Europe shall be subject to debate. That is the spirit that drives the International Series of European Debates. The VDCH* and the society Bürger Europas e.V. initiated this series of debates about European topics. In cooperation with different local debating societies, public debates with European politicians have already been organised in a variety of cities in Germany and Austria. This year, in the run-up to the 2014 elections to the European Parliament, the European Debates will be hosted not only in German speaking countries, but all over Europe. Christoph Krakowiak, person in charge for the European Debates, has announced that public debates will be held in the following cities:

Austria: Vienna, Salzburg, Graz
Netherlands: Amsterdam, Utrecht
Spain: Madrid, Badajoz
France: Nancy
Italy: Bozen
Sweden: Lund

Other than originally planned, there will be no European Debate in Switzerland. Instead, one of the European Debates will take place in Lund. “As it was quite hard to include Switzerland as a non-member state of the EU, we are very delighted Lund expressed interest in hosting one of the European Debates”, Christoph explained.

The Debate Series will be advertised as International Series of European Debates. The design of the national and international posters will be similar to the layout the European Parliament uses to promote the European Parliament Election.

Further information will be released soon on the Website of the European Debates.

*VDCH (Verband der Debattierclubs an Hochschulen) Association of German Speaking University Debating Societies

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