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Chapter 19 Multiple choice questions
The Single Market
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True or false: Neo-functionalism is usually considered to provide the best explanation for the initial decision to establish a common market.
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Why did the Council of Ministers agree to an accelerated timetable for completion of the common market in 1960?
The removal of internal barriers to trade was popular with voters
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It was made a condition of creating the Common Agricultural Policy, which member states wanted
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The German government finally dropped its opposition
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European industrial interests were strongly in favour of it
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Which of the following is an example of a non-tariff barrier to trade?
A quota on the amount of goods that can enter a country
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National product safety standards
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A tax levied on imported goods
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All of the above
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What measure in the Single European Act was crucial for the success of the completion of the single market?
The adoption of qualified majority voting in the Council
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The removal of indirect taxation
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The introduction of the single currency
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All of the above
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What were the 'freedoms' identified by the White Paper on the completion of the internal market?
Free movement of goods and labour only
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Free movement of goods, services, and labour
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Free movement of goods, labour, and capital
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Free movement of goods, services, labour, and capital
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Which of the following factors do both intergovernmentalists and supranationalists agree was an important motivating force behind the 1992 programme?
The work of Jacques Delors
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The sluggish economic performance of Europe
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Europe's rapid economic growth
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The role of influential member state leaders
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Research by Armstrong and Bulmer (1998) reveals that in relation to contested interpretations of single market rules, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) generally favoured which of the following?
Large states
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Fines
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National protectionism
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Free-market interpretations
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The 'country-of-origin principle' applies to which of the following?
The free movement of people
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The free movement of goods
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The free movement of capital
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The free movement of services
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True or false: The Commission tended to adopt targets and voluntary codes to encourage implementation and enforcement.
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Which policy areas were excluded from the White Paper on the internal market?
Tax harmonization and energy
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Tax harmonization and company law
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Transport and telecommunications
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Energy and telecommunications
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