EU for beginners_quiz

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of a number of states. They act jointly in many areas

and pass resolutions that are binding for everyone. What's the current number of states?

• 15

• 17

• 27

• 28

The EU should only intervene if problems cannot be solved at the regional or national level (e.g. climate and refugee policy).

This principle is called...

• subsidiarity

• low-level

• souvereignty

• support

The EU can only take action if it has been authorized to do so by its members. Therefore, the member states have

transferred certain .... rights to the EU.

• basic

• irrelevant

• major

• sovereign

Cooperation at the European level takes place in different ways: Certain policy areas such as foreign trade policy, the

single market or EU-wide consumer protection are "communitarized," i.e., the decisions of the Council of Ministers and the European

Parliament are taken by majority vote and are binding on all member countries, even if their governments have a contrary

point of view. What is the key word here?

• supernational

• supranational

• international

• intranational

The Common Foreign and Security Policy follows the principle of .... cooperation. Here, decisions can only be made unanimously, so that

compromises in an EU with 27 member states can often only be reached after protracted negotiations and tough wrangling.

• intergovernmental

• intragovernmental

• supergovernmental

• supragovernmental

The anthem of the European Union is based on...

• a French chanson

• a German folksong

• a medley of all member state anthems

• Beethoven's 9th symphony