Which of the following targets were specified in the 1991 Maastricht Treaty to create a convergence process to a common currency for the countries of the European Community?

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The Maastricht Treaty, which was signed in 1991 and came into effect in 1993, set out the criteria for European Union member states to join the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and adopt the common currency, which would later be the euro. The convergence criteria, also known as the Maastricht criteria, included several economic benchmarks that countries had to meet to ensure economic stability and alignment before they could adopt the euro. These criteria were:
A) An inflation rate of no more than 1.5 percentage points above the average of the three best-performing member states in terms of price stability.
B) A government budget deficit of less than 3% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
C) A government debt-to-GDP ratio of less than 60%.
In addition to these fiscal and monetary benchmarks, there were also criteria regarding exchange rate stability and long-term interest rates, which required that:
- A member state had to participate in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System (EMS) for two consecutive years without severe tensions and without devaluing its currency's bilateral central rate against the euro on its own initiative during that period.
- The nominal long-term interest rate must not be more than two percentage points above the average of the three best-performing member states in terms of price stability.
These criteria were designed to ensure that the economies of the member states were sufficiently converged to withstand the pressures of a single currency without significant economic disruption.

Which of the Following Targets Were Specified in the 1991