European Integration Process

Question 1

What are the policy areas that EU (Euro-zone) law is above national law?

Answer 1

Foreign Trade with non meber countries (Custums Union)
Competition Rules
Monetary Polilcy

Question 2

What was the historical reason behind the formation of EU?

Answer 2

Post WWII many EU countries struggling. A lot of socialist ideas getting into the countries due to the post war hunger! EU countries united to do some trade liberalization and help eachother!

Question 3

Which level of economic integration did the Treaty of Rome created in the EU? What was the level that it wanted to create?

Answer 3

Custums Union (Abolished Tarrifs and quotas in the trade of goods between members + common foreign trade policy with non-members). Single Market.

Question 4

Who were the 6 founding countries of the EU?

Answer 4

Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands.

Question 5

What is the EEA? Which area of economic integration it has? What is the difference between EAA and ESM?

Answer 5

European Economic Area - European Single Market.
EAA is composed of EU contries and non EU countries.
ESM is only member countries. (Noreway and Iceland).

Question 6

European Single Market Act

Question 7

Who was Jaque Delors?

Answer 7

He used to be president of the European Comission in 84-94 and heas the one that pushed for the creation of the ESM

Question 8

What was the Maastrich Treaty? Which level of Economic Integration it achieved?

Answer 8

Known as the treaty of the European Union!

Monetary Union between member states.

Question 9

Which treaty stablished the main supranional institutions? Parliament, European Court of Justice and European Comission.

Answer 9

Treaty of Rome

Question 10

What was the Amsterdan Treaty? What was the goal? What were the conditions stabilhed by this treaty?

Answer 10

The goal was to maintain fiscal and monetary stabillity/discipline within countries about to join the Eurozone! (Monetary Union)

Included the Stabillity and Growth Pact and Excessive Deficit Procedure: (Proprosed by Germany).

1. Gov Deficit could not be > 3% of GDP
2. Gov Debt/GDP should not be > 60%
3. Countries should anually present stabillity programs to the Comissions and Council of the EU
4. Countries that breach it could be sanctioned!

Question 11

What was the Lisbon treaty?

Answer 11

Increased Lisbon Integration
- Boosted Power of the Parliment
Foreign Minister for the EU
- Long Term President for the European Council (5 years?)
- Include a Charter of EU citizen rights