Jonathan Scholbach, Severin Weingarten and Eva Schlindwein (Debattiergesellschaft Jena) have just won this year’s Jena Open defying the Pro side. The motion reads “Open Goverment statt Geheimdiplomatie? – Sollen staatliche Informationen frei verfügbar sein?”.

They defeated the other team on the Contra side consisting of Fabian Hachenberg, Alexander Rehfeld and Steffen Krüger (Debattiergesellschaft Jena).

Judging the semis were Anna Neidhardt (Debattiergesellschaft Jena), Martin Pötzsch (Debattiergesellschaft Jena), Verena Gräf (Debattiergesellschaft Jena), Florian Umscheid (Berlin Debating Union). President of the final was Benjamin Finger (Debattiergesellschaft Jena).

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