The EP
The European parliament holds meetings in Brussels and plenary meetings in this French city
What is Strasbourg?
Emmanuel Macron is one person who "serves" in this EU institution that meets at least 4x a year
What is the European Council?
The European Central Bank is headquartered in this city
What is Frankfurt?
This treaty created the ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community).
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This is the number of commissioners in the college
What is 27?
This country, the most populous in the EU, gets the most seats in the EP.
What is Germany?
The "upper house" of parliament in the EU, it is an intergovernmental body
What is the Council of the EU (Council of Ministers)?
She succeeded Mario Draghi as the President of the ECB
Who is Christine Lagarde?
This treaty created the EEC (European Economic Community), with institutions that are pretty much in place today.
What is the Treaty of Rome?
She will be up for her 2nd term as Commission President in the summer of 2024.
Who is Ursula Van der Leyen?
The EP has the power to decide most legislation, to help determine (or reject) the EU budget, and can force the resignation of the entire College of Commissioners. However, it lacks this power common to almost all legislatures.
What is initiating legislation?
Charles Michel
Who is the current President of the European Council?
It is the tax added to all goods and services bought and sold in the EU (including imports but excluding exports).
What is VAT?
This treaty created the "European Union" and the Euro.
What is the Maastricht Treaty/Treaty on European Union?
This administrative body prepares legislation before it goes to the College of Commissioners, helping the Commission in "Stayin Alive"
What are the DGs?
While the ID party group represents the far right and GUE/NGL the far left, the EPP party group represents which ideological-political group?
Who are the (mainstream) conservatives?
This procedure for voting allows a proposal to pass in the Council of the EU when 55% of the member states, representing at least 65% of the population of the EU, agree.
What is QMV (Qualified Majority Voting)?
This used to represent about 75% of EU expenditures. Now, it only accounts for about 30% and is included in the category of "sustainable growth/natural resources."
What is agriculture?
This "zone" within the EU permits EU citizens to move freely between countries without showing their passports and allows visitors to Europe to only go through one passport control.
What is Schengen?
The Commission's responsibilities include managing EU finances, representing the EU to the world through the Commission President, implementing policies/directives, and this legislative power.
What is the power of initiation/initiating legislation?
The "usual" method for deciding legislation (the vast majority of policy) for the EP and Council of the EU is known as
What is the Ordinary Legislative Procedure?
This country holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2024. No waffling on the answer
What is Belgium?
This represents about 60% of revenues for the EU budget
What are national contributions?
This treaty created the post of an elected/selected President for the European Council and an EU "foreign minister" (High Representative) who chairs the Foreign Affairs Council in the Council of the EU
What is the Treaty of Lisbon?
Serving the Commissioners directly, this body is made up of 3 eurocrats who must come from three different member states
What is a cabinet?