Chapter 12

Instructions

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Question 1

What was the '1992 programme'?

a) Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

b) Completion of the single market

c) Bringing Europe closer to its citizens

d) A democratization programme

Question 2

Which institutional reforms were necessary to implement the single market programme?

a) Qualified majority voting in the Council

b) A directly elected European Parliament.

c) Creating a three pillar structure of the European Union.

d) All of the above

Question 3

True or false: The British government was opposed to the single market programme.

a) True

b) False

Question 4

True or false: Lord Cockfield's White Paper set a target date of 1992 for completion of the single market.

a) True

b) False

Question 5

Which of the following was an aim of the Single European Act?

a) To reduce the 'democratic deficit'

b) To merge Euratom and the EEC

c) To reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

d) To introduce institutional reforms to facilitate completion of the single market

Question 6

True or false: The SEA expanded the aims of integration far beyond those in the Treaty of Rome.

a) True

b) False

Question 7

True or false: While supportive of the SEA's policy objectives, the British were reluctant to support its institutional reforms

a) True

b) False

Question 8

What were the key institutional provisions of the SEA?

a) Qualified majority voting in the Council and increasing the powers of the European Parliament

b) Qualified majority voting in the Council and increasing the powers of the European Court of Justice

c) Introducing a national veto across a range of policies

d) None of the above

Question 9

Why did member states support the SEA?

a) It was seen as a way to revive economic growth

b) The deal on the SEA was made for the sake of European unity and co-operation

c) European voters demanded further integration

d) All of the above

Question 10

What hindered implementation of the SEA?

a) Lack of acceptance of the policy goal of a single market

b) Bureaucratic weakness

c) Demands for compensation for adjustment costs by new member states

d) Lack of clarity in the treaty

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Chapter 12

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