EU History

Question 1

What body oversaw the drafting of the European Convention of Human rights and the European court of Human rights?

Answer 1

The council of Europe (never part of the EC or EU)

Question 2

What two factors led the initial desire for greater economic integration?

Answer 2

• States fearful of Germany’s renewed rise

- Aid the continents reconstruction and developement

Question 3

What did the Paris treaty create and in what year?

Answer 3

The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951

Question 4

Why was the ECSC of benefit to the nations?

Answer 4

Some states had an abundance of coal and others an abundance of steel. Aimed at pooling resources.

Question 5

What theory tried to explain why states transferred sovereignty to a regional body?

Answer 5

Neo-functionalists

Question 6

What did neo-functionalists believe would happen once integration was underway?

Answer 6

That it was a self-reinforcing process that would broaden and deepen

Question 7

What is spillover?

Answer 7

Used by the neo-functionalists to explain that integration in one domain will lead to integration in others.

Question 8

When was the Rome Treaty and what communities did it establish?

Answer 8

1957

• EURATOM
• European Economic Community (EEC)

Together with ECSC formed the European Communities

Question 9

When were the 4 organs of Europe created?

Answer 9

At the Rome Treaty 1957

Question 10

What are the 4 organs of Europe?

Answer 10

European Commission
Council of Ministers
European Parliament
European Court of Justice

Question 11

What act created the internal market devoid of tariff barriers

Answer 11

Single European Act 1986

Aimed to create a single market by 1992
Took powers away from member states

Question 12

What did the Luxembourg Compromise do?

Answer 12

• Allowed France to return to the governing of Europe

- Gave member states a veto for proposals deemed incompatible with their national interest

Question 13

When was the Luxembourg compromise?

Answer 13

1966

Question 14

How could the EC be described?

Answer 14

Part IO and part superstate

Question 15

Which treaty created the four freedoms?

Answer 15

The Maastricht Treaty 1992

Question 16

What were the three pillars of the Maastricht treaty? Later removed by the treaty of Lisbon

Answer 16

1. European Communities
2. Common foreign and security policy
3. Justice and home affairs

Question 17

What was the outcome of the attempt to constitutionalise the EU?

Answer 17

It was one of the most ambitious but disastrous undertakings of the EU

Question 18

What was the EU constitution designed to do?

Answer 18

Streamline decision making

Create the position of an EU foreign minister

Question 19

What treaty greatly increased the power of the European Parliament?

Answer 19

The Treaty of Lisbon

Question 20

What areas does the EU now have almost control?

Answer 20

External trade
Competition policy
Commercial policy
Agriculture and fisheries