The Spanish seafarer who discovered America was …
Cristoforo Colombo
The term “iron curtain” separating East and Western Europe was created in 1946 by …
Sir Winston Churchill
The initiative of the USA to rebuild Europe after the second world war was called … plan
Marshall
… (French foreign minister) on 9 May 1950, proposed establishing a European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
Robert Schuman
The Treaties of Rome of 1957 built two European Communities:
the … based on a wider common market covering a whole range of goods and services, and
the … for the peaceful use of nuclear technologies for energy production.
European Economic Community (EEC)
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
The Treaty creating the European Union in 1991 named after the town in the Netherlands where it was signed is the “… Treaty”
Maastricht
The major achievement of the Single European Act of 1986 was the creation of a …
single market
The Treaty replacing a “European Constitution” becoming effective 1 Jan. 2009 is called the Treaty of …
Lisbon
The … is the meeting of Heads of State and Government (i.e. presidents and/or prime ministers) of all the EU countries, plus the President of the European Commission, and is the highest-level policy-making body in the European Union.
European Council
The … refers to government ministers from all the EU countries meeting regularly to take detailed decisions and to pass EU laws.
Council of Ministers
The … .is the ‘Guardian of the Treaties’ and has to ensure that the regulations and directives adopted by the Council and Parliament are being implemented in the member states.
European Commission (EC)
The “financial conscience” of the European Union is the
Court of Auditors
The … is the European Union's long-term lending institution supporting the EU’s priority objectives, especially European integration and the development of economically weak regions, by providing loans for e.g. large infrastructure networks of transport, energy and telecommunications.
European Investment Bank (EIB)
A „New Common Agricultural Policy“ was developed where the amount of financial support given to a farmer has been largely decoupled from the production volume and … criteria for subsidizing the farming activities have been introduced.
environmental
The … introduced 1 Jan. 2002 is the key element of the Economic and Monetary Union.
Euro
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA)(founded as Frontex)
… is the EU agency responsible for external border control between the Schengen region and other countries by coordinating the activities of the national border guards.
... is a multinational temporary military group set up under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) for peacekeeping missions of limited duration.
EUFOR
The European Union has now … million inhabitants.
443
The Motto of the Euro pean Union is …
In Variate Concordia (United in Diversity)
The … is the body that represents the EU’s citizens and which exercises political supervision over the EU’s activities.
European Parliament
The EU judicial system consists of 2 levels: The higher level is called …
the European Court of Justice
The EU judicial system consists of 2 levels: The lower level is called …
the General Court of the European Union
The … (Stockholm) has the task to strengthen Europe’s defences against infectious diseases.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Formally the … is the only body with the „Right of Initiative“.
European Comission
Due to the stringent application of EU … rules the EU has become a huge single market for air travel at moderate costs.
single market act / competition
The “…” for candidate countries contains strict environmental regulations leading to a great improvement of the situation in new Member States.
acquis
The … .co-ordinates the EU's foreign policy.
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
The … could be the nucleus of a European army.
Rapid Reaction Force
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