The EU 25

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1. Jean Monnet was one of the founding fathers of the European Community. Which member state was he from? France Luxembourg Belgium Germany

2. Which country was the subject of the 1990 "enlargement" of the EU? Austria Finland Sweden Germany

3. Which country refused to join the European Economic Community when it was founded in 1957 but then changed its mind and had to apply three times before finally being admitted? Norway United Kingdom Spain Italy

4. Which country was the only new member to join the EC in the 1981 enlargement? Spain Norway Portugal Greece

5. In terms of both population and land area, which was the largest of the 2004 enlargement members at the time of the enlargement? Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic Poland

6. Aside from Denmark, which is the only EU member state to have voted against adoption of the Euro in a referendum? Ireland United Kingdom Sweden Greece

7. In 1973 the EC expanded to take in three new members, the United Kingdom, Denmark and _______? Norway Greece Sweden Ireland

8. Which of the 2004 enlargement states has its capital at Riga? Slovakia Lithuania Latvia Slovenia

9. Which 2004 enlargement member of the EU had a long-running border dispute involving a EU candidate country which did not join the EU in 2004? Malta Latvia Slovakia Cyprus

10. Which country plays host to most of the major EU institutions including the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the Committee of the Regions? Luxembourg Belgium France Germany

11. In terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita, which was the richest of the 2004 enlargement member states? Czech Republic Slovenia Hungary Malta

12. The 1986 enlargement brought two new members into the EC, Portugal and _______? Malta Greece Spain Italy

13. Which is the most northerly of the 2004 enlargement states? Latvia Poland Lithuania Estonia

14. In which country was the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community signed in 1957? Luxembourg France Italy Belgium

15. In which country is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) sited? Belgium France Netherlands Luxembourg

16. Following the 2004 enlargement, which member state had the smallest population? Estonia Cyprus Malta Luxembourg

17. Which country voted "No" to the Maastricht Treaty in a referendum in 1992 but then voted "Yes" in 1993 after being granted some derogations from the Treaty? Sweden France United Kingdom Denmark

18. Which of these 2004 enlargement countries was once part of the Soviet Union? Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania Poland

19. Which of these member states was a founder member of EFTA (European Free Trade Association) before joining the EC? Italy Spain Portugal Greece

20. Which country hosted the Intergovernmental Conferences (IGCs) which led to the creation of the EU from the EC and paved the way for the 2004 enlargement? Belgium Denmark Italy Netherlands

21. In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union, making a total number of 27 member states. Greece shares a border with Bulgaria, but which is the only member state to share a border with Romania? Slovakia Hungary Slovenia Czech Republic

22. Which 2004 enlargement member state was until 1993 part of a larger state (its former partner in that state also joined the EU in 2004)? Hungary Estonia Czech Republic Slovenia

23. Prior to the 2004 enlargement, which was the only country to share a land border with Russia? Sweden Finland Germany Austria

24. All of the 2004 enlargement member states except Cyprus carried out referenda on their membership in the EU. In percentage terms, which country registered the largest 'Yes' vote? Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania Hungary

25. Which of these EU members once ruled an empire encompassing four of the 2004 enlargement members? Sweden Spain Austria United Kingdom