FAQ
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All questions
- How did the EU begin?
- Is the Council of Europe part of the EU?
- What is meant by ‘qualified majority’?
- Are new Member States introducing the euro?
- Can a country withdraw from the EU or be thrown out?
- Can a Member of the European Parliament be a member of a national parliament at the same time?
- Can I bring a case before the European Court of Justice?
- Can state aid be provided for the production of condoms? (state aid)
- Can the Commission adopt regulations?
- Do I have to take my passport when I travel to another EU country?
- How does the codecision procedure work?
- How does the consultation procedure work?
- How many Europeans voted in the European Parliament elections of 2009?
- How many languages are used in the EU?
- How many Members of the European Parliament does each country have?
- How many political groups are there in the European Parliament?
- How many treaties form the basis of EU cooperation?
- How much does a Member of the European Parliament earn?
- In what order do the Member States hold the Presidency?
- In which countries is the euro used?
- Is ERM II a new character in Star Wars?
- Is Gran Canaria part of the EU?
- Is Norway a member of the EU?
- Is the European Court of Human Rights part of the EU system?
- Is the Official Journal of the EU a newspaper?
- Is there an official EU anthem?
- The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
- What are EFTA and EEA?
- What are the convergence criteria?
- What are the Lomé Conventions and the Cotonou Agreement?
- What countries have applied for membership of the EU?
- What decision-making procedures are there in the EU?
- What do the pools have to do with the internal market? (services)
- What does a euro ‘cost’, and what does it look like?
- What does Bermuda have to do with the EU?
- What does it mean when a country has the ‘Presidency’?
- What does Kir Royal have to do with the internal market? (goods)
- What does notification mean?
- What does the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy involve?
- What does the EU flag symbolise?
- What does the EU have to do with summertime?
- What does the football World Cup have to do with the EU’s competition rules? (competition)
- What does the internal market have to do with football club transfer rules? (persons)
- What does the Treaty say about the procedure for EU enlargement?
- What happened during the Danish reflection pause?
- What happens at Council meetings when Member States do not have ministers for the same areas of responsibility?
- What happens at meetings of the European Council?
- What information is recorded as part of Schengen cooperation?
- What international organisations were there in Europe before the EU?
- What is a directive?
- What is a regulation?
- What is a Schengen visa?
- What is a Treaty?
- What is a ‘private office’?
- What is an Advocate-General?
- What is an Intergovernmental Conference?
- What is COREPER?
- What is COSAC?
- What is EMU?
- What is Greenland’s relationship with the EU?
- What is ratification?
- What is Schengen cooperation and why is it called that?
- What is the CAP?
- What is the difference between intergovernmental and supranational cooperation?
- What is the difference between the ‘Council’ and the ‘European Council’?
- What is the environmental guarantee (environmental derogation)?
- What is the internal market?
- What is the Lisbon strategy?
- What is the purpose of the EU?
- What is the Schuman Declaration?
- What is the size of the EU budget, and how much do the Member States contribute to it?
- What is the Stability and Growth Pact?
- What is the subsidiarity principle?
- What is the ‘acquis communautaire’?
- What is the ‘troika’?
- What requirements must countries meet to become members of the EU?
- What transitional arrangements apply between the old and the new EU Member States?
- What types of proceedings are there in the European Court of Justice?
- What was the European Convention?
- When did negotiations begin on the enlargement of the EU in 2004?
- When did the EC come to be called the EU?
- When is Europe Day?
- Where can I find the rules of the EU?
- Where is the European Parliament located?
- Which countries are members of the EU and when did they become members?
- Which countries are net contributors to the EU budget?
- Which countries participate in Schengen cooperation?
- Which EU referenda have taken place in EU member states?
- Who was Europa?