Integration

Question 1

Number of EU and non EU in the UK

Answer 1

Over the last five years, the rate of immigration from the EU has increased by 51%, while non-EU immigration has fallen 8%

Question 2

How many seats did UKIP win

Answer 2

UKIP won 24 seats despite being hostile to the EU, which reflects the public mood

Question 3

Representation of Eurosceptic parties

Answer 3

Eurosceptic parties across Europe boosted their representation, occupying about one-third of the total seats

Question 4

EU migrants and benefits

• Positive

Answer 4

EU migrants form less than 5% of total recipients of non-contributory benefits

Question 5

Arguments for Enlargement

• As foreign policy

Answer 5

Enlargement has been the EU’s most successful foreign policy

Question 6

Arguments for Enlargement

• peace and democracy

Answer 6

The lure of membership kept Central and Eastern Europe on the path of peace and democracy

Question 7

Against Enlargement

• Decision-making

Answer 7

Overload the system making ineffective decision-making

Question 8

Against Enlargement

• Romania and Bulgaria

Answer 8

Romania and Bulgaria do not meet EU standards on issues like corruption

Question 9

Arguments for Enlargement

• Stability

Answer 9

The enlargement policy can export stability, democracy and economic well-being into a potentially disruptive neighbourhood

Question 10

Negatives of immigration

• unemployment benefits

Answer 10

More than twice as many EU immigrants are claiming unemployment benefits

Question 11

Negatives of immigration

• Jobseekers’ Allowance

Answer 11

Almost 65,000 EU nationals are getting Jobseekers’ Allowance in the UK compared to around 30,000 Britons claiming unemployment benefits elsewhere in the EU

Question 12

Positives of immigration

• Public services

Answer 12

They added £4.96bn more in taxes in the years to 2011 than they took out in public service.

Question 13

Example of multi-speed Europe

Answer 13

The EU is already multi-speed because not all members are in the Eurozone and Schengen border-free zone.

Question 14

Types of supranationalism in Europe

• Closer understanding

Answer 14

Closer understanding and cooperation between the ‘peoples’ of Europe’

Question 15

Types of supranationalism in Europe

• Movement of transformation

Answer 15

A movement of transformation of governments from a plurality of national governments towards a supranational government

Question 16

UK on immigration policy

• case-by-case

Answer 16

The UK can choose, on a case-by-case basis, whether to participate in EU-wide rules on immigration , visa and asylum policies

Question 17

UK opt-out on immigration policy

Answer 17

The UK has an opt-out on the EU refugee emergency relocation scheme, which redistributes asylum seekers who have arrived in Greece and Italy

Question 18

Unemployment in Boston Lincolnshire

Answer 18

The local economy has been thoroughly transformed with unemployment well below the national average 4.4% of economically active people, as opposed 5.2% nationally.