Chapter 15

Instructions

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Question 1

Which one of the following statements about European Political Cooperation (EPC) is wrong?

a) It is a product of the Luxembourg Report of 1970.

b) It was incorporated into the European Community by the SEA.

c) There was limited scope for continuity and long-term planning due to the weakness of the Council in the 1980s.

d) It represented a working model of intergovernmental cooperation without formal integration.

Question 2

The CFSP:

a) was first established following the Treaty of Amsterdam.

b) was formed as the second pillar of the EU.

c) was an example of supranational decision-making in the EU.

d) was the cooperation policy with NATO.

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the changes to the CFSP made following the Amsterdam Treaty?

a) The introduction of constructive abstention

b) The creation of the High Representative for CFSP

c) The introduction of unanimous voting in the CFSP's decision-making

d) The introduction of the 'Common Strategy'

Question 4

Which one of the following statements about institutional frameworks is wrong?

a) The Political and Security Committee (PSC) is chaired both by the High Representative and by the president of the Commission.

b) The Treaty of Nice empowers the Commission to bring the EU foreign and security policy closer to Brussels, but reaffirms the primacy of the member governments.

c) In the draft Constitution, ESDP and CFSP are brought even closer to Brussels within a new policy named the 'Common Security and Defence Policy'.

d) There were reforms of the CFSP budget in the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties.

Question 5

The global war on terror did not bring about in the EU:

a) a new domestic agenda in such areas as immigration and policing.

b) the identification of key threats to the EU, such as WMD, organized crime, etc.

c) an external agenda in relation, for example, to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

d) the construction of the ESDP.

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Chapter 15

Instructions

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5