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Member state of the European Union - Quiz
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  • 1. Which mechanism allows nine or more EU states to progress in a field that not all states are willing to partake in?
A) Symmetrical integration
B) Enhanced cooperation
C) Multi-speed integration
D) Opt-out agreements
  • 2. How many EU member states are parliamentary republics?
A) 16
B) 4
C) 6
D) 27
  • 3. What is the political system of the EU state that operates a presidential system?
A) Semi-presidential system
B) Constitutional monarchy
C) Unitary state
D) Parliamentary republic
  • 4. Which EU member state has a presidential system?
A) Germany
B) Cyprus
C) France
D) Italy
  • 5. How many EU member states are constitutional monarchies?
A) 9
B) 12
C) 6
D) 16
  • 6. Which type of parliamentary system do most republics and all monarchies in the EU operate?
A) Parliamentary system
B) Semi-presidential system
C) Presidential system
D) Unitary system
  • 7. How many EU member states have bicameral parliaments?
A) 12
B) 9
C) 15
D) 27
  • 8. Which EU member states are full federations?
A) Spain and Italy
B) France and the Netherlands
C) Denmark, Finland, and France
D) Austria, Belgium, and Germany
  • 9. How many EU member states allocate power to more local levels of government?
A) 15
B) 9
C) 27
D) 6
  • 10. Which EU member states have federacies?
A) Denmark, Finland, France, and the Netherlands
B) Spain and Italy
C) Austria, Belgium, and Germany
D) France and Spain
  • 11. What is the common type of proportional representation used in EU member states?
A) First-past-the-post
B) Majoritarian system
C) Party-list system
D) Mixed-member proportional
  • 12. Which EU member state has a directly elected upper house?
A) Austria
B) Slovenia
C) Cyprus
D) Poland
  • 13. What is the political status of all EU member states according to Freedom House?
A) Not free electoral democracies
B) Partially free electoral democracies
C) Non-democratic states
D) Totally free electoral democracies
  • 14. How many EU member states are ranked at the top 1.0 rating by Freedom House?
A) 27
B) 23
C) 16
D) 6
  • 15. Which EU member states have systems of devolution?
A) Denmark and Finland
B) Spain and Italy
C) France and the Netherlands
D) Austria and Belgium
  • 16. How many EU member states are unitary states?
A) 6
B) 16
C) Most states, especially the smaller ones
D) 9
  • 17. Which EU member state has a National Council representing certain interest groups?
A) Cyprus
B) Slovenia
C) Austria
D) Poland
  • 18. Which EU member state has a semi-presidential system where competences are shared between the president and prime minister?
A) Cyprus
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy
  • 19. Which EU member state has a directly elected lower house that the prime minister and government are accountable to?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Cyprus
D) Most EU member states
  • 20. Which EU institution's presidency rotates among member states every six months?
A) The European Commission
B) The European Central Bank
C) The Council of the European Union
D) The European Parliament
  • 21. How are decisions made in the Council of the European Union when not by consensus?
A) Unanimous voting
B) Simple majority voting
C) Qualified majority voting
D) Weighted voting
  • 22. Can a blocking minority veto a proposal in the Council of the European Union?
A) No, there is no provision for a veto
B) Yes, but only with unanimous agreement
C) No, only a majority can veto
D) Yes, a sufficient blocking minority can veto the proposal
  • 23. When did members of the European Parliament start being elected by universal suffrage?
A) 1979
B) 1965
C) 1958
D) 1985
  • 24. How are prospective justices of the European Court of Justice confirmed?
A) By the European Parliament
B) By the existing members
C) By the European Council
D) By the President of the Commission
  • 25. Do larger member states have more than one Commissioner?
A) Only if they are founding members
B) No, they have never had more than one
C) Yes, they still have more than one Commissioner
D) Historically, but now each state is represented equally
  • 26. Who are included in the Governing Council of the European Central Bank?
