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Final, clausura y entrega de premios de la II Debating and Public Speaking Competition.
Ateneo de Madrid, 24 de marzo de 2015.

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Okay, let me start the debate and the people will be coming in very shortly for the debate, 00:00:06
but they want us to start without a comment. 00:03:44
Okay, the last debate, this is the last debate of the tournament for the proposition of the 00:03:48
and against the other authorities. 00:03:59
And so, when you are ready, 00:04:04
I want the first speaker from Polnareff 00:04:08
to present his opinion. 00:04:14
This is used rightly. The European Union 00:04:27
to solve the recent economic crisis 00:04:29
has been too hard for the two nations. 00:04:31
As I and my teammates, 00:04:33
although I'm scared, 00:04:37
we will be arguing on the first side again 00:04:39
The rest define which countries we are referring to when we use the phrase poor investment. 00:04:41
We would like to focus our conversation today on the unfair impact the EU's Australian policies 00:04:49
has had on Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. 00:04:55
While there are countries in the EU and Eurozone with lower GDP levels that could be considered 00:05:00
To be considered further, this rule of 5.0 is traditionally based on various programs with social workers' spending, GDP free ratios, and single and best income direction that it uses to proportionate austerity policies. 00:05:06
Next, and for the purposes of simplicity, we would like to talk about these three major austerity priorities that we would like to label policies that punish the benefits. 00:05:22
Firstly, making cuts or paying sanctions. Countries were not given a true choice, let alone accept the policies of the EU format. 00:05:33
Either they listened to the bodies of countries such as Germany, France and Britain in implementing rights, or they were forced to pay unvaluable sanctions. 00:05:42
Secondly, driving down wages, EU austerity measures focus too much on lowering the wages of the citizens of each country and not on regulating the financial backs of institutions that hold the government back. 00:05:51
This, in turn, continues to plunge the victim at the most personal levels, the ones who give homes. 00:06:05
And third and final, unilateral fiscal combat. 00:06:12
Sovereignty, autonomy, and freedom are all threaded in the fiscal agreement that countries have been forced to say as a part of the fiscal combat. 00:06:16
Forging of them through national legislation, payment restrictions, even for citizens who may decide a more socialist country. 00:06:26
While these are just a few of the many policies that have been conferred to the total economic countries we have mentioned, such as Italy or Portugal, these are by far the ones that have the worst and most conferred impacts. 00:06:35
Allow me to focus more on our first agreement of making cuts and main sanctions. 00:06:49
The really developed countries were barred with too much support. Therefore, the EU forced them to remain practically attached to their markets when their internal economies got to pay a sanction. 00:06:55
This situation made these countries decide whether they wanted to pay their debts by hiring their citizens, as they are the ones who were going to suffer the most from this tax for having to pay the sanctions to the EU. 00:07:07
But how is a country that is already in debt going to pay its section? 00:07:20
These estates are left with the only chance of making ends as they cannot appropriate the section due to the economic crisis 00:07:25
and this is why the EU didn't give any freedom of choice to the countries. 00:07:33
In fact, this gravy and energy cycle made it impossible for these countries to escape. 00:07:37
By forcing countries to make a choice which was in fact not a choice, we believe that policies used by the European Union to solve the recent economic crises have been too hard for the poorer countries. 00:07:43
Thank you for your time. 00:07:56
Good afternoon. We're going to debate about it, and we think that the recent austerity measures taken in the EU are not hard for the poorer European countries. 00:08:10
These are our three arguments. First of all, if all the countries work together to solve this crisis, and they carry out the necessary measures, we will all come out benefitting from it. 00:08:19
Soon, all the European countries have been benefitting from the EU, and now we all have to collaborate in this effort. 00:08:28
And based on country-to-country cooperation, when that has been done, for some time now, there has been a huge worldwide economic crisis. 00:08:38
Lots of proposals to solve them, some from left-wing parties and those from right-wing ones. 00:08:52
But we think the solution is across this country from any of those of us. 00:08:57
The only way of making this is with austerity. 00:09:00
Believe it or not, we all take part in these decisions, 00:09:03
throughout our representation in the European Parliament, 00:09:06
that representing the interests of the European people has the EU budget. 00:09:08
The European Commission makes laws and ensures their enforcement. 00:09:12
Austerity restores the lives of Europeans. 00:09:16
It's not something so great for the regime to talk about. 00:09:18
Now, let me set up a hypothetical scenario. 00:09:21
Europe's four countries do not comply with austerity. 00:09:24
The country's government keeps spending its money, not only on basic services, but also on non-essential ones. 00:09:27
So the country keeps digging its own grave. 00:09:33
People lose their jobs in the public sector because the government won't be given any loans. 00:09:36
What the government wants is creating awful conditions. 00:09:41
Now, let's imagine the four countries do comply with austerity. 00:09:47
In the beginning, there would be some decrease in living conditions, but nothing substantial for the working classes if the country has a good tax system. 00:09:51
