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? Belgium France Luxembourg Germany

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

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 Italy Spain United Kingdom

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 Poland Czech Republic Slovakia

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

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

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

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 Cyprus Slovakia Latvia

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? Slovenia Hungary Czech Republic Malta

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

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? France Luxembourg Belgium Italy

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

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? France Sweden Denmark United Kingdom

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

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? Hungary Slovenia Slovakia 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)? Estonia Hungary Slovenia Czech Republic

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? Hungary Lithuania Slovakia Slovenia

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