Opponents of the treaty argue that monetary union will turn France into a vassal of Germany.

协定的反对者认为货币联盟会使法国沦为德国的附庸国。

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Yet by the time a 1991 European summit was held in the Dutch city of Maastricht, a plan for economic and monetary union (EMU) was written into a new EU treaty, to be ratified by member states later.

1991年欧洲峰会在荷兰的马斯特里赫特举行，同时实现经济和货币联盟的计划也被写入新的欧盟条约，但是稍后有待于成员国批准。

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Like the UK, it negotiated an opt-out under the treaty on monetary union.

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If the remaining four want to adopt the single currency at a later stage, they will have to meet certain requirements, the "Maastricht" criteria, named after the treaty that set out the timetable for monetary union.

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The findings of the legal opinion show that as the continuing state, the United Kingdom's (UK) membership of international organisations (including the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the G8 and G20) and treaties would be largely unaffected by Scottish independence.

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