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Test your knowledge: The EU and its functioning

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Quiz 2: The EU and its functioning

Which of the following is not a European Union institution?
- European External Action Service
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Court of Human Rights
What is meant by ‘Exclusive Union Competence’?
- Only Member States can legislate in these areas
- Both the Union and Member States are able to act and Member States are free to legislate as long as they do not enact legislation that conflicts with EU law or principles
- The EU can carry out actions to support, coordinate or supplement Member State activity, but these must not include making the laws of Member States the same
- Only the EU can legislate and adopt legally binding acts i.e. the Member States cannot act independently in these areas
What is a directive?
- A piece of legislation binding on Member States as regards the results to be achieved, but leaves the choice of method up to them
- The highest form of European legislation, directly applicable in all Member States
- A legislative instrument of the EU which is binding in its entirety on those to whom it is addressed
- A policy direction non-binding on Member States
What are the two initial main treaties on which the European Union is based?
- The treaty of Paris and the treaty of Brussels
- The Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Treaty of Rome)
- The European constitution and the Schengen convention
- The treaty of Amsterdam and the treaty of Lisbon
Who is the current president of the European Commission?
- Jose Manuel Barroso
- Angela Merkel
- Herman van Rompuy
- Jean-Claude Juncker
What is the COREPER?
- The committee of Regions permanent representation in Brussels
- A Council Working Group where Member States representatives prepare and negotiate on behalf of their Ministers in advance of the Council meetings
- A NATO committee of permanent representatives gathering highest military representatives in Europe
- A Council working group for eurozone members working on stock exchange regulations
What is the ‘’horizontal social clause’’?
- A legislation under preparation for a European universal unemployment benefit
- A European Parliament working group aiming at peace and social justice for Europe
- A soft law principle stating that the Union has to take into account the guarantee of adequate social protection when implementing new policies
- A hard law provision binding Member States to provide a minimum adequate income to all
Which one of these is not part of the European Union’s ‘’four freedoms’’
- Freedom of movement of migrants
- Freedom of movement of goods
- Freedom of movement of services
- Freedom of movement of capital
The European Parliament organises its work following two main stages:
- Council where legislation is proposed and working groups where it is discussed
- Committees meetings where legislation is prepared and plenary session where legislation is passed
- Inter-groups where specific interest are discussed and plenary session where legislative proposal are passed
- Political groups where legislation is discussed and preparatory committees where it is prepared and passed
To summarize, decisions in the EU are taken through…
- A federal body called the European Commission
- A mixed of ‘’supranational’’ institutions (including the European Commission) and ‘’intergovernmental’’ negotiations
- The president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz
- The European Parliament inter-groups and the European Commission desk officers

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