Q 01/05

Which is the European Union's smallest member state by population?

A) Cyprus

B) Estonia

C) Malta

D) Slovenia

Answer · why

C) Malta

Malta: with over half a million people it still elects six MEPs, the minimum the EU treaties guarantee every member state.

Q 02/05

The treaty that formally established the European Union in 1993 is named after which Dutch city?

A) Rotterdam

B) Maastricht

C) Amsterdam

D) Utrecht

Answer · why

B) Maastricht

Maastricht: the treaty also set the entry rules for a single currency, including limits of 3% of GDP on budget deficits and 60% on government debt.

Q 03/05

In which city did six countries sign the 1957 treaty founding the European Economic Community?

A) Paris

B) Brussels

C) Rome

D) The Hague

Answer · why

C) Rome

Rome: the treaty signed there in March 1957 committed the six to abolishing customs duties between them and building common policies on farming, trans...

Q 04/05

Which founding member of the European Economic Community had Bonn as its capital when it signed the 1957 treaty?

A) Italy

B) West Germany

C) Belgium

D) The Netherlands

Answer · why

B) West Germany

West Germany: when Germany reunified in October 1990, the former East simply became Community territory, and no new member state joined.

Q 05/05

Europe Day, on 9 May, marks a 1950 declaration by which French foreign minister?

A) Aristide Briand

B) Robert Schuman

C) Georges Bidault

D) Maurice Couve de Murville

Answer · why

B) Robert Schuman

Robert Schuman: his proposal aimed to make war between France and its old enemy 'not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible'.