Question 1

What is the EU's legally binding target for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, as agreed upon in December 2025?

Accepted Answer

A 90% reduction

Question 2

As of May 2025, how many EU member states had submitted their final updates to their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs)?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 3

Which major tech company's platforms, Instagram and Facebook, were preliminarily found by the European Commission to be in breach of the Digital Services Act for failing to reduce risks for minors?

Accepted Answer

Meta

Question 4

What was the Eurozone's GDP expansion in the first quarter of 2026, according to Euro Area News?

Accepted Answer

0.1%

Question 5

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) definitive regime officially came into effect on what date?

Accepted Answer

January 1, 2026

Question 6

According to a 2023 Commission data, what trend has been observed regarding the integration in the free movement of goods within the EU's Single Market?

Accepted Answer

A decrease from 26.0% to 23.8%

Question 7

What is the EU's binding renewable energy target by 2030 as set by the revised Renewable Energy Directive?

Accepted Answer

42.5% of gross final energy consumption

Question 8

In which month of 2026 did the European Central Bank (ECB) keep interest rates unchanged at its meeting, maintaining the main refinancing rate at 2.15%?

Accepted Answer

April

Question 9

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement started to be provisionally applied on which date?

Accepted Answer

May 1, 2026

Question 10

What is the proposed target for net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 2040, as initially proposed by the European Commission in July 2025?

Accepted Answer

90% reduction

Question 11

As of January 2026, which industrial sector has been formally added to the list of sectors eligible for compensation for indirect emission costs under the amended Emissions Trading System (ETS) State Aid Guidelines?

Accepted Answer

Battery production

Question 12

What is the overall unemployment rate in the European Union as of March?

Accepted Answer

6.0%

Question 13

The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism rewards outstanding journalism that promotes or defends which of the following EU values?

Accepted Answer

Human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights

Question 14

In the European Climate Performance Ranking 2025, the EU ranks at which position?

Accepted Answer

20th

Question 15

What is the primary goal of the European single market, as described by the European Commission?

Accepted Answer

To create a borderless economic area for free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour

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