Europe And The European Union Quiz

Before Maastricht, the European Union was called the 'European Community'. The term 'Union' was introduced in the text which came out of the Maastricht Conference.

Before the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was founded, the Economic Monetary Cooperation was founded in 1978. This included a European Currency Unit, the ECU.

The number twelve is traditionally the symbol of perfection, completeness and unity (12 hours in day, 12 months in a year, etc). The 12 stars do not represent the 12 countries who were the original member states.

As of 31 December 2021, Berlin has the highest population among the cities in EU, according to Federal Statistical Office, Germany. It has an official population of more than 3,750,000. 

The Presidency of the European Union is rotated every 6 months. This means that every member state of the European Union takes turns holding the presidency for a period of 6 months. This rotation allows for equal representation and decision-making among member states, ensuring that no single country has too much influence over EU policies and initiatives. It also promotes cooperation and collaboration among member states, as they work together to address common challenges and advance the goals of the European Union.

Officially, the EU is not a 'member' of the UN as it does not have voting rights. It has however been an observer member at the United Nations since 1974 and has had enhanced participation rights since 2011. The EU itself does not have voting rights but it is represented alongside its 27 members which do, two of which are permanent members of the Security Council, those being France and the United Kingdom.

Dehaene was nominated to follow Delors. Though the obvious candidate, he was blocked (in favor of Santer) by British Prime Minister, John Major.

The Council of Europe has members that are not members of the European Union and it is responsible for a European Declaration on the Human Rights. It is not mentioned in the Treaty on the European Union or in the Treaty on the European Community. However, it did gave the incentive to a process now called European integration.

By both population and size, it's Malta. Malta has 405,000 of the EU's 495 million people, and is 316 square kilometres in size, out of the EU's total size of 4,324,782 square kilometres.

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (9 November 1888 – 16 March 1979) is regarded by many as a chief architect of European Unity and is regarded as one of its founding fathers. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist.