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  • This house believes that the coalition with the SDP will do more harm than good to Chancellor Merz's administration

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    Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right alliance of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), is the new Chancellor of Germany after winning the election in February 2025. The CDU/CSU is currently under a coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), working on increasing military spending, improving the economy, and imposing stricter immigration policies. This is the 5th time that the CDU/CSU and SDP have worked together in a coalition government. The SDP acquired the third highest number of votes in the February election, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) got the second highest. Merz has publicly expressed his unwillingness to form a coalition with the far-right AfD due to its extreme nature, although some of the CDU/CSU and AfD's interests align such as in immigration policy. Recently, there has been a rise in far-right sentiment in Germany.

    3rd Butuan Intervarsity · Open Semifinals · 2025-07-04

  • This House, as the Ottoman Empire, would not have implemented the Tanzimat.

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    Tanzimat is the name given to a series of institutional reforms in the Ottoman Empire starting in 1839, aiming to modernize it and protect it from the military and economic pressure exerted by European countries, as well as to prevent its decentralization. The Tanzimat marked a shift away from a theocratic structure to introduce secularization, establish formal equality among its subjects, create a Western-style education system, and make massive investments in road infrastructure. However, the reforms also ended up worsening the fragmentation of the Empire, exacerbating ethnic tensions in the Balkans, and burdening the Ottomans with foreign debts.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Semifinais · 2025-07-04

  • This House Believes That "Peace Through Strength" is in the interest of the West

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    "Peace Through Strength" is currently dominant foreign policy approach in the USA that maintains strong military capabilities and maximum economic pressure to deter and influence potential adversaries.

    Uhuru Worlds 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-27

  • This house, as the Trump Administration, W withdraw from the NATO unless its European members agree to military burden-sharing quotas within 12 months

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    Currently, multiple western European members in NATO fail to meet the 2% (of their GDP) minimum spending guideline. Military burden sharing quotas refer to formal requirements from NATO members to contribute set levels of Spending (mandatory compliance with the minimum spending guideline), troops, equipment, air defense assets, etc.

    Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-23

  • This House Believes That it is in the interests of the Denmark to abolish the "parallel society" policies

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    In Denmark, a neighbourhood is deemed a “parallel society” if more than 50% of its population are of “non-Western” background, and if it meets certain socio- economic criteria such as high unemployment, high crime and/or low education levels. Areas deemed “parallel societies” are subject to a variety of measures, including double punishment for crimes, mandatory “Danish values” preschool for children, and the significant reduction of public housing stock.

    Norwich Online 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21

  • Assuming a minimum baseline of benefits provided, This house prefers the Danish system of union benefits

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    In Denmark, only unionized workers (members of syndicates) benefit from negotiated wages, benefits, and working conditions. Unemployment benefits are often administered by unions, incentivizing membership. In most other countries, the government promises a guarantee that all workers receive the full extent of these benefits.

    Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-21

  • This House prefers the values of 'zhen ji' to those of Western authorship.

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    In Chinese cultural tradition, "zhen ji" is the idea of creation as a continuous and collaborative process. Works and products do not hold value for being original or unique, but for their quality and capacity for transformation. Successive contributions, such as poetic seals (xian zhan) or technical improvements, increase the value of the creation. Replicas (fuzhi) can be as valuable as the "original," and there is no condemnation of plagiarism. This also underpins the concept of "shanzhai" present in Chinese technological culture, such as "Nokir" cell phones or parodic films, which often surpass the originals. In contrast, the Western view tends to value originality and individual authorship as essential to the value of a creation, both in art and in inventions, technology, and cultural products.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 6 · 2025-06-19

  • This House supports the use of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism by the European Union.

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    The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is an environmental policy of the European Union approved in 2023. It requires companies importing certain products into the EU—such as steel, cement, and fertilizers—to report the volume of carbon emissions generated during production. Starting in 2026, these companies will have to pay a tariff proportional to the emissions of these products.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 4 · 2025-06-19

  • This house opposes the European Union's recent anti-trust crackdown on the US Big Tech Giants

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    In March 2025, the European Union intensified its antitrust actions against major U.S. tech giants (eg. Apple, Meta, etc.) for alleged violations of the Digital Markets Act. The DMA prohibits self-preferencing and requires interoperability. The companies face fines of up to 10% of their global revenue (20% for repeated violations) along with multiple lawsuits.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that the implementation of “golden visas” during the European debt crisis has done more harm than good for the EU

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    A “golden visa” allows individuals to obtain temporary or permanent residency in a country in exchange for a sizable investment through buying property, creating a company, or making a substantial donation.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-15

  • This house opposes the 2023 IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics

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    In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition in 2022. In December 2023, the IOC announced that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag (e.g., not the flag of Russia). Eligibility is limited to those without ties to the military and who have not publicly supported the war.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15