It is a great pleasure and honour for me to take this opportunity to speak again in the framework of the European Community Institute of Marmara University. I would like to speak on the new developments in the European Community implementation of the Maastricht Treaty and its consequences in the short and medium terms with respect to future enlargements of the Community, including Turkish application.The Maastricht Treaty has been in force for less than five months only and until now, the changes it introduced are not very significant, except perhaps in the wording. Its implementation will be a slow process and in some cases, ijs real impact will appear only through the practice. I shall try today to select some of the main points, in order to evaluate their possible consequences on the present Community and later, on the prospects for its enlargement including the specific problem of Turkey

It is a great pleasure and honour for me to take this opportunity to speak again in the framework of the European Community Institute of Marmara University. I would like to speak on the new developments in the European Community implementation of the Maastricht Treaty and its consequences in the short and medium terms with respect to future enlargements of the Community, including Turkish application.The Maastricht Treaty has been in force for less than five months only and until now, the changes it introduced are not very significant, except perhaps in the wording. Its implementation will be a slow process and in some cases, ijs real impact will appear only through the practice. I shall try today to select some of the main points, in order to evaluate their possible consequences on the present Community and later, on the prospects for its enlargement including the specific problem of Turkey