Institutions and actors

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1 Institutions and actors 1) True or false: The European Council plays the key role in drafting EU legislation. 2) True or false: The European Parliament can dismiss the College of Commissioners. 3) True or false: The Council of the European Union and the European Council are more difficult targets for interest groups than the Commission 4) True or false: The practical work on a policy initiative often starts in expert committees chaired by European Commission officials and composed of national officials and other experts 5) True or false: The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates equally between member states 6) True or false: The European Court of Justice has a consultative role and as such it had a minor impact on the process of integration 7) How are MEPs organised in the European Parliament a. They sit in transnational party groupings b. They sit in national groups c. They sit in national political parties d. They do not form groups but act individually 8) is the current President of the European Commission a. Herman van Rompuy b. José Manuel Barroso c. Jean-Claude Juncker d. Donald Tusk 9) Which statement is false a. Each commissioner is supported by personal staff (cabinet) b. DG s are organised around sectors or policy fields and functional or horizontal issues c. The Commission has limited staff requiring partnership with national level and European experts to generate expertise d. None

2 10) What is COREPER? a. The permanent committees of national civil servants who prepare the work of the European Council b. The committee of the Commission representatives to the Council c. The permanent representatives committee consisting of representatives from the Member States with the rank of Member States ambassadors to the European Union. 11) True or false: There are currently 27 Commissioners. 12) Which of the following is one of the Union s consultative institutions? a. The Council of Ministers b. The European Parliament c. The European Economic and Social Committee 13) Despite progressive extension of the use of qualified majority voting (QMV), which of the following policy areas largely remains subject to unanimity? a. environment b. common foreign and security policy c. common trade policy d. all above 14) The European Union has no competence in a. Environmental policy b. Competition policy c. Pension reform policy d. Fisheries policy 15) Why has policy implementation become more difficult over time for the Commission? a. The range of EC legislation is much greater than in the past b. The power of the European Parliament has increased over time c. The European Court of Justice has contributed to limiting the Commissions power d. All of the above General questions 16) In May 2004 new member states joined the EU. a. 2 b. 8 c. 10 d. 3

3 17) True or false: Enhanced cooperation can lead to legal and institutional fragmentation. 18) DG ECFIN, which is part of the has become more important during the economic crisis. a. Commission b. Council c. European Parliament d. European Central Bank Historical context 19) The Schuman Declaration was made in. a b c d ) The EEC (European Economic Community) Treaty was signed. a. After the Single European Act but before the Maastricht Treaty b. Before the Treaty of Paris (ECSC) c. Between the Treaty of Paris (ECSC) and the Single European Act d. At the same time as the Maastricht Treaty, and forms part of it 21) The proposal of creating a European Defence Community (EDC) was rejected by the French National Assembly in 1954: 22) Sweden joined the European Community. a. Before Denmark b. After Denmark c. At the same time as Denmark d. The same year the Maastricht Treaty was signed, negotiating several opt-outs 23) Signed in 1992, the Maastricht is famous for. a. Creating a Customs Union b. Establishing the Stability and Growth Pact c. Establishing the objective of completing the internal market d. Creating the new Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) pillar and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) pillar 24) The biggest enlargement round (in terms of number of new member states) was in a b c d. 2004

4 25) The political figure who triggered the empty chair crisis was a. Margaret Thatcher b. Charles de Gaulle c. Konrad Adenauer d. Jacques Delors 26) The European Parliament became full co-legislator with the Council: a. In 1979, when it was elected for the first time by universal suffrage b. After the Single European Act c. After the Treaty of Maastricht d. After the Treaty of Lisbon 27) The Constitutional Treaty failed because: a. The member states could not agree on it b. The European Parliament voted against it, because it felt excluded from the decisional process c. Two of the member states who held a referendum on it rejected it d. The Court of Justice of the EU ruled against some of its principles 28) The treaty of Lisbon entered into force in a b c d Theoretical perspectives 29) Liberal-intergovernmentalism is: a. A positive theory b. A negative theory c. A meta-theory d. A normative theory 30) Which one of the following is a type of spillover discussed in the neofunctionalist literature a. Social spillover b. Economic spillover c. Eurosceptic spillover d. Cultivated spillover 31) The founder and most prominent figure of neofunctionalism is: a. Andrew Moravcsik b. Stanley Hoffmann c. Ernst Haas d. Simon Hix 32) According to liberal intergovernmentalism, the actors driving the process of EU integration are a. The member states only b. The member states and the supranational actors c. The supranational actors shirking their competences d. The interest groups, lobbying the EU decision-making process

5 33) The constructivists think that the EU policy outcomes a. Are determined by the supranational agent alone b. Are inherently democratic if based on the popular vote c. Depend on the powers delegated to the EU Council 34) A key component of the rational choice institutionalists approach to the EU is a. The assumption that actors behaviour follows utility maximization b. Its focus on the macro-level of analysis, which makes it a grand theory of EU integration c. A focus on how member states find their common interest by deliberation d. The concept of interactive spillover 35) A defining feature of historical institutionalism is a. Its focus on policy change b. Its focus on path dependence c. Its focus on institutional spillover d. Its focus on the normative side of the theoretical debate 36) Within the debate on Europeanization, a smooth adaptation of national policies to the EU rules are thought to depend on a. The levels of euroscepticism of domestic voters b. The level of legitimacy of EU policis c. The policy misfit between the national policies and the EU policies