Chapter 21 Multiple choice questions

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. The European Union's (as it is today) origins lie in the economic ruin and violence caused by the devastation of the Second World War.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Treaty of Rome of 1957 established the European Economic Community (EEC). The EEC had a number of key aims. Which of the following options accurately reflect those aims? Please select all that apply.

Create a common market. correct incorrect

To bring the economic policies of the member countries closer together. correct incorrect

To create a framework for economic expansion and stability. correct incorrect

To bring about a political union. correct incorrect

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. Alan S. Milward refutes the idea that the European integration project represented a challenge to the nation-state. Why?

He argues that the development of the European Community was designed to rescue the individual European nation-state. They were on the brink of collapse after WW2. correct incorrect

He argues that the European project was not ambitious enough to present a challenge to the nation-state. correct incorrect

He argues that the project was doomed to failure from the beginning, as no one really wanted it to work. correct incorrect

He argues that it went against the national will of European states. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following institutions hold and exercise executive powers within the European Union? Please select all that apply.

The European Council. correct incorrect

The Council of the European Union or the Council of Ministers. correct incorrect

The Council of Europe. correct incorrect

The Commission. correct incorrect

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. The European Council meets ____ times a year.

Your response

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. Which of the following statements refer to the Council of the European Union (the Council of Ministers)? Please select all that apply.

It is the most important decision-making institution in the European Union. correct incorrect

It has both executive and legislative functions. correct incorrect

It is made up of the twenty eight heads of state or government. correct incorrect

It is solely intergovernmental in character. correct incorrect

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. The Commission is a _____________ institution.

Your response

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. The Commission has exactly the same executive powers that national governments have.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Commission might be viewed as a new type of '__________ agency.'

Your response

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. Which electoral systems are used to elect citizens to the European Parliament? Please select all that apply.

Closed list correct incorrect

Single transferable vote correct incorrect

First past the post correct incorrect

Open list correct incorrect

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. Match the different perspectives on democracy and legitimacy in the European Parliament to their definitions.

The 'no demos' thesis

This would encourage more engaged participation from member states, as it gives them a chance to state whether a draft legislative act complies with the principle of subsidiarity. The collective character of decision-making in the EU makes it difficult for voters to identify whom to reward or punish for policy outcomes when they participate. People will be more inclined to vote in European elections if and when they see that it can make a difference. This suggests that democracy is a chimera outside the national context because the peoples of Europe are not bound together in the same way as national communities, such as through common histories and cultures.

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Reinforcement of national parliament's roles

This would encourage more engaged participation from member states, as it gives them a chance to state whether a draft legislative act complies with the principle of subsidiarity. This suggests that democracy is a chimera outside the national context because the peoples of Europe are not bound together in the same way as national communities, such as through common histories and cultures. The collective character of decision-making in the EU makes it difficult for voters to identify whom to reward or punish for policy outcomes when they participate. People will be more inclined to vote in European elections if and when they see that it can make a difference.

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Increased accountability through politicization

This suggests that democracy is a chimera outside the national context because the peoples of Europe are not bound together in the same way as national communities, such as through common histories and cultures. The collective character of decision-making in the EU makes it difficult for voters to identify whom to reward or punish for policy outcomes when they participate. People will be more inclined to vote in European elections if and when they see that it can make a difference. This would encourage more engaged participation from member states, as it gives them a chance to state whether a draft legislative act complies with the principle of subsidiarity.

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. What is the Commission's role in initiating legislative proposals? Please select all that apply.

Exclusive correct incorrect

Political correct incorrect

Crucial correct incorrect

Informal correct incorrect

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. A proposal must go through all stages of the ordinary legislative procedure before it is passed.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The EU's law-making process satisfies key criteria of the rule of law. What are these criteria? Please select all that apply.

It is a comprehensible and accessible procedure correct incorrect

Every law is scrutinized by the 27 national governments correct incorrect

It is a quick process, ensuring emergency laws can be passed correct incorrect

The institutions and procedures and identifiable and clear correct incorrect

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. What is the key difference between regulations and directives?

Regulations automatically become legally effective in domestic law, but directives need to be implemented into domestic law correct incorrect

Regulations give member states discretion in how to apply them, but directives do not correct incorrect

Regulations are binding, directives are not binding correct incorrect

Regulations have a time limit to be introduced, directives do not correct incorrect