Chapter 23

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

True or false: By the end of the 1990s, most lobbyists had stopped lobbying national governments and shifted their efforts to the European level.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

Why do European policymakers involve interest groups?

a) Because the 'social partners' can veto legislation

b) Because interest groups fund European political parties

c) Because it gives European institutions access to the groups' expertise

d) None of the above

Question 3

True or false: The European Roundtable of Industrialists has not been very influential in European policy-making.

a) True

b) False

Question 4

What is neo-corporatism?

a) The structured inclusion of business and labour interests in the policy process

b) An open process of interest representation characterized by multiple and competing interests

c) The interest representation of business groups

d) None of the above

Question 5

When Jacques Delors become President of the Commission, what role did he want social interest groups (such as trade unions) to play?

a) He wanted them to have no formal role because he feared it would disrupt progress on the single market

b) He wanted trade unions and employers to launch a social dialogue

c) He wanted trade unions to be given greater influence in policy making than their business counterparts

d) He did not propose any changes in the role of social interest groups because it was a low priority for him

Question 6

True or false: The expert knowledge of interest groups helps the Commission produce better legislation.

a) True

b) False

Question 7

True or false: Interest groups have greater incentive and opportunity to lobby the Council of Ministers than the Commission.

a) True

b) False

Question 8

True or false: The extension of qualified majority voting has made lobbying national governments more important than ever.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

True or false: The European Parliament is highly receptive to lobbying by European interest associations.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

How did 1996 legislation affect lobbying activity directed at the European Parliament?

a) It banned direct contact between interest groups and MEPs

b) It created working groups of lobbyists and MEPs

c) It introduced the accreditation of lobbyists

d) None of the above

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Chapter 23

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