VERBAL, NUMERICAL, ABSTRACT REASONING

1. Books by ORSEU - best to practise under time pressure https://www.orseu-concours.com/gb/5-epso-books?srsltid=AfmBOoo0IGYphF9w24NWbNHTgCCnnutZETm-wYDlTCBxuAjuNIGQAO1X

2. EU Training questions - best to get familiar with the digital environment of the text and your chosen test language https://eutraining.eu/

3. YouTube videos - best for boosting numerical skills ( high school refreshers and shortcut tricks) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=math+numerical+reasoning

EU KNOWLEDGE

1.0 EPSO’s official EU Knowledge source list (once published)

1.1. Institutions - what it is, and how it works: treaty set up, competences, policy areas, (evolutions of) powers. Basic timeline of European integration: the founding treaties, successive enlargements, the creation of the single market, Schengen, the euro, major treaty reforms, the financial and migration crises, Brexit, the pandemic response and the evolution of the EU’s role in security and defence.

1.2. Key legal terminology (legal acts: regulations, directives etc.): https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/law/types-legislation_en The glossary, not the most glamorous, but it’s a goldmine! https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary.html

2.1. Legislative procedures - the ordinary legislative procedure (exceptions) https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/decision-making/ordinary-legislative-procedure/), Special legislative procedure (Consent procedure, Consultation procedure https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=LEGISSUM%3Aspecial_legislative_procedure), Non-legislative procedures (delegated acts, implementing acts https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:non-legislative_procedures). Think with famous examples!

2.2. Decision-making workflows - impact assessment, public consultations, European Citizens’ Initiatives: https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/law/how-eu-policy-decided_en

2.3. Budget - How the EU budget is designed and how it is adopted: the Multiannual Financial Framework, the annual budget, expenditure headings, own resources and the respective roles of the Commission, Parliament and Council.

3.1. Policy - Commission, Parliament and Council priorities - reading EU policy summaries, paying attention to the last Commission mandate and the current one. See the trends of the Council Presidencies’ priorities and European Parliament activities.

3.2 Policy - EU budget and funding debates - follow me!

3.3. Policy - Politics & external action updates. While AD5 is not a test of politics, it’s worth keeping up with the EU’s political environment: enlargement, relations with neighbouring countries, Ukraine, security and defence, trade, migration, sanctions and the EU’s role in international organisations. Follow who acted and which competences they had in which topic.

Other sources: EU careers: study materials - official study materials https://op.europa.eu/en/web/general-publications/eucareersmaterial

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