 (4th), May 11-14, 1995, pages 16, Charleston, South Carolina.

Abstract

[From the introduction]. Based on a comprehensive study on the EMU negotiations in the course of the intergovernmental conference and its preparatory work (1), this paper will analyse the creation of the EMU framework with respect to its main ingredients, namely, (1) the European System of Central Banks, (2) the formulation of rules for a fiscal policy and (3) the procedures for implementing the EMU. This issue-related analysis will be combined with an analysis of the process itself, involving (1) the initial phase from 1987, when the idea was launched, up to the conclusion of the European summit in Strasbourg in Dezember 1989 to convene the intergovernmental conference, (2) the conference preparations in 1990, and (3) the final negotiations of the intergovernmental conference itself.