POLITICO | On Political Campaigning with Annika Arras

On the 17th of April, a group of delegates were joined by professional political campaigner Annika Arras for a master class on the subject. The enthusiasm of our guest speaker helped to inspire and educate the delegates. In the session, Annika introduced herself and then described the different politicians she has worked with, one of …

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FOX NEWS | FEMM Resolution Under Fire: Alleged Bias and Lack of Cooperation

DISCLAIMER: The committee member has asked to stay anonymous, which is why the name on the amendment sheet has been crossed out.  In a recent session of lobbying, proposals regarding education, legislative cooperation, and online speech have sparked controversy and drawn criticism for their perceived biases and lack of cooperation. During the deliberations, a delegate …

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LIVE BLOG | Voting On The ECON/DEVE Resolution

The resolution did not pass Total votes against: 55 in favor:25 abstain: 17 The delegate of Czech Republic delivers the closing speech 17:12 The delegate of Belgium delivers the speech against the resolution 17:09 The floor for open debate questions has closed 17:09 A delegate from the committee responded 17:07 The delegate of Germany was …

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EUobserver | “If you sign mine, I’ll sign yours”

Amendments, textual changes, debates and even some disagreements describe today’s challenge during lobbying.  Having completed their committee meetings, the delegates had the chance to alter the solutions of other delegations and offer their own revisions. Each amendment discussed was an opportunity for further debate and disputes. Some delegates were open minded, they listened attentively to …

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EUobserver | INTERVIEW WITH A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECON/DEVE

How were the committee meetings? Everything was great, I loved the people from my committee, we were working all together, everybody respected each other, communication was also great. ECON/DEVE was the last committee to submit its resolution, what happened? We were just running out of time and we were debating a lot, we spent a …

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EUobserver | TRAN/ENVI: LEADING CITIZENS INTO A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LIFE

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to provide insights about the development within the Committee on Transport and Tourism/Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (TRAN/ENVI). To prepare for this report, I observed the work of the committee while interviewing some members. COMMITTEE ISSUE In an interview with a delegate of TRAN, it was explained …

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BBC | Find out which President/VP you have most in common with!

What are your interests in your free time? learning languages, going out with friends running, reading, poetry running, reading, volunteering politics, listening to music, traveling track & field, listening to music, reading debating, yapping, gym (to gossip) tennis, reading, brunch What is your hair colour? black blonde, but naturally brunette brown dark blonde brown  wanna …

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