EU law worksheet with answers

Which are the four freedoms of the EU internal market?

1. AFree trade, free elections, free media and free courts
2. BFreedom of speech, religion, assembly and press
3. CFree education, health care, housing and transport
4. DFree movement of goods, persons, services and capital

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU has the same legal value as the Treaties since:

1. AThe Treaty of Rome (1957)
2. BThe Brexit agreement (2020)
3. CThe Maastricht Treaty (1993)
4. DThe Treaty of Lisbon (2009)

Which treaty created the European Union and introduced EU citizenship?

1. AThe Maastricht Treaty
2. BThe Treaty of Amsterdam
3. CThe Treaty of Rome
4. DThe Single European Act

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

1. ATreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts
2. BMember states can leave the EU at will
3. CTreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
4. DDirectives have horizontal direct effect

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft (1970) held that the validity of a Community measure:

1. ARequires approval by a national referendum
2. BDepends on its compatibility with the fundamental rights in each national constitution
3. CCan be reviewed by any national court that doubts it
4. DCannot be affected by claims that it breaches national constitutional rights

The principle of subsidiarity means the EU should act in areas outside its exclusive competence only if:

1. AThe Commission considers it popular
2. BThe European Parliament and the Council agree that EU action would be quicker and cheaper than national action
3. CThe objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by member states and can be better achieved at EU level
4. DEvery member state requests it

In Åkerberg Fransson (2013), a Swedish fisherman faced tax penalties and criminal proceedings for VAT fraud. The Court held that the Charter applied because:

1. AThe fisherman was an EU institution employee
2. BThe Charter applies to every action of a member state, whether or not it involves EU law in any way
3. CThe national measures fell within the scope of EU law on VAT and the EU's financial interests
4. DSweden had incorporated the Charter into its constitution

The Weiss (PSPP) judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020 was controversial because it:

1. ADeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany
2. BAbolished the euro in Germany
3. CAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law
4. DWithdrew Germany from the EU