Round 5: Tossup 10
Description acceptable. A year after the largest instance of this action, a tourism board ran ads with a handsome plumber to spoof a stock character invoked by opponents of it. The PHARE restructuring program was created to assist in this action. The Copenhagen criteria were drawn up in anticipation of multiple instances of this action after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The “petit oui” was a lukewarm response to one proposed instance of this action, which was rejected by two referendums in Norway. The abandonment of preliminary steps toward taking this action by the government of Viktor Yanukovych triggered the Maidan uprising. The adoption of a common currency following this action is governed by criteria laid out in the Maastricht Treaty. For 10 points, name this action that was reversed by Brexit. ■END■
ANSWER: accession to the European Union [accept joining in place of “accession”; accept EU or European Community or European Communities or EC or European Economic Community or EEC in place of “European Union”; accept enlargement of the European Union or EU; accept European integration]
<CJ, European History> | Packet F - Chicago C, McGill C, WashU A, Chicago B
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