Now, the state has money because they pay off their debt and can invest in COVID services, and new loans start to emerge for businesses for people to continue consuming. 00:09:58
This hikes living conditions 10 times as much compared to not taking the measures. 00:10:08
Also, many studies and historical facts have shown that a country that has gone past an economic crisis is much more reinforced and powerful than it was before the crisis and living conditions are much better. 00:10:13
This is, for example, the example of the United States right after the Great Depression. 00:10:24
If all European countries do this, the poorest countries coming out with the help of the richest, as the case agrees, 00:10:30
Europe will become a greater world power and the immediate consequences for the Europeans 00:10:37
will be a huge increase in the living conditions compared to not taking the measures. 00:10:42
Thank you. 00:10:46
First, I would like to thank you for the excellent argument from the opposition. 00:10:48
We accept the points the opposition presented. 00:11:08
However, we need to do several factors that I will again elucidate. 00:11:11
The first argument stated that the opposition presented 00:11:16
was that we could all be benefited by these measures. 00:11:20
However, in having numerous reliable sources which back up our counter-argument, 00:11:23
we are in possession, too, of the fact that these outstripped measures are not decreasing the unemployment rates, 00:11:28
but that, on the very opposite, more people are losing their jobs as consequence of such strong policies. 00:11:34
We also feel... 00:11:41
I have a question. 00:11:42
Yes? 00:11:43
If you don't think that our thoughts are okay, what do you suggest? 00:11:44
We are going to address that point when I finish my speech, if you were to question 00:11:47
again, I'll answer it. We are in position of the fact that these 00:11:51
auster measures are not decreasing behind the only rates, but that, on the very opposite, 00:11:55
more people are losing their jobs. Other measures to be implemented which do not increase our 00:12:00
individual centre are as they imply in the Amazon State. The second argument stated that 00:12:06
the European Union was made for helping each other into the nations, while the third, in 00:12:11
says that the poorer countries shouldn't receive help, which is a counter-argument. 00:12:16
Therefore, we consider that the poorer countries should be aided, these being the most vulnerable 00:12:23
and human thing to do, to take action and not just stare while the whole nation, which 00:12:29
has millions of lives, is being dragged apart. 00:12:33
Now, I will address our second argument, that the driving down of wages is drastic and beneficial 00:12:37
for individual citizens. European austerity measures focus too much on lowering the wages 00:12:44
of the citizens of these countries and not on regulating the financial values and institutions 00:12:50
that brought the problem out. This, in turn, continues to punish the victim at the most 00:12:55
personal level instead of punishing the real source of the problem. 00:13:01
Clear evidence presented by ERA News shows that the jobless rate among young people in 00:13:06
people in Italy stands at 35% today. This number has not risen higher despite the wage 00:13:11
decreases. This perceptive is showing how this unrelated uncertainty measures largely 00:13:18
proves how citizens, particularly the future generations, are being affected by these standards. 00:13:23
Now, I let me turn to our third argument today regarding the dangers of the fiscal compact 00:13:30
we have entered into as a result of the European Union policies. 00:13:36
According to the title 3 of the fiscal company treaty, countries were, among others, forced 00:13:41
to subject themselves to the Balanced Budget Rule, the Debt Break Rule, the Iron Man Corruption 00:13:47
Mechanism, the Debt Location Rule. 00:13:53
By themselves, these were not bad reforms, but the issue that these rules removed sovereignty 00:13:55
from member nations and the member nations were forced to accept these rules or face sanctions. 00:14:00
This is embarrassing and fake. Furthermore, while countries at the poorer end of the spectrum 00:14:05
have worked tirelessly to reach the goals stated by these rules, we have reached signs 00:14:12
that wealthier countries such as France or Germany are not keen on reaching themselves. 00:14:17
This argument surfaced in the article widely from The Economist titled 00:14:22
I'm the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 00:14:26
Therefore, I'm concluding the speech. 00:14:28
We deeply believe in total agreement with today's motion 00:14:30
that these incremental policies are extremely hard 00:14:32
and particularly inconvenient for individual citizens. 00:14:34
Thank you. 00:14:36
Ladies and gentlemen, 00:14:38
in the past decade, 00:14:40
poor countries like Ireland, 00:14:42
Greece, 00:14:44
Spain, 00:14:46
Italy, 00:14:59
Portugal, 00:15:01
Greece, 00:15:03
First of all, police in actual military life. 00:15:05
They were not able to afford it. 00:15:09
They paid everything back in credits. 00:15:12
For these funds, the funds that were afforded in those credits to them, 00:15:14
they were not able to reach the salaries if they could pay back. 00:15:19
How could it be reasonable? 00:15:22
That's not reasonable. People couldn't pay back their funds. 00:15:25
So the death started. 00:15:29
Although, this is not the only reason why this doctrine has got into crisis. 00:15:31
Yes? 00:15:37
Do you think there was ban schools and not for people? 00:15:39
Do you know? 00:15:43
Yeah? True. 00:15:45
But the one who gives you credit is also a person, so everyone has a fault. 00:15:47
Okay. Strong statement. 00:15:53
are saying this, not all the institutional founders think that we have a crisis, but 00:15:58
also give the example of this. In Portugal, the TPCs of the state were given one name 00:16:03
for their state, like a normal one, but during the afternoon they have their own business. 00:16:12
I give the example to you to understand it. A marginal TPC works only after noon for an 00:16:18
