1. Measures affecting sovereignty require a two-thirds majority in both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
2. As mentioned in Chapter 1, under the Maastricht Treaty the Council of Ministers was renamed the Council of the European Union as of November 1, 1993. To avoid confusion, the term Council of Ministers will be used throughout this book.
3. This draft paper was submitted for approval to the European Council at the December 1993 Summit in Brussels.
4. “Progress Towards Convergence,” European Monetary Institute (EMI), Frankfurt am Main, November 1995 and “Progress Towards Convergence 1996,” European Monetary Institute (EMI), Frankfurt am Main, November 1996.
5. “Brussels Says EU Must Act on Jobs of Risk Social Unrest.” Financial Times. November 16, 1993. p. 1.