Multiple Choice Flashcards
The Philosophical School of Athens which established the principles of our Western
civilization was founded by…
Plato
The foundations of the governance systems of the Western world were developed in…
Rome
The “Pater Europae” establishing dominance of Christianity in Europe was…
Karl der Große
The largest empire in human history was founded by…
England
The key invention leading to the “First Industrial Revolution” was…
The steam engine
WTO agreement of 1995…
Generated a global market for goods and services.
WTO agreement of 1995 covers __% of the global population.
95
The World Wide Web was invented at the…
CERN in Geneva
About __% of the global population use the internet now.
70
About __% of the global population use the smart phone now.
60
The decision to allow a new country to join the EU must be taken ___ by the existing member states meeting in the Council.
Unanimously
In respect to its structure the European Union is…
A unique construction where Member States pool their sovereignty in areas of common interest.
The Member State with the largest population in the EU is…
Germany
The largest Member State by area in the EU is…
France
The President of the European Commission is…
Ursula von der Leyen
The President of the European Council is…
Antonio Costa
The High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy is…
Kaja Kallas
European Summits are chaired by…
President of the European Council
The Council Presidency is executed by…
A Member State on a half-year rotational basis.
A “qualified majority” in decisions of the Council of Ministers is reached when __% of the Member State votes are for the proposal.
55
The European Parliament has __ members.
720
The number of seats assigned to a country in the European Parliament is roughly
proportional to its…
Number of population.
Members of the European Parliament are elected for a period of __ years.
5
Members of the European Commission are appointed for a period of __ years.
5
Members of the European Commission have to be approved by…
The European Parliament
A special privilege of the Commission is…
The right of initiative in the law making process.
In the law making process of the EU the European Commission…
Makes proposals for legislation.
In the Community Law making process the co-decision is made by…
The Council of the European Union and Parliament
The supreme decision making body in matters of foreign and security policy is…
The European Council
The European Court of Auditors…
Controls the execution of the EU budget.
The main task of OLAF is to…
To discover irregularities in the use of EU funds.
The Governing body of the ECB is composed of…
The Governors of the national banks of all Eurozone Member States.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is responsible for…
The monetary policy of the Eurozone.
The President of the ECB is…
Christine Lagarde
The primary objective of the ECB is to…
Maintain price stability within the Eurozone.
The right to issue EURO banknotes is reserved to…
The European Central Bank
The ECB sets the rate for interbank loans which directly influences…
The interest rates for deposits and credits in banks of the Eurozone.
The green house gas emissions of the EU are roughly __% of the global
emissions.
8
The European Defence Agency has as a major task to…
To enhance the European armaments cooperation.
The contribution of Austria to the EU budget is €__ billion per year.
3,8
The biggest net payer of the EU is…
Germany
The biggest net receiver of the EU is…
Poland
The GDP per capita of Bulgaria for 2021 is __% of the average of the EU.
50
The most important energy source in the EU is presently…
Oil
The share of wind energy in electricity production in the EU is __%
(2023).
19
The share of photovoltaics in electricity production in the EU is __%
(2023).
10
Agricultural productivity has dramatically gone up: While in the Sixties 40 % of the
population worked in farming it is now only __%
3
The first environmental policy of the European Community was launched in 1972 and
over the years 8 Environmental Action Programmes have been established and more
than __ pieces of important environmental legislation have been
produced.
300
A key element for intelligent transport management of the future is a high accuracy
satellite radio navigation system, called …
Galileo
The economy of the European Union combines the economies of 27 member states
and was generating an estimated nominal GDP for 2024 of US$___ billion.
18.000
The GDP per capita in the EU is roughly __% lower/higher
than in the USA.
50% lower
The spread in the living standard (expressed as ratio of GDP per capita) between the richest and the poorest Member State is roughly…
5:1
The share of industry in the GDP of the EU is __%.
25
The dollar is the major global reserve currency whose share is about __% of the global money volume available.
65
The Commission is answerable to…
The European Parliament
Speakers in the European Parliament are entitled to speak in any of the EU’s __ official languages.
24
To fund its policies, the European Union has an annual budget of € __ billion for the period 2021 – 2027.
150
The EU’s regional policy is based on transfers of funds from rich to poor countries/regions in an amount of ca __ billion annually.
30
Member states have so far been enthusiastic, moderately eager or very reluctant to develop social standards to be applied in the whole Union.
Very reluctant
The number of EU member states participating in the Schengen agreement is __ (year 2024)
23
Eurozone members have special obligations in respect to financial and economic
stability: its public debt must not exceed __% of GDP („Maastricht
Criteria“).
60
In the OMT-Programme the ECB…
(Outright Monetary Transactions)
Buys asset-backed securities (state bonds) of national banks to provide these with liquidity.
With a share of more than __ % of the global money volume available the Euro has become a global reserve currency.
20
The EU’s (27) exports amount each year to about ____ billion EUR (reference year 2023).
2.500
Community law is inferior, equal or superior to national law for areas covered by the Treaties.
Superior
The EU currently imports ca. __% of its primary energy.
50
Consumers spend about __% of their income for food now compared to
nearly 50 % in the Sixties.
10
The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is composed of the European Central
Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of __ European Union
(EU) Member States.
27
Military defence of EU member states is a core task of …
Each individual member state.
The major source for air pollution in the EU is now…
Road traffic
The emission reduction for road vehicles in the EU over the last 20 years is roughly __%.
95%
Biodiversity: Within the EU roughly __% of the mammal species are
endangered.
15
Natura 2000 refers to a network of protected sites in the EU to…
Maintain biodiversity
Since preindustrial times the concentrations of Green House Gases CO2, N2O and CH4 increased due to fossil fuel consumption, agriculture and land use changes from 280 to 508 ppm CO2eq causing an increase of the global mean temperature by ca __°C.
1,1
The EU Policy on Climate Change and Energy aims at limiting by 2100 the global warming by __ °C (compared to preindustrial times).
2
According to the EU Policy for Climate Change and Energy to achieve the 2°C
warming limit by 2100 the emissions of Green House Gas in the EU must be reduced
at least by __% till the year 2050.
80
The share of Green House Gas emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels and
biomass is ca __%.
80
The daily expenses of the EU for energy imports are ca. ___ million EUR.
1.000
The main task of the Joint Research Center of the EU is …
To provide scientific support for EU policy makers.
In the experimental fusion reactor ITER hydrogen isotopes react to produce a helium atom plus highly energetic ____ which can be used for production of thermal energy.
Neutrons
The Dublin Agreement on immigration foresees…
The responsibility for immigrants to seek asylum in the
first EU Member State they enter.
The total number of asylum applicants in EU 27 countries for the period 2013-2023 was __ million.
7
In the European Union free trade agreements are negotiated and concluded by…
The European Commission
The biggest trade deficit of the EU is with…
China
The biggest trade surplus of the EU is with…
USA
The total global GDP is roughly ___ billion US$
(2023).
100.000
Decisions in respect to the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU are made by…
The European Council alone.
Decisions in respect to the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU require
unanimity, a 2/3 majority or a qualified majority?
Unanimity
The speaker for the EU in international organizations is …
The High Representative
The main responsibility for the military defense of Europe rests with…
NATO
The budget of NATO amounts to __% of the global military expenses.
50
The development aid of the EU amounts to __% of the GDP.
0,4
The most successful product of technical military cooperation between the EU
member states is the…
Eurofighter
The energy consumption per capita in Africa is approximately __%
of that of the EU.
10
