PART II EU

Question 1

• is a non-profitmaking provider of loans (at subsidised rates) to promote the economic development of the Community;

Answer 1

the European Investment Bank

Question 2

• is an advisory body drawn from three groups: employers, trade unions and the ‘general interest’;

Answer 2

the Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC)

Question 3

• which ensures the legality and sound financial management of the Community budget.

Answer 3

Court of Auditors

Question 4

consists of national delegations of ambassadors and civil servants and prepares the work of the Council of Ministers.

Answer 4

Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER),

Question 5

They divide the agenda of the Council to low level or high level issues.

Answer 5

COREPER

Question 6

Referendum
People voted against its accession to the community

Answer 6

Norway

Question 7

became members in 1973

Answer 7

Ireland, UK, Denmark

Question 8

left in 1982 – unsatisfied with CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)

Answer 8

UK

Question 9

became a member in 1982

Answer 9

GREECE

Question 10

THIS POLICY AIMS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURE

1960s- FREE MARKET (import vs. self-sufficiency)

Answer 10

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Question 11

SUPPORT THE MARKET
SUPPORT RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Answer 11

CAP

Question 12

FIXED EXCHANGE RATE
GOLD EXCHANGE STANDARD
CURRENCIES WERE PEGGED TO THE US DOLLAR AND THE US DOLLAR WAS PEGGED TO THE GOLD STANDARD

Answer 12

1944: BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM

Question 13

Replaced dollar as the basis of the system
No bank notes are issued

Answer 13

VIRTUAL CURRENCY

Question 14

The currency of the member states are now pegged to one another (European Community

Answer 14

SNAKE CURRRENCY

Question 15

Failure of the snake currency
Volatile internal market
Paved way to the creation of the European System Union

Answer 15

OPEC CRISIS

Question 16

creation of the European Union

Answer 16

Maastricht Treaty –

Question 17

SCHENGEN AGREEMENT (1995)
SCHENGEN, LUXEMBOURG
FREE MOVEMENT
ABOLISH BORDER CONTROL

Answer 17

SCHENGEN AREA

Question 18

Revised the Treaty of Rome and widened European integration
Amended some of the powers of the institutions of the European Economic Community
Political Cooperation (foreign policy, environment policy, social policy, R&D)

Answer 18

SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT (1986)

Question 19

Eliminate customs/tariffs
Promote free movements of goods, people, capital, and services
Maritime and air transport

Answer 19

SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT (1986)

Question 20

PROCESS OF EU MEMBERSHIP?

Answer 20

1. CANDIDACY
2. MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS
3. ACCESSION

Question 21

WHAT IS THE FIRST PILLAR OF EU?

Answer 21

THE COMMUNITY

Question 22

WHAT IS THE SECOND PILLAR OF EU?

Answer 22

THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Question 23

WHAT IS THE 3RD PILLAR OF EU?

Answer 23

THE JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Question 24

MERGER OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC), EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY (ECSC), AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM)

Concerned with industrial policy, Schengen policies, social policies, environmental law, research, consumer protection

Answer 24

THE COMMUNITY

Question 25

COORDINATE DIPLOMATIC POLICIES, FOREIGN POLICIES, SECURITY POLICIES

Concerned with human rights, peacekeeping, foreign aid

Answer 25

THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Question 26

FREEDOM, SECURITY, JUSTICE

Concerned with combating terrorism, border control, regulating free movement, migration, organized crime, trafficking

Answer 26

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Question 27

EU PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT

Answer 27

ROBERTA METSOLA

Question 28

EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Answer 28

CHARLES MICHEL

Question 29

EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT

Answer 29

URSULA VON DER LEYEN

Question 30

4 CHALLENGES OF EU

Answer 30

EU DEBT CRISIS

MIGRATION CRISIS

TURKEY’S ACCESSION

BREXIT