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All new EU Treaties must be approved by the European Parliament. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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2 | |
The Council of Ministers is directly elected by universal suffrage. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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3 | |
In 2003, the European Commission consisted of only one representative from each member state government. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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4 | |
The three most populous EU members are Germany, France and Britain. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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The European Commission has a monopoly on proposing EU legislation on almost all matters. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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6 | |
What are the 3 'pillars' of the European Union? |
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| | A) | Economics, security and justice. |
| | B) | Social, military and political. |
| | C) | Economics, military and justice. |
| | D) | Agricultural, security and political. |
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The big EU members (Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain) together with the Netherlands account for which share of the GDP of the whole EU25 (EU15 plus 10 candidate nations)? |
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| | A) | 10% |
| | B) | 95% |
| | C) | 80% |
| | D) | 50% |
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8 | |
The European Court of Justice can overrule all member states’ courts on which issues? |
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| | A) | On matters involving Treaty interpretations and disputes between member states on any topic. |
| | B) | On matters involving first pillar issues. |
| | C) | On matters involving second pillar issues. |
| | D) | On matters involving third pillar issues. |
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9 | |
The three main principles of EC law are: |
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| | A) | Subsidiarity, efficiency and legitimacy. |
| | B) | Autonomy, direct applicability and primacy. |
| | C) | Autonomy, efficiency and legitimacy. |
| | D) | Subsidiarity, direct applicability and primacy. |
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10 | |
The Members of the European Parliament are: |
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| | A) | all members of their own national parliaments. |
| | B) | under instruction of their own party from their home nation. |
| | C) | appointed by their national governments. |
| | D) | directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years. |
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The last three Presidents of the European Commission were (in order): |
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| | A) | Jacques Delors, Jacques Santer and Romano Prodi |
| | B) | Jean Monnet, Romano Prodi and Jacques Delors |
| | C) | Helmut Schmidt, Jacques Chirac and Jacques Delors |
| | D) | Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair and Gerhart Schroeder. |
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The two biggest items in the EU budget are: |
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| | A) | administration and research. |
| | B) | foreign policy and development assistance. |
| | C) | CAP and cohesion spending. |
| | D) | foreign policy and cohesion spending. |
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13 | |
The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund account for about ____ of the EU budget today. |
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| | A) | 30% |
| | B) | 25% |
| | C) | 10% |
| | D) | 15% |
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14 | |
The most populous of the 10 nations that will join the EU in 2004 is: |
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| | A) | Cyprus |
| | B) | Czech Republic |
| | C) | Hungary |
| | D) | Poland |
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Under the so-called co-decision procedure for EU law making, new laws are proposed by the ________ and must receive the approval of both the __________________ and the _____________. |
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| | A) | Council of Ministers, European Commission, European Parliament |
| | B) | European Commission, Council of Ministers, European Parliament |
| | C) | European Parliament, European Commission, Council of Ministers |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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The EU budget is financed by various sources. On average each member state contributes ___ of its GDP; this percentage _________ as the member state's per capita income changes. |
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| | A) | 2%, remains the same |
| | B) | 1.5%, increases |
| | C) | 1%, remains the same |
| | D) | 2%, increases |