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Signatories of Amsterdam Treaty - Source: European Commission Audiovisual Library (ref. P-001275/06-02)Enlargement towards the East plus several pending issues on the EU agenda prompted the negotiation of the Treaty of Amsterdam just four years after the conclusion of the Treaty of Maastricht. Negotiations, however, took place in a much less optimistic climate. The Treaty of Amsterdam opened the way towards reinforced or closer cooperation but it failed to resolve institutional issues created by the forthcoming enlargement. It was signed on 2 October 1997 and came into force on 1 May 1999.

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