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European Integration (Fach) / Multiple choice FACTS, LAWS, INSTITUTIONS (Lektion)

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• 1. All new EU treaties must be ratified by each member state according to its own constitutional provisions. a. True b. False a. True
• 2. The European Commission now has one Commissioner from each member state. a. True b. False a. True
• 3. The European parliament meets in Strasbourg and Brussels. a. True b. False a. True
• 4. Members of the European Parliament are appointed by their national parliaments a. True b. False b. False
• 5. The Constitutional Treaty was ratified in 2007 a. True b. False b. False
• 6. What were the 3 pillars of the European Union? a. Economic, security and justice b. Social, military and political c. Economic, military and justice d. Agricultural, security and political a. Economic, security and justice
• 7. The just five EU members account for which share of the GDP of the whole EU 28 a. 10% b. 95% c. 80% c. 80%
• 8. The European Court of Justice can overrule all member states’ courts on which issues? a. On matters involving Treaty interpretations and disputes between member states on any topic. b. On matters involving first pillar issues c. On matters involving second pillar issues d. On matters involving third pillar issues. b. On matters involving first pillar issues
• 9. The three main principles of EC law are a. Subsidiarity, efficiency and legitimacy b. Autonomy, direct applicability and primacy c. Autonomy, efficiency and legitimacy. d. Subsidiarity, direct applicability and primacy. b. Autonomy, direct applicability and primacy
• 10. The members of the European Parliament are a. All members of their own national parliaments under instruction of their own party from their home nation. b. Appointed by their national governments c. Directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years. c. Directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years.
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• 10. The members of the European Parliament are a. All members of their own national parliaments under instruction of their own party from their home nation. b. Appointed by their national governments c. Directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years. c. Directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years.
• 11. Three presidents of the European Commission were a. Jacques Santer, Romano Prodi, Jose Manuel Barroso b. Jean Monnet, Romano Prodi and Jacques Delors c. Helmut Schmidt, Jacques Chirac and Jacques Delors a. Jacques Santer, Romano Prodi, Jose Manuel Barroso
• 12. The two biggest items in the EU budget are a. A. administration and research b. Foreign policy and development assistance c. CAP and cohesion spending d. Foreign policy and cohesion spending c. CAP and cohesion spending
• 13. The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund account for about ____ of the EU budget: a. 30% b. 15% c. 10% d. 5% a.30%
• 14. The least populous of the 10 nations that joined the EU in 2004 is a. Poland b. Hungary c. Romania d. Malta d. Malta
• 16. The President of the European Convention was a. Tony Blair b. Jacques Delors c. Jean Monnet d. Valerie Giscard D’Estaing d. Valerie Giscard D’Estaing
• 17. Supranationality arises in three main ways: a. The Commission can propose new laws, the Commission has direct executive authority in a number of areas, but the rulings of the European Court of Justice cannot alter laws, rules and practices in member states. b. The Commission can propose new laws, the Commission has direct executive authority in a number of areas and the rulings of the European Court of Justice can alter laws, rules and practices in member states. c. The Commission can propose new laws, the Council has direct executive authority in a number of areas and the rulings of the European Court of Justice an alter laws, rules and practices in member states. b. The Commission can propose new laws, the Commission has direct executive authority in a number of areas and the rulings of the European Court of Justice can alter laws, rules and practices in member states.
