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)

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• 55% of MS representing 65% of EU population (35%, 32 votes)
• 65% of Member States (2%, 2 votes)
• 65% of MS representing at least 50% of EU pop. (38%, 35 votes)
• I don't know (24%, 22 votes)

Another #EULaw question today: There are three sources of EU law: primary law, general principles of EU law and secondary law.
What is secondary law made up of?

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• Delegated & implementing acts + opinions only (19%, 10 votes)
• Regulations and Directives only (28%, 15 votes)
• All off the above (7%, 4 votes)
• I don’t know (44%, 23 votes)

Which one of the following policy areas is an exclusive competence of the EU?

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• Competition / Antitrust Rules (37%, 30 votes)
• Non-discrimination Policy (11%, 9 votes)
• Agriculture and Fisheries (30%, 25 votes)
• I don't know (21%, 17 votes)

Which EU institution gets to propose new laws? (Also referred to as the right of legislative initiative).

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• The European Commission (47%, 80 votes)
• The European Parliament (25%, 43 votes)
• The European Council (7%, 12 votes)
• I don't know (19%, 32 votes)

Today an #EULaw question for you:
What is the name of the procedure, by which courts of the Member States can refer questions to the #EU Court of Justice on matters of EU Law?

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• The Clarification Procedure (9%, 4 votes)
• The Subsidiarity Review Procedure (16%, 7 votes)
• The Preliminary Ruling Procedure (25%, 11 votes)
• I don't know (48%, 21 votes)

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