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• What was formed in 1950 in Europe?

  European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
• What significant treaty was signed in 1957?

  First Treaty of Rome (EEC)
• When did the UK join the European Community?

  1973
• What was the outcome of the 1975 UK referendum?

  2 to 1 majority voted to stay in
• What year was the Treaty of Maastricht signed?

  1992
• What was the result of the 2016 UK referendum?

  52% voted to leave EU
• What significant event occurred in 2019?

  BREXIT
• What are the main aims of the EU?

  • Promoting peace
  • Economic integration and single market
  • Economic and monetary union
  • Enlargement
  • Social policy
  • Political union
• What did the ECSC aim for after WWII?

  To promote peace
• What are the four freedoms of the EU's single market?

  Movement of people, goods, services, capital
• What is the Euro?

  Single currency for EU member states
• What does the monetary union involve?

  Interest rates decided by the Bank
• Which country joined the EU in 1984?

  Greece
• Which countries joined the EU in 2004?

  Eastern European countries
• Which countries joined the EU in 2007?

  Bulgaria and Romania
• How many countries are currently in the EU?

  27 countries
• What does the EU's social policy aim to protect?

  Human rights and workers' rights
• What is the 'social chapter' in the EU?

  Protects workers' rights, limits working hours
• What is the role of the European Commission?

  Proposes EU laws and assesses impact
• What does the European Council consist of?

  Heads of government of member states
• What is the role of the Council of the European Union?

  Discusses policy areas like agriculture
• What is the European Parliament's unique feature?

  It is the only directly elected EU institution
• What does the European Court of Justice do?

  Resolves disputes between member states
• What are the main stages of passing and enforcing EU law?

  1. European Council sets guidelines
  2. European Commission proposes laws
  3. Council of the EU and Parliament decide on laws
  4. European Council implements laws
  5. European Court of Justice enforces laws
• What happens if the Council of the EU and Parliament can't agree on a law?

  It goes to a "conciliation committee"
• What is meant by supranational decision-making in the EU?

  Power transferred to a higher independent body
• What is intergovernmental decision-making in the EU?

  Member states cooperate while retaining sovereignty
• What does the term 'hierarchy' refer to in the context of EU decision-making?

  Structure of power among EU institutions
• What are the four main features of the European Union (EU)?

  Customs union, single market, political union, monetary union
• What does it mean that the EU is a customs union?

  No tariffs on goods between member states
• What is meant by the EU being a free, single market?

  No barriers to movement of goods, services, and people
• What rights do citizens of a member state have in the EU?

  Live anywhere in the Union with common rights
• What does it mean that the EU is a partial political union?

  EU laws apply throughout the Union
• What is the monetary union in the EU?

  Some member states use the euro currency
• What principle is the EU based upon?

  The principle of four freedoms of the single market
• What percentage voted for the UK to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum?

  51.9%
• Who resigned immediately after the 2016 EU referendum?

  David Cameron
• Why did Theresa May resign?

  Failed to win parliamentary support for Brexit deal
• How did the governing party and opposition react to Brexit?

  Both became deeply divided over next steps
• What did some MPs call for regarding Brexit?

  Second referendum and soft Brexit