• 18. Sources of EU law a. Direct effect, primacy of EC law and autonomy of the EC legal system b. Indirect effect, primacy of EC law and autonomy of the EC legal system c. Direct effect, primacy of EC law and heteronomy of the EC legal system a. Direct effect, primacy of EC law and autonomy of the EC legal system 
• 19. The European Council comprises of the a. EU national leaders b. EU national heads of their parliaments c. EU national leaders and 3 representatives of each country a. EU national leaders
• 20. New laws need to be voted upon by the European Council before they can become effective a. True b. False b. False
• 21. The European Council meets once every month. a. True b. False b. False
• 15. The 10 members who joined in 2004 account for ______ percent of the GDP of the whole EU. a. 25% b. 35% c. 15% d. 5%. d. 5%
• 23. The European Council is now chaired by a president selected by the Council itself. The first president was a. Tony Blair b. Herman von Rompuy c. Douglas North b. Herman von Rompuy
• 24. The European Council is chaired in 2016 by a. Donald Tusk b. Winston Mac Sharry c. Dominique Strauss-Kahn a. Donald Tusk
• 25. Important decisions of the European Council are typically published in a document called “conclusions of the presidency” a. True b. False a. True
• 26. The so called Lisbon Treaty basically consists of more than one documents: a. It is two documents b. It is three documents c. It is five documents a. It is two documents
• 27. The Council of the EU has its headquarters in a. Brussels b. Geneva c. Nice a. Brussels
• 28. The Council of the EU is a. The key decision making body of the EU, together with the European Parliament b. The key decision making body of the EU, together with the European Commission. c. A consultative organization only, and lacks decision making power. a. The key decision making body of the EU, together with the European Parliament
• 30. Decision making at the Council of the EU a. Always requires unanimity b. Sometimes requires unanimity, but most often requires qualified majority c. Never requires unanimity, it is always based on qualified majority vote. b. Sometimes requires unanimity, but most often requires qualified majority
• 31. Qualified majority vote requires a. 33% of the votes b. 50% of the votes c. Neither a nor b is correct c. Neither a nor b is correct
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• 32. The current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is a. An Italian b. A German c. A French a. An Italian
• 33. Important documents of the EU are typically published in a. Three languages: German, French and English b. 5 languages: German, French, English, Polish, Spanish c. In about 10 languages d. In more than 15 languages. d. In more than 15 languages.
• 34. Majority voting in the Council of the European Union is based on two criteria a. Total population and no of countries b. GDP per capita and contribution to the EU budget c. Population and GDP per capita a. Total population and no of countries
• 35. The richest country in the EU in terms of per capita income is a. Germany b. Sweden c. Luxembourg c. Luxembourg
• 36. The largest country of the EU in terms of population is a. France b. UK c. Germany c. Germany
• 37. The largest country of the EU in terms of size of land is a. Spain b. France c. Norway b. France
• 38. The headquarters of the Court of Justice of the EU is in a. Luxembourg b. Potsdam c. Prague a. Luxembourg
• 39. The European Parliament as the supreme organization of the European Union can stop the European Court of Justice to rule on issues concerning the common market. a. True b. False b. False
• 40. The Court of Justice consist of a. One judge from each member state. b. Two judges from rich member states, and one judge from poor states c. One judge from 16 states, the remaining 12 states send in total 3 judges on a rotating basis. a. One judge from each member state.
• 41. Initiating legislative processes is almost exclusively in the hands of a. The European Commission b. The European Parliament c. The European Law Institute a. The European Commission
• 42. While national parliaments typically have many committees which prepare decisions, the European Parliament is known for not having such committees and rather having all debates in the plenary. a. True b. False b. False
• 43. The European Parliament exercises democratic supervision over the European Commission a. True b. False a.  True
• 44. The first president of the European Parliament was a. Robert Schuman b. Lord Plumb c. Georgio De Inlivo a. Robert Schuman
• 45. The first direct election for the European Parliament was held in 1979. However, the first European Parliament with 142 members delegated by their national parliaments was created in 1957/1958 a. True b. False a. True
• 46. The President of the European Commission is a. Jean-Claude Juncker b. Martin Schulz c. Rodrigo Gomez a. Jean-Claude Juncker
• 47. Participation in elections for the European Parliament has a. Increased over the years, showing a strong interest into the work of the EU b. Decreased over the years c. Stayed almost the same over the years since the very first elections. b. Decreased over the years
• 48. First elections for the European Parliament were in a. 1979 b. 1999 c. 2001 a. 1979
• 49. Elections for the European Parliament are a. Every five years b. Every six years c. Every seven years a. Every five years
• 50. The size of the EU budget is about a. 1 percent of the EU’s GDP b. 3 percent of the EU’s GDP c. 5 percent of the EU’s GDP a. 1 percent of the EU’s GDP
• 51. The two main budget items of the EU budget are a. Cohesion and agriculture b. Cohesion and administration c. Administration and foreign affairs d. Foreign affairs and development assistance a. Cohesion and agriculture

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