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Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons on the outcome of the Strasbourg European Council (12 December 1989)
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Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons on the outcome of the Strasbourg European Council (12 December 1989)

On 12 December 1989, the British Parliament debates the decisions adopted at the end of the Strasbourg European Council, held on 8 and 9 December, regarding the implementation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and questions the United Kingdom's participation in the European Monetary System (EMS).

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Title Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons on the outcome of the Strasbourg European Council (12 December 1989)
Document type Text
Source House of Commons Debates: European Council (Strasbourg), Tuesday 12 December 1989. Hansard Volume 163, 4th December 1989 - 15th December 1989. [ON-LINE]. [London]: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [06.09.2005]. Available on http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-12/Debate-1.html.
Keywords Delors Plan, Economic and Monetary Union
Copyright Crown copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Queen's Printer for Scotland
Caption On 12 December 1989, the British Parliament debates the decisions adopted at the end of the Strasbourg European Council, held on 8 and 9 December, regarding the implementation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and questions the United Kingdom's participation in the European Monetary System (EMS).
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> Towards Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) >> The first stage of Economic and Monetary Union
Document extract Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons on the outcome of the Strasbourg European Council (12 December 1989) European Council (Strasbourg) 3.31 pm The Prime Minister (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher) : With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the European Council in Strasbourg on 8 and 9 December which I attended together with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. […] The second main item was progress with economic and monetary union. The Council welcomed the fact that the necessary decisions have now been taken to enable the first stage of closer economic and monetary co-operation in Europe to start on 1 July next year. That is something which Britain very strongly supports. President Mitterrand also noted that the necessary majority existed to convene an intergovernmental conference before the end of next year to discuss further steps towards economic and monetary union. The conference will set its own agenda and the timetable for its proceedings. No time limit is set for its work. It will have before it not just the Delors report, but the British paper setting out an evolutionary approach to economic and monetary union, and perhaps other contributions. Meanwhile, discussion of all these m (...) Read more in ENA
See also The first stage of Economic and Monetary Union
The intergovernmental negotiations
Towards Economic and Monetary Union
The Delors Report
List of members of the Delors Committee
‘Nigel Lawson's speech — (1) Foot on the brakes' from Europe (31 January 1989)
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