Chapter 1 Self-test questions

The Schuman Plan was the initial proposal leading to the European Communities and, ultimately, to the European Union.

True

False

Which of the following countries did the Schuman Plan initially involve?

France and Germany.

The United Kingdom and France.

France, Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries.

Germany and Italy.

Which industries or sectors of the economy did the Schuman Plan propose to link?

Goods and persons.

Nuclear power and energy.

Coal and steel.

Transport and capital.

The European Coal and Steel Treaty no longer exists.

True

False

The Pleven Plan for a European _______ Community (1952) was rejected by the French.

The same six nations that agreed the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty went on to sign the Treaties of Rome establishing the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy (Euratom) Community.

True

False

'Intergovernmentalism' means which of the following?

The creation of a federal state.

Political union.

Decision making by bodies above the member States.

Cooperation or agreement at the level of, or between, nation states.

'Supranationalism' means which of the following?

Simple agreements between nation states.

Nothing to do with nation states.

International cooperation or integration in which decision making is above the level of member States and which decisions override national rules.

Federal union.

The ultimate goal of the European Union is federal and political union.

True

False

The 'Luxembourg Accords' are which of the following?

A Community treaty signed in Luxembourg.

An agreement to move to qualified majority voting in Council.

An agreement to disagree about majority and unanimous voting.

An agreement to abandon the use of national vetoes.

What is the 'Single European Act'?

A variety show.

The first treaty to make substantial amendments to the then three existing Treaties.

A declaration on the Common Market.

A secondary legal Act of the Communities (now Union).

The 'widening' and 'deepening' of the Communities (now Union) refers, respectively, to the expansion in the number of member States and the degree of integration undertaken by those member States.

True

False

What is the 'European Economic Area'?

This is a competitor trading area to the EU.

It is the successor to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

It is the area comprising the EU and a number of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member States.

This refers to all of the States of Europe whether members of the EU or not.

In 1995, Austria, Finland, Norway, and Sweden joined the EU.

True

False

Complete the following statement: Following the 2007 expansion, …

it has been decided that there will be no new member States.

the Union will stop taking members once 30 have joined.

only Croatia will be admitted.

Croatia joined in 2013 and Turkey, Iceland, Macedonia Montenegro and Serbia are candidate countries for possible further expansion and other countries may also be considered in the future.

To what does the 'acquis Communautaire' refer?

The way in which the EU does things.

An index of EU terminology.

The accumulated body of EU law, including treaties, secondary legislation, and judicial developments.

It is the French name for the European Union.

The Single European Act (SEA) was concerned only with the completion of the Single Market.

True

False

The 1993 Treaty on European Union was also known as the '__________ Treaty'.

What was the principal change introduced by the Maastricht Treaty on European Union?

Further institutional changes in preparation for enlargement.

The renumbering of the Articles of the Treaties.

Preparation for a single Economic Monetary Union, complete with a single currency.

The introduction of a declaration on the future of Europe for further treaty amendment and a possible Constitution for Europe.

The Constitutional Treaty was rejected by the member States in 2004.

True

False

In order for a treaty to enter into legal force and be binding on all member States, by what must it be ratified?

A simple majority of the member States.

A qualified majority of the member States.

Two-thirds of the member States.

All of the member States.

Complete the following sentence: The 2007 Lisbon Treaty …

replaces the 2004 Constitutional Treaty with another single document treaty for the European Union.

makes extensive amendments and renames the existing treaties.

completely abandons all of the changes proposed by the Constitutional Treaty.

started the process of Treaty amendment from the beginning to get this right.

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