Chapter 9 Multiple choice questions

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What were the recommendations of the 1989 Delors Report?

Removal of remaining barriers to completion of the single market correct incorrect

Introduction of a comprehensive Social Charter attached to the treaty correct incorrect

A shift toward intergovernmental decision-making correct incorrect

Progress toward monetary union and a single currency correct incorrect

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Who famously described the TEU as a 'treaty too far'?

John Major correct incorrect

Helmut Kohl correct incorrect

François Mitterand correct incorrect

Margaret Thatcher correct incorrect

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What type of decision-making was the first pillar of the TEU characterized by?

The community method correct incorrect

Flexible co-operation correct incorrect

Intergovernmental correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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Which of the following policy and institutional reforms were not included in the Treaty on European Union?

Monetary Union correct incorrect

Extending the co-decision procedure in the European Parliament correct incorrect

The principle of subsidiarity correct incorrect

Electing judges of the European Court of Judges correct incorrect

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True or false: The ratification of the TEU was difficult in many member states, eliciting a public backlash.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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Which member states joined the EU in the 1995 EFTA enlargement?

Norway, Sweden, and Finland correct incorrect

Sweden, Denmark, and Austria correct incorrect

Sweden, Finland, and Austria correct incorrect

Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland correct incorrect

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In what ways did plans for monetary union reflect German preferences?

The name of the currency correct incorrect

The convergence criteria correct incorrect

The location of the central bank correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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The 1994 Essen European Council put which foreign policy areas on the agenda?

The Maghreb and Middle East correct incorrect

Central and Eastern Europe correct incorrect

The Balkans correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

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For what reasons were France and the Mediterranean states apprehensive about enlarging the EU to the East?

They were concerned it would shift the balance of power in the EU. correct incorrect

They were concerned that problems affecting them would be relegated to a secondary issue. correct incorrect

They were concerned that EU funds that came to them would be diverted to Eastern and central Europe. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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How has the Treaty of Amsterdam been characterized?

As a radical treaty correct incorrect

As a modest treaty correct incorrect

As a socialist treaty correct incorrect

As an economic treaty correct incorrect