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Brussels Insider Quiz
Not just of the sprout variety either
Think you know a bit about Eurocrats? Do you know what happens on a parliamentary committee? Or at a Council of Ministers meeting? Ten tough questions about what really goes on in the EU. Test your mettle! If you get the question wrong you go back to the start!
Faceless Bureaucrats?
Correct! The combined staff of the European Commission, European Parliament, and Council of the EU equal some 23,000 people (not counting a far lower number of ?national experts? sent by national governments, or staff employed directly by the member states at their ?permanent representations?). As a comparison, this amounts to less than 1% of the bureaucrats employed by the French state, or about the combined number of people working for the London boroughs of Greenwich (10,700), Wandsworth (6,570) and Westminster (6,121).
Next Question : Many reports in the media state that faceless ?Eurocrats? have enormous powers over European citizens? daily lives. But what percentage of Brussels bureaucrats actually make decisions that matter?
Next Question : Many reports in the media state that faceless ?Eurocrats? have enormous powers over European citizens? daily lives. But what percentage of Brussels bureaucrats actually make decisions that matter?
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See how much you know about Europe by taking part in our brainteaser quiz. But make a mistake and you get sent back to the start!
See how much you know about Europe by taking part in our brainteaser quiz. But make a mistake and you get sent back to the start!