Quiz: Widening the Union

Question 1

Which two EU states appointed unelected Prime Ministers for a period during the financial crisis?

Answer 1

Greece and Italy

Question 2

How has the Treaty of Amsterdam been characterised?

Answer 2

As a modest treaty

Question 3

The 2014-2020 budget represented a 3 per cent reduction on the previous multi-annual budget. What policy areas experienced a reduction in support?

Answer 3

Common Agricultural Policy

Question 4

In May 2010, the EU and which of the following organisations agreed financial assistance of 110 billion Euro over three years to support the struggling Greek economy?

Answer 4

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Question 5

The failure to ratify the Constitutional Treaty and the difficulties in ratifying the Lisbon Treaty suggest that the EU is subject to which of the following?

Answer 5

Constraining dissensus

Question 6

Which term best accounts for the causes of the economic difficulties in the EU after 2007?

Answer 6

Endogenous and exogenous

Question 7

What circumstances led to increased optimism regarding Turkey’s EU membership application?

Answer 7

A change in government in Germany, A stronger Turkish commitment to meeting the Copenhagen criteria, Improvement in Turkish-Greek relations

Question 8

True or False: The election of Francois Hollande in 2012 strengthened the Franco-German relationship.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The 1994 Essen European Council put which foreign policy areas on the agenda?

Answer 9

The Maghreb and Middle East

c. Central and Eastern Europe

Question 10

Which state began accession negotiations with the EU in 2014?

Answer 10

Serbia

Question 11

What were the recommendations of the 1989 Delors Report?

Answer 11

Progress toward monetary union and a single currency

Question 12

Who famously described the TEU as a “treaty too far”?

Answer 12

Margaret Thatcher

Question 13

What were the main findings of the 2004 Kok report on progress toward the Union’s Lisbon agenda goals?

Answer 13

The Union needed to improve its coordination and focus on key areas of growth and sustainability

Question 14

What issue was a sticking point during negotiations to prepare Europe for enlargement?

Answer 14

Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Question 15

What anti-EU party enjoyed significant electoral gains in the 2014 European Parliament elections in the UK?

Answer 15

UK Independence Party

Question 16

What impact did the 2003 war in Iraq have on European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)?

Answer 16

It created divisions among member states

Question 17

Which of the following policy and institutional reforms were not included in the Treaty on European Union?

Answer 17

Electing judges of the European Court of Judges

Question 18

True or false: The Treaty of Nice extended qualified majority voting.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false: The ratification of the TEU was difficult in many member states, eliciting a public backlash.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or false: After a long and difficult process of negotiation, the Constitutional Treaty failed because of the refusal of some member states to sign it.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Which of the following states received EU bail-outs?

Answer 21

Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus

Question 22

Which member states joined the EU in the 1995 EFTA enlargement?

Answer 22

Sweden, Finland and Austria

Question 23

What characterized the 2004 European Parliamentary elections?

Answer 23

None of the mentioned choices

Question 24

What was the Lisbon Strategy?

Answer 24

A programme on employment, economic growth and social cohesion

Question 25

What type of decision-making was the first pillar of the TEU characterized by?

Answer 25

The community method

Question 26

In what ways did plans for monetary union reflect German preferences?

Answer 26

The location of the central bank, The convergence criteria, The name of the currency
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Question 27

True or False: The Treaty on Stability Co-ordination and Governance (TSCG) is not EU law.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Europe 2020 is a successor to what?

Answer 28

Libson Strategy

Question 29

Which of the following member states held two referendums on the Lisbon Treaty?

Answer 29

Ireland

Question 30

After meeting in Laeken in December 2001, how did member states propose to deal with reform of the EU?

Answer 30

Create a constitutional convention to draft a treaty