Chapter 09

Instructions

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Question 1

Historically, which one of the following has been the largest single item of European Union expenditure?

a) European Union administration

b) The Common Agricultural Policy

c) Structural and cohesion funds

d) European Union foreign policy

Question 2

Which one of the following accounts for the economic disadvantage experienced by Britain on its entry into the EEC in 1973?

a) Britain became subject to the provisions of the Social Chapter and labour costs increased

b) Sterling no longer floated on international exchanges but was tied to other European currencies

c) Importing food from the Commonwealth became more costly

d) Large numbers of British businesses relocated elsewhere in Europe

Question 3

Which one of the following is employed in calculating national contributions to the EU budget?

a) The number of votes a nation has in the Council of Ministers

b) European Union membership fees, calculated on a population basis

c) A proportion of VAT

d) Receipts from 'duty-free' shopping

Question 4

What was the rebate which was secured by Margaret Thatcher on Britain's national contribution to the European budget?

a) 66% of the difference between Britain's VAT contributions to the budget and its receipts

b) The equivalent of 10% of Britain's receipts from corporation tax

c) A sum equivalent to 1% of the European Union's total budget

d) 25% of French receipts from the Common Agricultural Policy

Question 5

The Single European Act was passed by Parliament in which year?

a) 1984

b) 1986

c) 1988

d) 1990

Question 6

In her 1988 speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Margaret Thatcher put forward which one of the following arguments?

a) Britain should withdraw from the European Community

b) A re-negotiation of Britain's terms of membership should take place

c) European integration threatened to undermine the Conservative government's domestic achievements

d) Britain should repatriate European powers over policies such as agriculture and fisheries to the national level

Question 7

Which of the following did John Major secure during the negotiations on the Maastricht Treaty?

a) Opt-outs from the Single European Market and the Social Chapter

b) Opt-outs from the Social Chapter and the Single Currency

c) Opt-outs from the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Single Currency

d) Opt-outs from the Single European Market and the Common Foreign and Security Policy

Question 8

When did Britain leave the ERM?

a) 1 April 1989

b) 27 November 1990

c) 16 September 1992

d) 4 July 1995

Question 9

Which one of the following statements best describes the Labour Party's policy on the Euro?

a) Britain should never join the Euro

b) Britain should renegotiate the basis upon which the Euro operates and if successful join

c) Britain should join the Euro once conditions are right for British entry

d) Britain should join the Euro once conditions are right for British entry and the British people approve entry via a referendum

Question 10

When did the Euro come into circulation?

a) 1989

b) 1996

c) 2002

d) 2004

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