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Chapter 22 Multiple choice questions
Environment and Climate
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With which treaty did environmental policy gain a legal basis as an area of EU policy?
Single European Act (1987)
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Maastricht Treaty (1993)
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Amsterdam Treaty (1999)
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Lisbon Treaty (2009)
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What significant change to the environmental policy area was introduced by the Maastricht Treaty?
Qualified majority voting (QMV) was extended to almost all areas of environmental policy.
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The environmental policy powers of the European Parliament (EP) were increased via the introduction of the co-decision procedure.
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The environment was listed as a major goal of the EU.
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All of the above.
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What is meant by the legal implementation deficit?
The name applied to environmental legal rulings
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The deficient number of EU environmental regulations being agreed by member states
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The failure to transpose EU legislation into national laws
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The failure to implement EU legislation in practice
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Who can file a complaint with the Commission when there is incomplete implementation of an environmental law by a member state?
Corporations
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General public
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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
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All of the above
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True or false: There is a clear cut divide between the rich North and poor South in promoting and implementing environmental legislation.
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True
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What feature of the Commission explains why it has not always been in favour of unconditional environmental policy expansion?
A reduction in its formal capacity to initiate environmental legislation
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Lack of financial support
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Fear of the European Court of Justice (CJEU)
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Competition between Directorates-General (DGs)
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True or false: The issue of climate change provides a very good example of the influence of epistemic communities in EU policy-making?
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False
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Which of the following has played a central role in influencing the character and ambition of the EU's recent environmental policy?
Enlargement of the EU
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The economic and financial crisis
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Neither of the above
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Both of the above
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True or false: climate change was a major issue in the 2019 European election?
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False
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Which of the following was not promised by the 2019 European Green Deal?
A 'just transition' fund, to support the transition to carbon neutrality in states dependent on fossil fuels
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A new 'climate law', designed to set the EU on an irreversible path to carbon neutrality
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An 'ejection clause', designed to automatically eject from the EU any state that fails to attain carbon neutrality by 2050
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A range of sector-specific policies, to support and facilitate a transition to carbon neutrality
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