Chapter 28

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

What are the structural funds?

a) The European Regional Development Fund

b) The European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund

c) The European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund

d) The European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund

Question 2

What effect did British entry of the EC have on the development of regional policy?

a) It helped make regional development policy a priority

b) It delayed agreement as the British feared it would make their level of EC contributions too high

c) It had little effect on the development of regional policy

d) Britain insisted that it would not accept regional policy unless there were a commitment to monetary union

Question 3

Which countries had a strong interest in establishing the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in 1974?

a) Germany

b) Italy

c) France

d) Spain

Question 4

Which countries were the net beneficiaries of regional policy when it was first established?

a) Britain, Germany and France

b) France, Ireland and Italy

c) Britain, Ireland and Italy

d) Ireland, Britain and France

Question 5

What is the principle of concentration?

a) Spending in regional policy is to be concentrated into a smaller number of programs

b) Spending in regional policy is to be concentrated into a three-year time frame

c) Spending in regional policy is to be concentrated on fewer member states

d) Spending in regional policy is to be concentrated on areas with the greatest need according to objective criteria

Question 6

What is the principle of additionality?

a) Member States must supplement regional fund assistance with national spending

b) Member States must commit to making additional contributions to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) year-on-year

c) Member States must develop additional regional development programs each year when they apply for ERDF funds

d) None of the above

Question 7

True or false: The European Commission monopolized implementation of regional policy after the 1988 policy reforms.

a) True

b) False

Question 8

What new measure was introduced in the Treaty of Maastricht, in response to Spanish concerns?

a) The doubling of the European Regional Development Funds

b) The European Social Fund

c) The Cohesion Fund

d) The principle of additionality

Question 9

True or false: The 1999 structural fund reforms reduced concentration.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

How did the EU plan to prepare regional policy for the impact of EU enlargement?

a) By shifting structural fund spending to the new member states

b) By abandoning the principle of additionality

c) By introducing funds to assist capacity-building

d) By abandoning its programming principles

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Chapter 28

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