Task 2. Match the term in line A with their definition in line B.

Task 3. Read the situations (25 – 37) and choose the right answer.

25. Which Treaty created the European Economic Community?

(a) The European Coal and Steel Community Treaty

(b) The Treaty of Rome

(c) The Single European Act

(d) The European Convention on Human Rights

26. How would you describe the structure of the European Union, as set up by the Treaty on European Union 1992?

(a) A structure incorporating national parliaments

(b) A two-pillar structure

(c) A three-pillar structure

(d) A structure incorporating the European Court of Human Rights

27. What is meant by “subsidiarity”?

(a) Decisions or action taken at Community level

(b) Decisions or action taken at national level

(c) The relationship between national law and Community law

(d) Where decisions or action are taken at Community level, rather than at national, regional, or local level, this must be justified

28. What is the composition of the Council?

(a) Representatives elected by the citizens of the Union

(b) Representatives elected by the European Parliament

(c) Ministers of the Member States

(d) Individuals appointed by the European Commission

29. How does qualified majority voting currently operate?

(a) Any one Member State can veto a legislative proposal

(b) Legislation cannot be adopted without the agreement of at least 80% of the Member States

(c) As a system of weighted votes

(d) Unanimity is required for all legislation save for legislation concerning the internal market

30. What is the composition of the European Commission?

(a) Representatives of Member State governments

(b) Individuals who are directly elected by the citizens of the Union

(c) Individuals who are nominated by the President of the Commission and Member States and approved by Member States and the European Parliament

(d) Individuals appointed by the European Court of Justice

31. Which of the following statements correctly describes a key feature of a directive?

(a) A directive must be implemented by Member States

(b) A directive must be implemented by the European Parliament

(c) A directive has retrospective effect

(d) A directive is binding on the governments of third countries

32. Name one of the general principles of Community law:

(a) Intergovernmentalism

(b) Primary legislation

(c) Proportionality

(d) Qualified majority voting

33. The highest form of law from the EU is:

(a) A Treaty Article

(b) A Regulation

(c) A Directive

(d) A Decision

34. A Directive can be defined as:

(a)A law that is binding in its entirety upon those to whom it is addressed.

(b)A law that is binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the national authorities the choice of form and methods.

(c)A law that has general application and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(d)An instruction from the European Court of Justice as to how a law must be interpreted and given effect in a judgment.

35. The European Economic Community was changed to the European Union in which treaty?

(a)The Treaty of Maastricht

(b)The Treaty of Amsterdam

(c)The Treaty of Nice

(d)The Lisbon Treaty

36. Which of the following was NOT one of the aims of the original EC Treaty?

(a)The development of a customs union.

(b)The removal of domestic taxation.

(c)The establishment of a common market.

(d)The development of an effective competition policy.

37. Citizenship of the EU, developed through the Treaty of Maastricht, provided rights of citizens in the Union. However, which of the following is NOT such a right?

(a)Equal rights for people throughout the EU.

(b)Civil rights.

(c)A right to participate in the political affairs of the EU.

(d)The unquestionable right to freely reside in any Member State without contributing to society.