The team Mary Berry (Tudor Musat, Iona Covei) was victorious at the UDP Open 2019. Out of Opening Government, they defeated the Opening Opposition Sciences Proles (Daniel Chouchena, Hao Juan Tan), the Closing Government 5,000 Troops to Paris (Olivia Sundberg Diez, Guillermo Serrano) and UDS please don't start a revolution (Joris Graff, Marthe Wijfjes). The motion read: "TH as a Yellow Vest, supports attempts by Les Emergents to run for elections in European and French elections (incl. infoslide)".  The final was judged by all breaking judges with Lucy Murphy as chair as well as Emily Frizell, George Hames, Huyen Nguyen, Klaudia Maciejewska, Milla Huuskonen ...

On May 11th and 12th, the annual Paris Open, featuring its traditional wine tasting during rounds, took place. Chief-adjudicated by Yair Har-Oz, Shrishty Krishnamoorthy and Harish Natarajan, the tournament was won by the team Michael and Desmond (Michael Dunn-Goekjan and Desmond Fairall, OO) against If you can't beat them, join them (Floris Holstege and Tom Manor, OG), Break ou Grève (Martin Devenney and Nissrine Majdi, CG), and Wild Chicken University Z (Jacob Lan and Joseph Xiao Liang, CO on the motion ‘This House believes that Wakanda should transition into a democracy.’ (with infoslide). The panel judging this final consisted of ...

[caption id="attachment_33492" align="alignright" width="461"] Happy debaters after a fabulous training weekend in Paris (c) Olivia Sundberg Diez[/caption] Last weekend, on the 3rd and 4th of February 2018, the Debate Training Weekend in Paris took place. It was organised by the Scottish EUDC Training Team, namely Chief Adjudicator of the upcoming Scottish EUDC 2018 Olivia Sundberg Diez in cooperation with the United Debaters of Paris. Over the whole weekend 7 workshops and 3 training debates were enjoyed by 50 participants from Spain, the Netherlands, Belarus, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the UK and from across France. Alex Harris, Daan Welling, Eleanor Angwin and Martin ...

The team Bailey orders asian Teck-a-Wei (Teck Wei Tan & Bailey Reid, Oxford/KC London) won the final of Centrale Open 2016 from Opening Opposition. They won over Tilbury House Minions (Agnes Putri & Leonard Münstermann, Cologne) in Opening Government, There is but one God and He is not called Jesus (Dan Lahav & Muhammad Asadullah Khan, Tel Aviv/Cambridge) in Closing Government and Cardiff A (Raphael Hill & Calan Eskandar) in Closing Opposition on the motion "THBT the Democratic Party should take on a much more centre-leftist position and support a mass redistribution of wealth agenda". The final was judged by Harish Natarajan in chair, together with Sharmila Parmanand, Nika ...

From Friday, December 9th, til Sunday, December 11th, the Centrale Open 2016 takes place in Paris. Since this is an international tournament, debates will be held in British Parliament Style and in English. Following five preliminary rounds, there'll be semi finals and a final, as well as an ESL final. Sella Nevo, Harish Natarajan und Sharmila Parmanand are the Chief Adjudicators; any questions can be directed to ecpdebating@gmail.com. All known informations: Date: December 9th - December 11th, 2016 Accomodation: Crash on campus Regisration: Online formular Registration fee: 55 € per speaker Adjudicator rule: n-1 Format: BPS Rounds: 5 preliminary rounds, semi finals ...

The German Peer Klüßendorf, who has been debating for Lund University for the last two years and won the European Championship 2013, went to the second French World Debating Championship in Paris. In this week’s Mittwochs-Feature, he summarises his experiences and writes about different debating formats, French humour, and a Grand Final judging panel that refused to announce the winner before an encore with reversed roles. A suavely suited up young man walks on stage. With his loud voice he fills the historic auditorium easily. He raises a sword. 30 seconds later, he is sitting on the President's chair, still speaking, ...

Would you like to spend a few days in the warm tropics, a cool sea breeze playing in your hair, the sun high in an immaculately blue sky, as a turquoise sea crashes onto a secluded beach? So would we. Nevertheless, you may also be interested in the 2012 Centrale Paris IV taking place on December 14 and 15. It will be staged at the “picturesque campus” of the École Centrale de Paris – only half an hour by public transport from the centre of Paris. Très centrale! Language of debate is English, the format will be British Parliamentary Style (BPS). ...

Paris is very, very beautiful. Plus, it is the political, economic and social center of the French nation. It is de facto impossible to get the full impression in just one weekend. But the convenors of Louisa Leila Zhang’s team helped us get a good first glimpse on the first weekend of April. The about 150 participants of the Paris IV were offered hospitality and French cuisine, impressive technology and the art of partying plus a city tour – and all that in just under 45 hours. The debaters – from the Wordls finalist John Ashbourne from the London School ...

British Parliamentary Style inthe French capital: From 1 to 3 April 2011 this year's Paris IV will be staged by the river Seine. Chief adjudicators (CA) are Jens Fischer, Maja Cimerman and Ben Woolgar.All three of them are renown debaters on the international debating circuit: Jens is currently chair of the WUDC and the EUDC Councils, from the latter of which he will resign soon. Maja was an ESL finalist at Worlds 2011 and ESL finalist at Amsterdam Euros. Ben was a finalist at the grand final in Botswana, a finalist of Amsterdam Euros and is the designated CA of ...

Wenn man so durch die Straßen von Paris schlendert, weiß man recht schnell, dass es eine gute Idee war, dorthin zu fliegen. Paris ist wirklich schön anzusehen und macht auch einen sehr lebenswerten Eindruck – wenn die böse Aschewolke jetzt also wirklich einmal käme, würde man sich wahrscheinlich nicht besonders ärgern, gerade in Paris festzusitzen. Nach solchen Gesichtspunkten sollte man sich schließlich heute die Debattierturniere aussuchen.  Denn man stelle sich nur vor, wegen des hohen Niveaus nach England geflogen zu sein und sich dann tatsächlich über das Turnier hinaus von dem Essen dort ernähren zu müssen! Es ist nun einmal ...

Die Mannheim Debating Union hat das Science Po IV in Le Havre gewonnen. Bei dem Turnier der berühmten Pariser Hochschule, das  von 7. bis 9. Mai in Le Havre in der Normandie ausgetragen wurde, traten 24 Teams gegeneinander an, um sich in englischer Sprache miteinander zu messen. Das besondere: Nur Nichtmuttersprachler waren startberechtigt. ...

Ende Mai wird die Stadt der Liebe zur Stadt des Streits mit dem Paris Intervarsity Tournament 2010. Zum vierten Mal wird das Paris IV ausgetragen; die Veranstalter versprechen für das englischsprachige Turnier bei dem 48 Teams antreten können von 28. bis 30. Mai ...

Es sind noch Startplätze frei für das Science Po IV 2010. Das Turnier der berühmten Pariser Hochschule wird von 7. bis 9. Mai in Le Havre in der Normandie ausgetragen. ...

Ein englischsprachiges BPS-Turnier bei dem nur Nichtmuttersprachler antreten dürfen: Das Science Po Intervarity 2010. Es wird von 7. bis 9. Mai in Le Havre in der Normandie ausgetragen. Die Anmeldung ist mittels eines Onlineformulars möglich. Die Teilnahme kostet 30 Euro pro Person und beinhaltet Unterkunft und Verpflegung. Alles rund um das Turnier findet sich auf der Internetseite des Science Po IV.