european untion

Question 1

members of the EU 28

Answer 1

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus,Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Question 2

Created in

Answer 2

1958…. from ESCE… 500 million people today

Question 3

eu =

Answer 3

ec

Question 4

discourages this decisionmaking

Answer 4

unilateral

Question 5

over 50% of domestic legislation

Answer 5

originates in EU

Question 6

policy challenges

Answer 6

unemployment, TTIP w/ US, Russia/Ukraine energy dependence, energy/climate change issues, Syrian crisis and refugees, enlargement- turkey, Serbia?…. scotland and catalonia independence, greece, nationality/identity, avoiding gridlock

Question 7

why it was created

Answer 7

german question… integration is the answer, competition between USA and Japan, transnational problems

Question 8

ecsc

Answer 8

6 european nations (germany inquisitor, france repeter) (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg)

Question 9

Schuman plan

Answer 9

9 May 1950….steel and coal, supranational economic community, forms ECSC

Question 10

Marshall Plan

Answer 10

assists in integration, channeled money to revamp economy in europe post wwII

Question 11

Bretton Woods

Answer 11

solved international money issues, NATO helps keep Europe safe

Question 12

1955

Answer 12

ECSC turns into EC with Treaty of Rome, needed a common market (free movement of goods and services)

Question 13

1973

Answer 13

UK joins

Question 14

1972

Answer 14

Norway joins, citizens reject it in referendum

Question 15

1981

Answer 15

Greece joins

Question 16

1986

Answer 16

Portugal and Spain join

Question 17

1995

Answer 17

Austria, Sweden, finland join Norway refuses

Question 18

2004

Answer 18

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia join

Question 19

2007

Answer 19

Bulgaria and ROmania join

Question 20

2013

Answer 20

Croatia joins

Question 21

Future joiners

Answer 21

Iceland, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina, Turkey etc

Question 22

1985 Single European Act

Answer 22

unanimous to qualified majority, except major votes- no single government can veto legislation, Brussels and supranational have more power than states in environmental protection, economic imperatives for global competition ( minimizes NTBs)-non tariff barriers- anti-trust policy and less protectionism

Question 23

Maastricht Treaty- 1991 (really 1993)

Answer 23

changed EC to EU, creates European Central Bank and the euro, denmark, Sweden and UK not included in this

Question 24

European Council

Answer 24

most important body in direction of policy, composed of National Leaders, sets out guidelines, strategy for action. important decisions unanimous, otherwise qualified majority.

Question 25

European Commission

Answer 25

craft legislation, implement policy, responsible for day-to-day operations. members appointed by head of member state and can act independently… ONLY IT CAN PROPOSE LEGISLATION

Question 26

European PArliament

Answer 26

council of ministers and this vote on legislation form commission and can ask commission to draft legislation, stop it, as well as amend it. chosen by EU citizens (high turnover rate, low voting rate by people)

Question 27

council of ministers

Answer 27

adopts legislation with parliament, made of ministerial heads (or delegates) of each nation, reps of rulers in nations. makes sure national governments are involved

Question 28

single currency and ECB

Answer 28

ECB 1999, euro-2002, wants price stability, defecits of joiners must be lower than 3.5% highly independent

Question 29

eurozone

Answer 29

19 nations

Question 30

eurozone wannabes

Answer 30

Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia. (NOT UK DENMARK, SWEDEN)

Question 31

PARTIES

Answer 31

ideology, not nationality. small parties do well, 164 parties. (member nations choose commission and council of ministers, not parties)

Question 32

LObbying

Answer 32

parliament for amendments, commission officials for legislation (certain ones), mostly businesses, not corporatist

Question 33

public opinion

Answer 33

parliament, referendums (council of ministers is shrouded in secrecy) has to be multilateral, so how democratic can it be? (inefficient) Scapegoating is common

Question 34

support (lack thereof)

Answer 34

media is national not international, people like EU less than they like the euro, original 6 have higher support as do certain newcomers. socioeconomic status!!!

Question 35

budget

Answer 35

contributions from members (0.7% of GDP), import duties (from outside EU) fines, value added taxes, taxes from employees- mostly from Germany, but this helps fund smaller countries.

Question 36

cohesion policy

Answer 36

finance developing areas to bridge the gap