Ireland's future in the european union

Diplomarbeit von Ralf Jagow

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables	II
	List of Abbreviations	III
	Glossary of Irish Terms	IV
1.	Introduction	1
1.1	A brief history	2
1.2	Ireland: Basic facts	5
1.2.1	Political system	6
1.2.2	The peace process in Northern Ireland	8
2.	From European Community accession to the Maastricht Treaty	9
2.1	Ireland in the European Community	10
2.1.1	Ireland's economic performance in the EC	11
2.1.2	The Irish benefits from the EC	12
2.2	The Maastricht Treaty	13
2.2.1	From World War II to the Single European Act	14
2.2.2	The Single European Act	15
2.2.3	From the SEA to the Maastricht Treaty	16
2.2.4	The content of the Maastricht Treaty	17
3.	Ireland and the Maastricht Treaty	19
3.1	The Maastricht Treaty and Irish neutrality	20
3.2	Ireland and Structural Funds	22
3.3	Community Support Framework 1994-1999	23
3.3.1	The four priorities of the 1994-1999 CSF	26
3.3.2	National Development Plan 1994-1999	29
3.4	Ireland's attitude towards EMU	30
3.5	Irish fiscal policy	32
3.5.1	The introduction of the single currency	34
3.5.2	Ireland and the single currency	36
3.6	The Irish economy	37
3.6.1	Economic performance in the mid-1990s	37
3.6.2	Challenges for the Irish economy	40
3.6.3	Impacts of the single currency	42
3.7	EMU and public opinion	43
3.8	Evaluation of the Maastricht Treaty	47
4.	Conclusion	49
	Bibliography	53
	Appendix	57

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