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6. European parliament members are elected every:

  • 18 months
  • 6 months
  • 5 years
  • 12 months
  • 3 years

7. The first president of the european council was:

  • Johannes Hahn
  • Karel De Gucht
  • Kristalina Georgieva
  • Herman von Rompuy
  • Siim Kallas

8. The treaty of Lisbon was in:

  • "an unquestionable league of its own for sheer political controversy: every debate, however minute, raged with the same titanic tumult and importance as the Frost/Nixon interviews."
  • 2007
  • dispute after several southern member states pulled out
  • 2003
  • the recently re-opened Belém Tower Hall

9. The Lisbon Treaty granted the EU a 'legal______'

  • veto
  • voting octagon
  • conceptualization
  • personality
  • smell

10. The last country to ratify the lisbon treaty was:

  • Malta
  • Spain
  • Ireland
  • Czech Republic
  • Greece

11. MEPS are voted in.

  • True
  • False

12. The president of the European commission is:

  • Czech
  • Portuguese
  • British
  • German
  • Slovenian

13. The largest political group in the European Parliament is:

  • EFD
  • EPP
  • ECR
  • S&D
  • ALDE

14. The Nice treaty is the first and only treaty that Poland has refused.

  • False
  • True

15. Complete the quote by Nigel Farrage: "There is a __________ between national interests and big EU solutions"

  • Question
  • Dycotomy
  • Cogitation
  • Meeting of egos
  • Marriage

16. The Greek member of the european commission runs:

  • Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Competition
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Environment
  • Research, Innovation and Science

17. Pick the correct definition of 'supranational'

  • outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • A strong coffee brewed by forcing steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee beans.
  • the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
  • Extreme nationalism, especially when opposed to international cooperation.
  • of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit

18. There are currently how many MEPS in the EU parliament?

  • 774
  • 736
  • 649
  • 580
  • 682

19. How many UK MEPs are in the EU parliament?

  • 39
  • 64
  • 94
  • 73
  • 68

20. Ukraine is a candidate country.

  • False
  • True