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Chapter 7 Self-test questions
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Chapter 7 Self-test questions
Democracy in the European Union
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Which two EU institutions ensure a dual democratic legitimacy of the EU?
The Commission and the European Parliament.
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The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
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The Council and the Commission.
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The European Parliament is the only institution ensuring democratic legitimacy.
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Why did the German Constitutional Court ruling in 2009 claim that the European Parliament could not be compared to a parliament representing a single people?
The European Parliament is not directly elected.
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The European Parliament is not involved enough in EU legislation.
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MEPs do not represent citizens equally.
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The EP is not consulted in Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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The European Convention on Human Rights:
is an international treaty drafted by the Council of Europe.
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offers any person who feels his or her rights, as defined in the Charter, have been violated by a state, the right to appeal to the EU Court of Justice.
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is part of the EU.
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was adopted in 2000.
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Turnout in the most recent EP elections has been around:
34%
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43%
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65%
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82%
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Referenda in which countries rejected the Constitutional Treaty in 2005?
Germany and Italy
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UK and Ireland
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Poland and Denmark
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France and the Netherlands
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An innovation of the Lisbon Treaty is that national parliaments can check that EU legislation respects the principle of:
subsidiarity.
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effectiveness.
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democracy.
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coherence.
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Who would be part of a Convention for a future treaty change?
Representatives of the national governments.
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Members of national parliaments.
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Members of the European Parliament.
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All of the above.
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The EP recently got the right to elect the:
President of the European Council.
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President of the Commission.
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High Representative of the Union.
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None of the above.
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How many national political parties are represented in the EP?
100
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50
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150
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300
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EPP stands for:
European Progressive Party, comprising parties affiliated to the Socialist International.
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European Party for Peace, promoting pacifism on EU level.
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European Parliament Party, advocating more rights for the EP.
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European People's Party, comprising Christian Democrats and other centre-right or conservative parties.
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