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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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.

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