Debate competition for secondary school students
Registration period ended on Wednesday 18 December 2024, 17:00 (GMT)
- digital single market | cybersecurity
- Friday 28 March 2025, 09:00 - 16:00 (GMT)
- Dublin 2, Ireland
Practical information
- When
- Friday 28 March 2025, 09:00 - 16:00 (GMT)
- Where
- The PrintworksDublin Castle, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Languages
- English
Description
The debate is a simulation of a meeting of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. It encourages teenagers to learn about the EU’s decision-making progress.
Teams from 27 schools represent the 27 EU Member States and they will debate a mock EU proposal from the viewpoint of their assigned Member State.
The topic of the 2025 debate is “EU Digital Policy and Young People”.
The goal is to build consensus through negotiation and compromise. A judging panel will select the winning team based on a number of set criteria.
The winning team will be awarded a subsidised class trip to represent Ireland at a ‘Euroscola’ session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 17 October 2025, where the students will become ‘MEPs’ for a day. They will also each win an IPad.
The members of the 2 runner-up teams will also each receive an IPad.
How to take part
Applications for the 2025 competition have now closed.
If you have any queries about this event please email: COMM-IE-EDUCATIONec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMM-IE-EDUCATION[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).
