The European Union was created in the aftermath of this war.
What is World War II?
100
A EU body whose members, while appointed by states, are supposed to represent EU interests. Supported by a multinational civil service in Brussels, it's role is to identify problems and propose solutions to the Council of Ministers.
What is the European Commission?
100
This 1957 treaty deepened European integration by creating a nuclear power policy coordination and laying the groundwork for more economic integration.
What is the Treaty of Rome?
100
The Euro came in to effect in this year.
What is 2002?
100
The EU has risen from 15 members in 2004 to this many in 2013?
What is 28?
200
In the beginning stages of European integration, France and this country agreed to merge certain industries in 1950.
What is Germany?
200
A EU institution in which the relevant ministers (foreign, economic, agriculture, finance, etc) of each member state meet to enact legislation and reconcile national interests.
What is the Council of the European Union?
200
The Treaty of Rome established this, the agency that coordinates European nuclear power development.
What is Euratom?
200
The Euro has replaced the national currencies in this many EU member states.
What is 17?
200
This is the most recent member state in the EU, admitted in 2013?
What is Croatia?
300
in 1952, the Schuman Plan joined France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries in reducing trade barriers and policy coordination in these two industries.
What is coal and steel?
300
A quasi-legislative body of the EU that operates as a watchdog over the European Commission and has limited legislative power.
What is the European Parliament?
300
This 1985 treaty, the first major revision of the Treaty of Rome, began a new phase of accelerated integration and set a deadline of 1992 for the creation of a true common market for Europe.
What is The Single European Act?
300
This is one of the EU countries to reject the Euro and retain their national currency.
What is Britain, Denmark, or Sweden?
300
This is one of two countries that have applied to join and were accepted in the EU, but its citizens voted down membership.
What is Norway or Switzerland?
400
This refers to the process by which supranational institutions replace national ones - the gradual shifting upward of sovereignty from state to regional or global structures.
What is international integration?
400
A judicial arm of the EU, based in Luxembourg, this has actively established its jurisdiction and its right to overrule national law when it conflicts with EU law.
What is the European Court of Justice?
400
This Belgian product was a symbol of the need for Europe to adopt unified standards and regulations for items like food under the Single European Act.
What is chocolate?
400
In 2010, this country, which has admitted to falsifying economic data to be admitted into the Eurozone, needed a European bailout after years of budget deficits and mounting debt.
What is Greece?
400
The EU's current expansion is guided by this treaty, ratified in 2000 and put into effect in 2003.
What is the Treaty of Nice?
500
Many scholars explain European integration in terms of this, the growth of specialized technical organizations that cross national borders. According to this theory, technological and economic development lead to more supranational structures as states seek practical means to fulfill necessary functions (such as delivering mail across borders).
What is functionalism?
500
This is the nickname given to EU headquarters and staff - reflecting the reputation of the EU bureaucracy as one that cares more about technical problem solving than about politics.
What are Eurocrats?
500
This 1992 treaty renamed the European Community to the European Union and established the principles of monetary union, a European police agency, and common foreign policy.
What is the Maastricht Treaty?
500
The debt crises in many of the countries that use the Euro have driven the entire Eurozone into this in 2012 and 2013.
What is recession?
500
Since 2005, the EU has establised and expanded this, a zone in which border controls have been abolished. Goods and people move freely in the zone without stopping at borders.