The European Union

Question 1

27 members

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 and Sweden.

Question 2

languages

Answer 2

• 23 official languages
• 3 working languages: English, French, German

Question 3

population

Answer 3

447 million

Question 4

surface area

Answer 4

4 233 000 km2

Question 5

capital

Answer 5

Brussels, Belgium

Question 6

founding member states

Answer 6

Belgium, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands and Germany

Question 7

founding treaty

Answer 7

Treaty on European Union
- Maastricht treaty
- signed 1992

Question 8

constitutional treaty

Answer 8

treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, signed 2004

Question 9

reform treaty

Answer 9

Treaty of Lisbon
- signed in 2007
- to amend the Maastricht Treaty

Question 10

currency

Answer 10

• euro
• adopted in 1999
• introduced in 2002

Question 11

1951

Answer 11

• European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
• Treaty of Paris: 6 members

Question 12

1957

Answer 12

• European Commercial Community (ECC)
• Treaty of Rome (6 members)

Question 13

1973

Answer 13

• Enlargement to UK, IR, DEN

Question 14

1979

Answer 14

First European Parliament election

Question 15

1981

Answer 15

Enlargement to Greece

Question 16

1986

Answer 16

Enlargement to Spain and Portugal

Question 17

1992

Answer 17

Maastricht Treaty: 12 members

Question 18

1994

Answer 18

Adoption of Euro

Question 19

2002

Answer 19

• official introduction of the Euro
• foundation of the EMU (Economic and Monetary Eurozone with 19 members in 2019)

Question 20

2004

Answer 20

Enlargement to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus

Question 21

2007

Answer 21

enlargement to Bulgaria and Romania

Question 22

2008

Answer 22

financial crisis

Question 23

2013

Answer 23

enlargement to Croatia

Question 24

2016

Answer 24

Brexit referendum

Question 25

2020

Answer 25

Brexit exit date

Question 26

european parliament

Answer 26

• EP
• 705 members
• based in Strasbourg
• sessions in Brussels too

Question 27

European Council

Answer 27

• ECo
• heads of state and governments of the EU countries

Question 28

council of the european union

Answer 28

ministers of the EU countries

Question 29

European Commission

Answer 29

• EC
• 27 commissioners
• based in Brussels

Question 30

European Central Bank

Answer 30

• EBC
• based in Frankfurt