Chapter 13

Instructions

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Question 1

True or false: By the 1992 deadline, very few of the measures to complete the single market had been undertaken.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

What further elements of integration did Delors feel the 1992 programme led to?

a) Monetary union

b) Social policy

c) Both

d) Neither

Question 3

Why was a Social Protocol annexed to the TEU?

a) Several member states opposed its introduction in the treaty

b) Britain opposed a Social Charter in the treaty

c) Member states felt that an annexed protocol would have more impact than one included in the treaty

d) All member states wanted social policy to balance the market liberal policies of the EU

Question 4

What were the recommendations of the 1989 Delors report?

a) Removal of remaining barriers to completion of the single market

b) Introduction of a comprehensive Social Charter attached to the treaty

c) A shift toward intergovernmental decision-making

d) Progress toward monetary union and a single currency

Question 5

Who famously described the TEU as a 'treaty too far'?

a) Jacques Delors

b) Helmut Kohl

c) François Mitterand

d) Margaret Thatcher

Question 6

What type of decision-making is the first pillar characterized by?

a) The community method

b) Flexible co-operation

c) Intergovernmental

d) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following policy and institutional reforms were not included in the Treaty on European Union?

a) Monetary Union

b) Extending the co-decision procedure in the European Parliament

c) The principle of subsidiarity

d) Electing judges of the European Court of Judges

Question 8

True or false: The Treaty of Maastricht represented a significant deepening of political integration.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

True or false: The ratification of the TEU was difficult in many member states, eliciting a public backlash.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

Which member states joined the EU in the 1995 EFTA enlargement?

a) Norway, Sweden and Finland

b) Sweden, Denmark and Austria

c) Sweden, Finland and Austria

d) Sweden, Norway and Switzerland

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