Abstract
The Maastricht Bill's passage through Parliament was more acrimonious than that of any other recent piece of legislation. It was also the subject of a highly unusual challenge in the Courts. Long‐standing Conservative divisions over Europe were re‐opened. These, and its slender majority, undermined the government's control over Parliament and gave Opposition parties an unaccustomed influence. They also contributed to a dramatic erosion of the Prime Minister's authority and to doubts over his continuance as party leader. Ironically, completion of the legislation coincided with the virtual collapse of one of the Maastricht treaty's central and most controversial pillars.
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