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Question 1

Which two European Union member states rejected the Constitutional Treaty in 2005?

a) UK and the Netherlands

b) France and the Netherlands

c) Malta and Luxembourg

d) France and Malta

Question 2

The European Council set up the Convention on the Future of Europe in 2001. Where was this?

a) Lisbon

b) Brussels

c) Strasbourg

d) Laeken

Question 3

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union was formally adopted in what treaty?

a) The Nice Treaty

b) The Maastricht Treaty

c) The Amsterdam Treaty

d) The Constitutional Treaty

Question 4

When did the Constitutional Treaty turn into the Reform Treaty?

a) 2003

b) 2004

c) 2006

d) 2007

Question 5

What does separation of powers mean?

a) That part of the European Parliament is separated to Luxembourg.

b) That the Commission delegates actions to separate agencies.

c) That different governmental functions should be exercised by different institutions.

d) That the EU consists of separate Member States.

Question 6

When did the Santer Commission resign?

a) 1983

b) 1989

c) 1993

d) 1999

Question 7

Since when has the nominee for the Commission President's position had to be approved by the Parliament?

a) Since Maastricht 1992

b) Since Amsterdam 1999

c) Since Nice 2001

d) Since the Reform Treaty 2007

Question 8

When did the Parliament make clear that it would refuse to confirm the Commission unless Rocco Buttiglione was withdrawn from nomination.

a) 1979

b) 1989

c) 1999

d) 2004

Question 9

What is meant by democratic deficit?

a) That member states are undemocratic.

b) That the EU lacks sufficient democratic control.

c) That all European countries have not always been democracies.

d) That the EU is too bureaucratic and expensive.

Question 10

Constitutionalism:

a) Means that all democracies have a written Constitution.

b) Sets out that the President's word is the law.

c) Concerns respect for the rules and values in a Constitution.

d) Is a political movement arguing that the EU should have a Constitution.

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