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100
One of the Eastern European Countries that is preparing for possible future membership to NATO. Russia has protested this expansion of NATO at each step.
What is Croatia?
100
Created after WWII, this international organization which aimed to unify European countries by making France and Germany work with each other preceded the formation of the European Union.
What is the European Coal and Steel Community?
100
The only elected parliamentary institution of the European Union. Along with the European Commission, this entity has legislative power but not the ability to formally propose legislation. This institution also controls budgetary actions for the European Union. Members of this institution are elected every five years.
What is The European Parliament?
100
The official currency of the European union and the Eurozone.
What is the Euro?
100
A system of voting used by the European Council of Ministers that enables certain resolutions to be passed without unanimity and makes it so that each member state’s votes are weighted by their population size. It was first proposed in the Treaty of Nice in 2003.
What is qualified majority voting?
200
The capital of Belgium
What is Brussels?
200
An agreement signed in 1992 by all of the countries of the European Union to create a single economic market (a market consisting of many nations that move goods, capitals, and currencies freely across borders without restrictions) and the Euro.
What is the Maastrict Treaty?
200
The highest level court within the European Union. The court's primary function is to interpret European Union level legislation and ensure that treaties are applied across all branches of the European Union. The court is made up of 27 Judges and 8 Advocates General.
What is the European Court of Justice?
200
The exchange of goods and services across international borders or territories
What is trade?
200
A lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision making process
What is democratic deficit?
300
One of the founding members of the EU, this nation’s capital is home to the headquarters of the organization, as well as the headquarters of NATO.
What is Belgium?
300
An international agreement which amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union. Some of its provisions include established a European Council President, a single foreign affairs post, and a more powerful Parliament.
What is the Treaty of Lisbon?
300
The executive body of the European Union. It has 27 members, one from each member state, supported by the bureaucracy of several thousand civil servants. Each member takes responsibility for a particular area of policy.
What is the European Commission?
300
Remaining to be the single largest item in the EU budget, this policy has modernized European agriculture and has encouraged farmers to overproduce, which has led to a global decrease in price levels.
What is Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)?
300
As opposed to deepening, this term means expanding the EU by the addition of new member states.
What is broadening?
400
A democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage; bordered by Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
What is Turkey?
400
This treaty, signed in 1957, led to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), which preceded the European Union. It was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany. This treated proposed the creation of a customs union, the progressive reduction of customs duties, the establishment of common transport and agriculture policies, and the formation of a common market within the EEC's member states.
What is the Treaty of Rome?
400
This institution of the EU is composed of executives of EU member states empowered by their governments to pass European laws, conclude international agreements, approve the EU budget, and decide intergovernmental issues.
What is the Council of Ministers?
400
The law that regulates the relationship between employee, employer, and union.The European Union has worked to ensure that all workers have equal opportunities within the workplace, that the working environment is safe and clean, and that workers are not taken advantage of (i.e. work hours and payment).
What is labor policy?
400
The body of criticism directed at the EU.
What is Euroscepticism?
500
The number of sovereign member states in the European Union.
What is twenty-eight (28)?
500
This treaty amended the Treaty of Maastricht. It emphasized citizenship and individual rights; increased the powers of the European Parliament, created a new title on employment; formed a Community area of freedom, security and justice; and began a common foreign and security policy (CFSP).
What is the Amsterdam Treaty?
500
A type of multi-national organization to which member states transfer or delegate authority. This term is often used to describe the European Union.
What is a supranational organization?
500
A United States policy which gave money to Western European countries after World War II, as long as the U.S. had some say in what the money went towards. This policy was meant to stop the spread of Communism into Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
An expansion of the European Union's Powers.
What is deepening?
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