Chapter 19

Instructions

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Question 1

Which one of the following statements about the Trevi group is wrong?

a) It is the main forum for the discussion of JHA issues.

b) It is a loose network dealing with cross-border terrorism through closer cooperation.

c) There are several other groups such as the Judicial Cooperation Group, the Customs Mutual Assistance Group, and the Ad Hoc Groups on Immigration and Organized Crime.

d) There are four policy clusters: immigration and asylum policy, and police and judicial cooperation.

Question 2

Which one of the following correctly describes the objective of the Schengen Agreement?

a) To improve decision-making procedures within the EU

b) To export domestic policies to the EU

c) To develop common policies which would apply to the Community's external borders (e.g. visa policy) and eventually to remove the EC's internal borders

d) To revitalize European integration

Question 3

Which European country has not signed the Schengen Agreement?

a) Iceland

b) Norway

c) Republic of Ireland

d) Austria

Question 4

Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a) Before the Maastricht Treaty, member states cooperated at the intergovernmental level in various sectors relating to free movement and personal security as well as in customs co-operation (GAM) and judicial policy.

b) The Justice and Home Affairs pillar was created by the Treaty of Amsterdam.

c) The Treaty of Amsterdam transferred the areas of illegal immigration, visas, asylum, and judicial co-operation to the first pillar.

d) Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters is the third pillar of the EU, focusing on cooperation in law enforcement and combating racism.

Question 5

Five years after the Council meeting in Tampere, the European Council adopted the new multi-annual programme to be known as the Hague Programme. Which one of the following is not an objective of the Hague Programme?

a) To improve the common capability of the Union and its member states to guarantee fundamental rights

b) To provide protection in accordance with the Geneva Convention on refugees

c) To fight organized cross-border crime and repress the threat of terrorism

d) To regulate migration flows and to control the internal borders of the Union

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Chapter 19

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