Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions

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Which of the following institutional developments took place within the EC during Roy Jenkins' presidency of the European Commission?

Enhancements to the position of president correct incorrect

Reform and de-bureaucratisation of the Commission correct incorrect

Direct elections to the European Parliament correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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What event preceded the 1977 membership applications of Portugal and Spain?

The collapse of dictatorship correct incorrect

Negotiation of the terms of accession correct incorrect

A referendum on membership correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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Why were Britain's per capita contributions to the budget high in the 1970s?

It had more food imports from outside the EC than other member states correct incorrect

Higher levels of spending meant contributions from VAT receipts were higher correct incorrect

Its small and efficient agricultural sector mean that it received a lower level of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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Who became Commission president in 1981?

Roy Jenkins correct incorrect

Gaston Thorn correct incorrect

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing correct incorrect

Jacques Delors correct incorrect

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The September 1981 plan for institutional reform was known as:

the Jenkins plan. correct incorrect

the Delors-Thorne plan. correct incorrect

the Kohl-Mitterand plan. correct incorrect

the Genscher-Colombo plan. correct incorrect

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Which institutional reform was necessary to implement the single market programme?

Qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers correct incorrect

A directly elected European Parliament correct incorrect

Creating a three pillar structure of the European Union correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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True or false: The British government was opposed to the single market programme.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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True or false: The SEA completely transformed the aims of integration far beyond those in the Treaty of Rome.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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Why did member states support the SEA?

It was seen as a way to revive economic growth correct incorrect

The deal on the SEA was made for the sake of European unity and co-operation correct incorrect

European voters demanded further integration correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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What hindered implementation of the Single Market?

Lack of acceptance of the policy goal of a single market correct incorrect

Bureaucratic weakness correct incorrect

Demands for compensation for adjustment costs by new member states correct incorrect

Lack of clarity in the treaty correct incorrect