Chapter 19

Instructions

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Question 1

True or false: Commissioners represent each member state's interests.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

How long is the Commission's term of office?

a) Six months

b) Two years

c) Four years

d) Five years

Question 3

According to intergovernmentalists, why do member states delegate policy-making to the Commission?

a) It allows the member states to make use of the Commission's technical expertise

b) It reduces the cost of coordination

c) It can do so without surrendering control over the broader direction of policy

d) All of the above

Question 4

True or false: The Commission has sole right of initiative in Community legislation.

a) True

b) False

Question 5

In which of the following policy areas does the Commission exercise sole implementation power?

a) Competition policy

b) Environmental policy

c) Structural funds

d) Social policy

Question 6

True or false: Academics have often observed that the European Commission has a bias in favour of policy execution, rather than policy formulation.

a) True

b) False

Question 7

How is the 'civil service' of the Commission structured?

a) It is organized by policy area into cabinets

b) It is organized by policy area into directorates-general

c) It is organized by country into national working groups

d) It is divided into councils staffed by member state and commission representatives

Question 8

True or false: One of the reasons why the Commission is so influential is because it can control the policy agenda.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

How does the Commission's resource of technical expertise affect its ability to provide policy leadership?

a) It helps the Commission convince member states to support its proposals

b) The Commission's technical expertise has very little influence over its policy leadership

c) It limits the Commission's activity to highly technical areas

d) It makes governments less willing to trust the Commission

Question 10

Why has policy implementation become more difficult over time for the Commission?

a) The range of EC legislation is much greater than in the past

b) Policy responsibility is increasingly shared across different agencies and levels of government

c) The capacities of the member states to implement policy varies across the EU

d) All of the above

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Chapter 19

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