Chapter 01

Instructions

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Question 1

Which of the following is not an institution of the EU?

a) The European Commission

b) The Council of Europe

c) The European Parliament

d) The Court of Justice

Question 2

Which one of these statements is wrong?

a) To join the EU, states must be European, although there was no real definition of what European actually meant.

b) The conditions of membership of the EU became known as the Copenhagen Criteria.

c) 10 countries, some of which were states of the former Eastern bloc/Soviet Union, joined in May 2005.

d) The EU was set up as a consequence of the negative experiences of the founding member states during and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

Question 3

The institutional triangle indicates that policy emerges as a result of interaction between three institutions. Which of the following is not one of those institutions?

a) EU Council.

b) European Parliament.

c) European Commission.

d) Member states.

Question 4

Which legislative procedure is the main decision-making procedure for the European Community, and is based on the principle of parity, that is, that that no European decision can be taken without the agreement of both the EU Council and the European Parliament?

a) Qualified Majority Voting (QMV)

b) Co-decision procedure

c) Assent procedure

d) Consultation procedure

Question 5

Which one of the following is not a reason for setting up the European Union (Community)?

a) Founding member states of the EU had negative experiences during and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

b) The primary objective was to maintain peace in the European Continent.

c) European countries which experienced the Second World War intended to exclude Germany in moves to establish the European Community.

d) Even if the original objective of maintaining peace in Europe no longer seems relevant, the original economic ambitions of the Union are still valid, as growth and employment remain at the top of the EU's agenda.

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Chapter 01

Instructions

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5