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)

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?

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• 1 million only by EU citizens (4%, 24 votes)
• 1 million by EU residents & citizens (2%, 11 votes)
• 1 million by EU citizens from at least 7 countries (60%, 300 votes)
• I don't know (32%, 162 votes)

Who is the #EuropeanParliament building named after, which houses the hemicycle (the main debate chamber) in Strasbourg?

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• Robert Schuman (51%, 38 votes)
• Louise Weiss (12%, 9 votes)
• Paul-Henri Spaak (5%, 4 votes)
• I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ (31%, 23 votes)

According to the 2026 @EUCommission Work Programme, what is the primary purpose of the *SAFE instrument*?

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• Support joint procurement and defence production (46%, 18 votes)
• Strengthen policing within Europol (2%, 1 vote)
• Reform the ECB mandate (0%, 0 votes)
• I don't know (51%, 20 votes)

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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 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)