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Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions
The First Years of the EEC (the 1960s and into the 1970s)
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Who was the first president of the Commission of the EEC?
Jean Monnet
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Paul Henri Spaak
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Sicco Mansholt
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Walter Hallstein
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Who put pressure on national governments to speed up their reduction of internal tariffs in the EEC during the period 1958-1960?
The Commission and business interests
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The European Court of Justice and the Commission
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The French government
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The US
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True or false: Charles de Gaulle vetoed British membership of the EEC in 1963.
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False
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What triggered the empty chair crisis in 1965?
French opposition to the British membership application
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French opposition to the Common Agricultural Policy
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German opposition to intergovernmentalism
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French opposition to increasing the powers of the Parliamentary Assembly
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What was the Luxembourg Compromise?
More supranationalism to appease Germany
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More intergovernmentalism to appease France
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An increase of the Parliamentary Assembly's powers to appease Luxembourg
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A transition to majority voting to appease Luxembourg
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What external circumstance hindered integration in the 1970s?
Decolonization
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The Cold War
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The oil crisis
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All of the above
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What does 'widening' of the EC refer to?
Enlargement to include more member states
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Broadening of the range of policy areas in which the EC is active
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Increases in the EC budget
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Resolving outstanding issues on the EC agenda
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How did the Hague Summit resolve the budgetary issue?
The EC budget remained dependent on Member State contributions with no parliamentary oversight
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The EC gained 'own resources' with full parliamentary oversight
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The EC gained 'own resources' with limited parliamentary oversight
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EC revenues were reduced, eliminating the need for own resources
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Why did Britain hold a referendum on EC membership in 1975?
It was a constitutional requirement
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Parliamentary ratification had failed
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To secure a popular mandate and to overcome opposition in the Labour Party
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The Labour Party was adhering to a Conservative Party promise to hold a referendum
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What did European Political Co-operation achieve?
It created an intergovernmental framework for coordination on foreign policy issues
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It created the position of a foreign minister for the European Community
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It introduced a foreign policy dimension to the European Community
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All of the above
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