A) The governors of the national central banks of each euro area country
B) The presidents of the national governments
C) The members of the European Commission
D) The members of the European Parliament
  • 27. Are the governors of national central banks always government-appointed?
A) They are always government-appointed
B) They are never government-appointed
C) They may or may not be government-appointed
D) They are appointed by the European Central Bank
  • 28. Has Franco-German influence in the EU increased since 2004?
A) No, it has diminished slightly
B) It has disappeared entirely
C) Yes, it has increased
D) It has remained the same
  • 29. Which of the following countries was part of the EU15?
A) Croatia
B) Bulgaria
C) Sweden
D) Romania
  • 30. How many countries were in the EU27 before Croatia joined?
A) 28
B) 27
C) 25
D) 26
  • 31. Which of the following countries joined the EU in 2013?
A) Bulgaria
B) Croatia
C) Romania
D) Hungary
  • 32. Which abbreviation refers to countries with limited access to the EU labour market?
A) EU19
B) EU11
C) A8
D) EU15
  • 33. Which of the following countries was part of the EU19?
A) Hungary
B) Romania
C) Croatia
D) Bulgaria
  • 34. Which of the following countries was not part of the EU11?
A) Romania
B) Lithuania
C) Latvia
D) Estonia
  • 35. Which of the following countries was part of the EU28?
A) Iceland
B) United Kingdom
C) Switzerland
D) Norway
  • 36. What is the principle that means decisions are taken collectively if they cannot be taken individually?
A) Sovereignty
B) Subsidiarity
C) Solidarity
D) Supremacy
  • 37. What was the political process by which the United Kingdom left the EU?
A) Departure
B) Exit
C) Brexit
D) Brexit
  • 38. What must a state fulfill to accede to the EU?
A) Maastricht criteria
B) Lisbon criteria
C) Copenhagen criteria
D) Brussels criteria
  • 39. What is the term for the EU's legal order that is binding and supreme on all member states?
A) Judicial order
B) Constitutional order
C) Supreme order
D) Legal order
  • 40. What is the name of the body of EU law that a candidate must adopt to join the EU?
A) Acquis communautaire
B) Acquis économique
C) Acquis juridique
D) Acquis politique
  • 41. What is required from all existing EU members for a state to accede?
A) Veto
B) Consent
C) Approval
D) Negotiation
  • 42. Which treaty introduced the provision for a member state to withdraw from the European Union?
A) The Lisbon Treaty
B) The Maastricht Treaty
C) The Treaty of Rome
D) The Treaty of Paris
  • 43. What article of the Treaty on European Union outlines the procedure for a member state to leave the EU?
A) TEU Article 75
B) TEU Article 45
C) TEU Article 60
D) TEU Article 50
  • 44. When did the United Kingdom trigger Article 50 to begin its withdrawal from the EU?
A) 31 January 2020
B) 29 March 2017
C) 23 June 2016
D) 1 January 2019
  • 45. Which territory ceased being part of the EU in 1985 due to a status change?
A) Catalonia
B) Saint-Barthélemy
C) French Algeria
D) Greenland
  • 46. What was discussed as a template for pro-EU regions of the UK remaining within the EU?
A) Greenland's situation
B) Catalonia's situation
C) French Algeria's situation
D) Saint-Barthélemy's situation
  • 47. Which independence movement is mentioned as potentially resulting in a situation similar to Greenland's?
A) Scotland
B) Catalonia
C) Basque Country
D) Flanders
  • 48. Which method is used by the EU for many areas of policy that were previously limited to European Community matters?
A) The intergovernmental method.
B) The federal method.
C) The 'community method'.
D) The unanimity method.
  • 49. Which aspect of governance remains the exclusive competence of the member state if not listed in the EU's competence table?
A) Education
B) Foreign policy
C) Healthcare
D) Taxation
  • 50. What was deployed to Greek government ministries to ensure compliance with bailout conditions?
A) Economic sanctions
B) Large-scale technical assistance
C) Cultural exchange programs
D) Military intervention
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