Die Gewinner des Turniers im Rahmen der diesjährigen International Debate Academy Slovenia stehen fest: In Ljubljana abgeräumt haben John Sadek und Jessica Bullock aus Vermont, als Zweitplatzierte folgen Filip Dobranic und Maja Cimerman aus der slowenischen Hauptstadt, die derzeit amtierenden Europameister in der Kategorie ESL (English as a Second Language). Weiters befanden sich im Finale Anna England-Kerr sowie Crt Podlogar aus Lubljana sowie Goran Jankuloski und Pedrag Pevicevic aus Belgrad. Chefjuroren waren Anne Valkering (Niederlande), John Hampson (British Council), Loke Wing Fatt (Singapur), TJ Senamngern (Thailand) und Maja Nenadovic (Niederlande).

Die Themen im Überblick:

• Runde 1: This house would require migrants wishing to have European citizenship to pass language and value tests.
• Runde 2: This House would return national treasures to their country of origin.
• Runde 3: This House believes that adoption agencies that receive state funding should give priority to same sex couples and infertile couples.
• Runde 4: This House would require large online social networks to be controlled democratically by their users.
• Runde 5: This House would refuse to negotiate with kidnappers and hijackers.
• Runde 6: This House believes that Roma should be recognized as the first transnational minority in the European Union.
• Viertelfinale: This house believes that Arabic nations should stop selling oil to France until it removes restrictions on Islamic dress.
• Halbfinale: This house believes that the ECB should have veto power over member states budgets
• Finale: This house believes that the free market does not make the workers free.

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