An agreement signed in 1991 by the 12 member nations of the the European Community, that set the timetable and criteria for Economic and Monetary Union within the bloc.

1991年由当时欧洲共同体12个成员国签署的协议。该协议确定这个集团加入欧洲经济货币联盟的时间表和标准。

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The new measures mean that Cyprus is the first eurozone nation to impose capital controls - the absence of which is a fundamental reason behind the monetary union of the 17 members of the euro bloc - since the debt crisis began.

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Monetary turmoil in Europe had brought the collapse of its gold bloc.

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The leaders also asked the International Monetary Fund to speed up changes in its governance to better represent the developing world as a voting bloc.

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