Chapter 24

Instructions

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Question 1

Which of the following is an example of policy expansion due to spillover?

a) Member states demanding single market legislation in response to increased competition from Japan and the US

b) The creation of environmental regulations after acid rain caused environmental degradation

c) The need for competition policies to prevent monopolies in the single market

d) All of the above

Question 2

Who is behind demands for regulation at the European level?

a) The Commission

b) The member states

c) Interest groups

d) All of the above

Question 3

What characterizes the Open Method of Co-ordination?

a) Flexible and voluntary measures that member states take toward agreed objectives.

b) Integration by a small core of member states

c) The Commission sets targets that member states must meet by an agreed deadline

d) Harmonization of laws in a certain policy area

Question 4

True or false: The Treaty of Rome gave the Commission power to regulate mergers in Europe.

a) True

b) False

Question 5

True or false: In the Treaty of Rome, articles on social policy emphasized the creation of a level playing field for a single market.

a) True

b) False

Question 6

True or false: Integration in social policy proceeded quickly due to the pressures of 'spillover'.

a) True

b) False

Question 7

What was the Trevi group?

a) A group formed to informally co-operate on development of a European research policy

b) A group formed to informally coordinate a response to crime and terrorism

c) A group formed to draw up guidelines on the creation of a common transport policy

d) A group formed to co-operate on the development of employment policy

Question 8

True or false: Energy was one of the first sectors to liberalize after the launch of the single market program.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

What explains the development of research policy in the EU?

a) A clear and extensive role in research policy set out in the Treaty of Rome

b) An activist European Court of Justice

c) Early leadership from the Council of Ministers

d) Policy entrepreneurship by the Commission

Question 10

What explains integration in Police and Judicial Co-operation?

a) External events

b) Spillover

c) The success of informal co-operation

d) All of the above

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