The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a> is signed, leading to the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup about="#mwt124" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_7#cite_note-22" id="mwARo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARs">[22]</span></a></sup>
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