POSC 344 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Aquis Communautaire - ANSWER The body of laws, reulations, agreements, and court
decisions new members of the EU must accept before gaining admission
ALDE - ANSWER Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- liberal centralist political group of the European Parliament
- One of the oldest political groups
made up of MEPs from the ALDE party and the European Democratic party
- europhilic
Antonio Tajani - ANSWER Current President of the European Parliament
- Italian, EPP
- President presides over debates, refers matters to committees and represents EP in
meetings with other institutions
Article 50 TEU - ANSWER lays out the rules for Brexit
Benchmarking theory (de Vries) - ANSWER People use benchmarks of performance
(national economy performance, national defense) to indicate how their state would do
if they were in an alternate state (not in the EU)
Berlaymont - ANSWER Headquarters of the European Commission, shaped like X and
made of glass for transparency in government but can't actually see inside
Brexit: groups voting to leave/remain - ANSWER Educated/Younger People: Remain
Uneducated/Older People/people angry over inequality, opportunity and power: Leave
,Brexit: votes in UK's 4 nations - ANSWER UK and Wales: Leave
Scotland and N. Ireland: Remain
CAP - ANSWER Common Agricultural Policy
started with TEEEC - increases productivity, ensure fair living standard for farmers,
stabilize markets, assure availability of agricultural supplies, ensure reasonable prices
for consumers
CETA - ANSWER Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
- between the EU and Canada
- removes customs duties, ends restrictions on access to public contracts, open-up the
services market, offer better conditions for investors and help prevent illegal copying of
EU innovations and traditional products
CFSP - ANSWER Common Foreign and Security Policy
- the organized, agreed foreign policy of the EU for mainly security and defense
diplomacy and action
- chaired and represented by High Representative (Frederica Mogherini)
Charles de Gaulle - ANSWER Leader of French resistance in WWII and after until the 70s
- nationalist and harsh Euroskeptic
- became president in the 5th Republic of France - - uses the EC to promote France's
nationalism
- responsible for CAP (huge European market for French agriculture, de Gaulle's focus
was CAP to balance Germany's industrial power)
- Enemies-> the Commission (b/c doesn't trust supranatl and threatens national security
and encourages attachment to unaccountable institutions) and the UK
- Empty chair crisis-> de Gaulle pissed about budget->refuses to send rep to EC->
results in Luxemburg Compromise
- WHY IS DE GAULLE SO IMPORTANT->legacy: 1) used EU for natl purposes (CAP) 2)
, deep skepticism of the technocrat EC (empty chair) 3) increasing importance f
enlargement politics
Commission proposal for a directive discontinuing seasonal time changes - ANSWER
current proposal to stop member states from participating in daylight savings
Comparative politics approach to the EU - ANSWER asks the same kinds of questions
about the EU as about other national political systems
- value in looking at the EU through what we know about existing systems
COREPER - ANSWER Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union
- deal with all policy sectors to prepare work for the ministers (who only work in one
policy sector)
- the councils main preparatory body
- behind the scenes decision making, while ministers make the final decisions
Council of the EU - ANSWER Council of Ministers of EU
- rotating presidency every 6 months
- one minister per member state
- decision making body that meets to consider and adopt EU legislation
- qualitative majority voting
Court of Justice of the EU - ANSWER Chief judicial authority of the European Union
- oversees application and interpretation of EU law by member states
- one judge from each member state
- supreme court-ish
Customs Union - ANSWER Eliminates trade barriers between member countries and
adopts a common external trade policy
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Aquis Communautaire - ANSWER The body of laws, reulations, agreements, and court
decisions new members of the EU must accept before gaining admission
ALDE - ANSWER Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- liberal centralist political group of the European Parliament
- One of the oldest political groups
made up of MEPs from the ALDE party and the European Democratic party
- europhilic
Antonio Tajani - ANSWER Current President of the European Parliament
- Italian, EPP
- President presides over debates, refers matters to committees and represents EP in
meetings with other institutions
Article 50 TEU - ANSWER lays out the rules for Brexit
Benchmarking theory (de Vries) - ANSWER People use benchmarks of performance
(national economy performance, national defense) to indicate how their state would do
if they were in an alternate state (not in the EU)
Berlaymont - ANSWER Headquarters of the European Commission, shaped like X and
made of glass for transparency in government but can't actually see inside
Brexit: groups voting to leave/remain - ANSWER Educated/Younger People: Remain
Uneducated/Older People/people angry over inequality, opportunity and power: Leave
,Brexit: votes in UK's 4 nations - ANSWER UK and Wales: Leave
Scotland and N. Ireland: Remain
CAP - ANSWER Common Agricultural Policy
started with TEEEC - increases productivity, ensure fair living standard for farmers,
stabilize markets, assure availability of agricultural supplies, ensure reasonable prices
for consumers
CETA - ANSWER Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
- between the EU and Canada
- removes customs duties, ends restrictions on access to public contracts, open-up the
services market, offer better conditions for investors and help prevent illegal copying of
EU innovations and traditional products
CFSP - ANSWER Common Foreign and Security Policy
- the organized, agreed foreign policy of the EU for mainly security and defense
diplomacy and action
- chaired and represented by High Representative (Frederica Mogherini)
Charles de Gaulle - ANSWER Leader of French resistance in WWII and after until the 70s
- nationalist and harsh Euroskeptic
- became president in the 5th Republic of France - - uses the EC to promote France's
nationalism
- responsible for CAP (huge European market for French agriculture, de Gaulle's focus
was CAP to balance Germany's industrial power)
- Enemies-> the Commission (b/c doesn't trust supranatl and threatens national security
and encourages attachment to unaccountable institutions) and the UK
- Empty chair crisis-> de Gaulle pissed about budget->refuses to send rep to EC->
results in Luxemburg Compromise
- WHY IS DE GAULLE SO IMPORTANT->legacy: 1) used EU for natl purposes (CAP) 2)
, deep skepticism of the technocrat EC (empty chair) 3) increasing importance f
enlargement politics
Commission proposal for a directive discontinuing seasonal time changes - ANSWER
current proposal to stop member states from participating in daylight savings
Comparative politics approach to the EU - ANSWER asks the same kinds of questions
about the EU as about other national political systems
- value in looking at the EU through what we know about existing systems
COREPER - ANSWER Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union
- deal with all policy sectors to prepare work for the ministers (who only work in one
policy sector)
- the councils main preparatory body
- behind the scenes decision making, while ministers make the final decisions
Council of the EU - ANSWER Council of Ministers of EU
- rotating presidency every 6 months
- one minister per member state
- decision making body that meets to consider and adopt EU legislation
- qualitative majority voting
Court of Justice of the EU - ANSWER Chief judicial authority of the European Union
- oversees application and interpretation of EU law by member states
- one judge from each member state
- supreme court-ish
Customs Union - ANSWER Eliminates trade barriers between member countries and
adopts a common external trade policy
