Understanding the European Parliament Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the 2002 documentary Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death, alleging U.S. involvement in the Dasht-i-Leili massacre, was viewed by the European Parliament, but received no coverage in U.S. media.

the European Parliament is currently housed in Espace Léopold in Brussels, Belgium.

the award for European Parliament's newly established cinema prize, Lux, consists of subtitling the winning film in the 23 official EU languages and an original language adaptation for the deaf and hard of hearing.

in 2004, MEP Hans Kronberger unsuccessfully contested his fellow Freedom Party of Austria candidate's election to the European Parliament in the Constitutional Court of Austria.

for most of his European Parliamentary term, Gerhard Hager was a member of the Freedom Party of Austria, before leaving the party just over one year before the end of his second term.

after losing his European Parliament seat, Roger Barton set up a group offering llama-trekking to young people from Sheffield.

anti-gay protests following the selection of the song Samo Ljubezen by drag-group Sestre in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest led to criticism of Slovenia in the European Parliament.

after her European Parliamentary career, Anne André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at the World Expo in Zaragoza from 2006 to 2008.

Understanding the European Parliament

1 Finally, the ________, the executive body of the EU, is accountable to Parliament: in particular Parliament can veto it and its President and can force the body to resign.

2 This would be by having political parties running with candidates for the job, so the largest party would essentially be forming the government, as in the ________ of government.

3 Who of the following is/was the leader of European Parliament?

4 What is the legislature of European Parliament called?

5 Which is currently the premier party of European Parliament?

6 Following this the ________ imposed a cap on the number of members to be elected, 732.

7 One of the oldest common institutions, it began as the "Common Assembly" of the ________ (ECSC).

8 [50] Furthermore it has powers over the appointment of the members of the ________ and the president and executive board of the European Central Bank.

9 Barroso gained the support of the ________ for a second term and secured majority support from the Parliament in September 2009.

10 The Parliament is also responsible for discharging the implementation of previous budgets based on the annual report of the ________.

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