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What is the term given to organisations that have authority over national governments?
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Supranational
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What was formed in 1952 by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg?
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The European Coal and Steel Community
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What treaty formed the European Economic Community in 1957?
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Treaty of Rome
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What Act was agreed in 1985 and came into force in 1987? It created the single European market.
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The Single European Act
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What treaty formed the European Union and set a timetable for economic and monetary union in 1991?
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The Maastricht Treaty
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What treaty was agreed in 2001 and came into force in 2003? It created a European security and defence policy and introduced institutional reforms.
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The Nice Treaty
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What is the term given to someone who is critical of the extension of supranational authority in the EU?
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Eurosceptics
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How many jobs has the single European market created?
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2.5 million
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How many of the EU27 use the eurozone?
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19
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What is the executive body of the EU and acts in the best interests of the EU as an independent body from the member states?
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The European Commission
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What is the main decision-making body of the EU and is where government ministers from the 28 member states take key decisions on EU legislation?
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Council of the European Union
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What is the institution where the heads of government (or heads of state) and has established itself as the EU's key strategic body?
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The European Council
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What is the EU's directly elected institution and has legislative power, budgetary power, and democratic supervision?
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The European Parliament
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What is the term given to the erosion of democratic accountability that occurs when decision-making authority is transferred from national governments to EU institutions?
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Democratic Defecit
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What is the term given to the legal capacity to act in a particular area?
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Competence
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Which French president vetoed the UK's membership applications in 1961 and 1967, making the UK more of an 'awkward partner' in the EU?
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Charles de Gaulle
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What is the EU system of agricultural subsidies and price interventions that is controversial across the European Union?
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The Common Agricultural Policy
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How much did the UK pay to the EU budget in 2015?
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£18 billion
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How many people voted to leave in the 2016 EU referendum?
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51.9%
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What was the only party that voted overwhelmingly to one side?
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UK Independence Party
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