Did you know the Court of Auditors is also on #Mastodon? Go say hello! @EUauditors 💜
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) was made a full EU institution by the TEU, under Article 13 TEU, and Articles 285-287 TFEU. As the name suggests, it audits the expenditure of the other institutions for legality and sound financial management.
Shoutout to everyone who's been taking part in my daily #EPSOprep question polls. I clearly need to make these harder.
Study materials for the #EPSO exams can be found here: https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/graduates-administrators-ad5
From which resource should I create questions next?
If you selected the European Court of Human rights here, you were correct. :europe: 💜
The ECHR and its court are part of the Council of Europe, which has 46 member states, the UK, and Turkey. All 27 EU Member States are also part of the Council of Europe.
Russia ceased to be party to the ECHR on 16 September 2022, for probably obvious reasons. #SlavaUkraini
More about that here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/russia-ceases-to-be-party-to-the-european-convention-on-human-rights#:~:text=Six%20months%20after%20its%20exclusion,Rights%20on%2016%20September%202022.
1973 saw the first expansion of the EU (European Communities) beyond it's original 6 founding countries (BE, DE, FR, IT, LU, NL). Which of the following was NOT part of the 1973 expansion?
Which one of the following is not an EU institution?
If you picked Winston Churchill on this one you were correct. He said this in a famous speech at a university in Zürich, although apparently he never intended for the UK to be part of the United States of Europe.
Altiero Spinelli is also a famous European federalist.
And here is one of the quotes that Schuman is generally famous for:
“Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan.”
Schuman declaration: 9 May 1950
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116018332859782244
The moment some of us have been waiting for since 2019.
#EPSO #EPSOprep #EU #EUjobs #EUcareers
Looks like most of you were right, it’s the court!🇪🇺 it’s generally the court that gets to interpret laws, and then the law students get to study that case law. Fun! One of my favourite EU Cases is Case C-120/78, popularly known as Cassis de Dijon.
Stay tuned for more #EPSOprep questions that I disguise as polls!
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More about Cassis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewe-Zentral_AG_v_Bundesmonopolverwaltung_f%C3%BCr_Branntwein
From who stems the following quote in 1946: “We must build a kind of United States of Europe.”
#EUHistory #EPSOprep #EU
Which EU institution is responsible for interpreting EU law and ensuring that EU member states follow it?
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And why am I bringing this to Mastodon?
Well, #Facebook groups are still a major way for people who are studying for the #EPSO to connect, share study tips, help eachother ...and do lots of complaining...
In any case, why can't the Fediverse fill that space?
So I plan to blog about it as I study: to promote the EU here, and to draw more EU nerds to Mastodon, who may hear that EU nerds are sharing real cool study tips over on the Fediverse...
#EPSOprep
This year, an EU general knowledge test will be a part of the #EPSO examinations.
Do I really think I stand a chance at being in the top-scorers of thousands of people who will apply? Not really. But I do think I could have a great deal of fun studying.
I love EU history and general knowledge, like, did you know the first president of the directly elected European Parliament was a woman called Simone Veil, a Holocaust survivor?
#EPSOprep is starting already
