The correct answer here was…. 55% of member states (so 15 out of 27) representing at least 65% of the EU population.
Qualified majority is the voting system most frequently used in the Council, with about 80% of all EU legislation adopted through it.
This is because a qualified majority applies when the Council takes decisions under the ordinary legislative procedure, which is the primary decision-making process for adopting EU laws.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/how-does-the-council-vote/qualified-majority/
#EPSO #EPSOPrep #EUKnowledge #EUPol
Under which voting conditions can the European Parliament pass a motion of censure forcing the mass resignation of the European Commission?
| A 2/3 majority of all MEPs | |
| A 2/3 majority of votes cast, a majority of MEPs | |
| A simple majority of votes cast | |
| 51% of all MEPs, 51% of votes cast |
In the Council of the European Union, where the EU Member States meet, decisions are often made by what we call "Qualified Majority Voting", or QMV. How many votes are needed to pass a law under QMV?
(In the interest of shortening answers: MS= Member States, pop=population)
Most of you got the answer right!
There are in fact more steps to the European Citizen initiative, but this is all I could fit in the short poll field of Mastodon.
Before you even launch an initiative, you have to find 7 EU citizens living in 7 different EU countries to join your cause.
Once the initiative is registered for voting you need 1 million signatures from at least 7 EU countries, and a minimum threshold in those.
All the steps are listed here:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works_en
With the European Citizen initiative, citizens can call on the EU to propose new laws. Once it has been registered and opens for voting, how many signatures are needed?
#EPSOprep #EU #EUcitizens #EPSO #StudyWithMe #ECI #EuropeanCitizenInitiative
Correct answer: B
The Ombudsman is elected for a 5-year renewable term by the EU Parliament.
The #Ombudsman deals with complaints and carries out inquiries into cases of alleged maladministration in the activities of the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, except the CJEU.
Currently the position is held by an Ombudswoman, Teresa Anjinho, whose offices are in Brussels and Strasbourg.
https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/our-strategy/strategy/en
Which of the following statements correctly describes the composition of the #ECB's Governing Council?
Solution: B
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is the foreign policy framework aiming at bringing the EU and its Eastern and Southern neighbours closer, to their mutual benefit and interest.
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/european-neighbourhood-policy_en
The Eastern Partnership consists of 6 Neighbourhood countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/european-neighbourhood-policy/eastern-neighbourhood-countries_en
Let's go back to everyone's favourite topic: #trains 🚂
Under Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on #rail passengers’ rights and obligations, to which services do EU rail passenger rights principally apply?
Hannah Grace
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