AQA
Assess the possible consequences for UK macroeconomic performance of EU enlargement.
(AQA, June 2008)
Evaluate the economic consequences for members of a customs union, such as the EU,
of the protectionist policies it adopts towards the rest of the world.
(AQA January 2008)
Evaluate the possible impact of the expansion of the EU on UK economic performance.
(AQA, January 2007)
Describe the extent of unemployment across the EU; explain the main causes of unemployment
in the EU; discuss the effects of unemployment on the economy of the EU.
(AQA, June 2004)
Evaluate the benefits and costs of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy).
(AQA, January 2004)
Discuss how Germany’s 2001 budget balance may have been affected by the slowdown
in the German economy.
(AQA, January 2003)
Edexcel
Evaluate the likely economic effects of a decision by the UK to withdraw from the
European Union.
(Edexcel, June 2006)
In 2002, the unemployment rates in Spain, France, and Italy were significantly higher
than in the UK. Examine the factors which might explain why the UK’s unemployment
rate was lower than in these countries.
(Edexcel, June 2004)
OCR
Comment on the economic consequences for the EU15 of the migration of labour to
them from new EU member states such as Bulgaria.
(OCR, January 2008)
Discuss the extent to which membership of the eurozone is of benefit to an individual
country’s macroeconomic performance.
(OCR, June 2006)
Comment upon the extent to which tax competition between the member states of the
EU is harmful.
(OCR, June 2006)
Comment upon the extent to which the 10 new member states (EU 10) of the European
Union (EU) might be able to raise their GDP per capita levels by a significant amount.
(OCR, June 2006)
Comment upon the economic implications of extending the EU’s system of support for
agriculture to the accession countries.
(OCR, June 2004)
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the 2004 enlargement of the EU for European
firms and the EU economy. Explain two major obstacles to economic development faced
by developing countries.
(OCR, June 2004)
Discuss the benefits and costs of European economic integration.
(OCR, June 2003)
