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Members of the European Parliament: A Quiz on Key Figures and Facts

Test your knowledge about key figures and facts related to the Members of the European Parliament with this engaging quiz.

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1 ________, former Prime Minister of France

2 The so-called "dual mandate"—in which an individual is a member of both his or her national parliament and the ________, was officially discouraged by a growing number of political parties and Member States, and is prohibited as of 2009.

3 Members declare their financial interests, which are published annually in a register and available on the ________.

4 Michael Cashman, former British actor (________) and gay rights campaigner.

5 The oldest member is Giovanni Berlinguer, born in 1924; the former communist was present at the signing of the ________ in 1957.

6 ________, Champion Rally driver, elected to second term by a French constituency, rather than his native Finland.

7 ________, former Prime Minister and President of Portugal

8 ________, another leading Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, similarly having held a "triple mandate"

9 Lilli Gruber, high-profile television journalist who joined politics to oppose ________'s high degree of media control

10 Robert Kilroy-Silk, former chat show host maverick who was fired from the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 2003, Austrian Member of the European Parliament Daniela Raschhofer was conferred a Grand Decoration of Honour.
  • 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.
  • incoming Romanian Member of the European Parliament Norica Nicolai was the first woman to preside over a session of the Romanian Senate.
  • in 2003, Member of the European Parliament Marialiese Flemming proposed more than 80 amendments to a European Commission human tissue safety standards proposal.
  • in 2001, Wolfgang Ilgenfritz, along with several other Members of the European Parliament, declared his personal financial interests online.
  • before becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Peter Sichrovsky edited a book featuring a collection of interviews with the children of Nazi families.
  • in 1955, former Belgian Member of the European Parliament Jean-Maurice Dehousse studied in Beverly Hills, California.
  • Beata Brookes, Conservative MEP for North Wales for ten years, has been nicknamed "the Celtic Iron Lady".
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