an electricity company. And then the state says, a law, a new law, and says, we won't 00:16:25
raise the electricity bill. What is activity going to go for? Of course, yes, it is going 00:16:31
to earn more money. That's the example of corruption, of intellectual crisis. There 00:16:39
are more and more reasons for acquisition all day of the year. From past years, these 00:16:46
These countries have given these small countries loads of money. 00:16:54
1.63 million euros were given only to solve the bank problems. 00:16:59
If these small countries solve the bank problems, 00:17:05
the amount of money will be 1.63 million euros. 00:17:08
The standard of life of this country was very serious. 00:17:12
That, on the serious side, is not even for the German people. 00:17:16
It's too much. We can't have three cars, three houses, three more iPhones, three travelling places every year, one to New York, one to Europe. We can't. That's not a standard of life. 00:17:21
That's why the European Union applied all these things. 00:17:35
Which is not concerned with what these small countries are going to do with the money. 00:17:40
Are they going to do wrong again, like they did before? 00:17:46
They have to be controlled, because they made a mistake. 00:17:49
Some of them made a mistake. 00:17:52
So now, do we expect our country to do good with money? No. 00:17:54
The European Union has to give these policies. 00:18:02
They might be hard, I'm not saying that they are easy, but we make mistakes for deserving this. 00:18:06
We have to accept these mistakes and accept the matter to have these policies for making a better country. 00:18:15
That's the end of, because all these policies have to be applied, it is over 10 years, we have many states, over and over, so we want to teach us how to do it. Thank you for your time. 00:18:23
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome for the last time to today's proposition. I mean, with today's motion, the policies used by the European Union to solve the recent economic crisis have been too hard for the Korean nation. 00:18:54
It is now a pleasure to summarize the arguments that were expressed today and talk into itself 00:19:07
the association of your own conclusions on this subject. 00:19:14
Firstly, we have outlined our position that the European Union is reducing the freedom 00:19:17
of choice of the countries of Europe and Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. 00:19:22
They have done this by issuing them anti-consumption when they can only choose what they want 00:19:27
these countries to own. 00:19:32
Thus, the European Union is setting up a system for a system where you have to go along to get along. 00:19:33
Is it in these countries no other choice than to implement this service? 00:19:39
At the end, those who are the most fortunate and the less fortunate are the citizens, the ones who are not guilty at all of this crisis. 00:19:43
In our second argument, we have outlined the consequences. 00:19:50
explaining that the European Union's assertive measures should have focused more on regulation-backed institutions, 00:19:53
at least starting on super-doctrine crisis in the first place. 00:20:01
Instead, it hurts individuals, it hurts fathers, mothers and families who are technically supported in the commonwealth. 00:20:05
And finally, the Amazon Agreement, representing the importance of the leap of the time in a different country, 00:20:14
forcing them to pass laws claiming limiting their spending limits on the debt-to-GDP regime. 00:20:20
If countries actually add such laws to their constitutions, they are limiting their responsibility to address future problems. 00:20:26
Today's solutions are not necessarily the solutions for tomorrow's problems. 00:20:32
Furthermore, and more importantly, with such a central direction coming from the European Union, 00:20:36
these policies threaten sovereignty, autonomy and individual freedom that are so present to the contemporary countries. 00:20:42
While we cherish our union and how we belong to each other, within the European Union, we must remind you, we are sovereign nations, not states. 00:20:48
Ladies and gentlemen, we are part of the interior student, but not of an employee. Everyone, please for a moment, look to your left. Now, look to your right. 00:20:56
Thank you. I dare you to consider this. 00:21:09
Who among us does not know a neighbour, a friend, a family who is in the EU with us? 00:21:13
Every day, on the train, in our villages, in our parks, we see people suffering. 00:21:21
This situation is not isolated to Spain. 00:21:27
It is happening all across the European countries of the European Union. 00:21:30
We live on hope of improving soon. 00:21:34
These policies punish the victims. 00:21:37
We believe we can do better. 00:21:41
We believe that as neighbors of our country, as Europeans, 00:21:43
we can stand up together to confront these challenges. 00:21:48
But to do so, we must share the love all together. 00:21:51
Ladies and gentlemen from the audience, judges, and our hosts in competition today, thank you. 00:21:56
Well, as I said before, the European Union was created after the Second World War in order to create, to avoid that the number of casualties of that war would be, but after that it was over. 00:22:03
They decided to take together the European countries to create a strong market that would face China, we will say. 00:22:35
All the countries are different. The economy is different. And this creates a huge problem. 00:22:43
Because not all the countries that enter the European Union have the same amount of money. 00:22:49
So once they are in, they don't give the same amount of money to the European Union. 00:22:54
That's why they don't receive the same amount of money. 00:22:59
Each member of countries provides money to help each other. 00:23:02
It is common to reach an equilibrium so that those countries will get the same level. 00:23:06
Like for example, Greece, Spain, Italy have been receiving funds from other countries for employment, infrastructures, healthcare, etc. 00:23:12
We took over the policy institutes. They are too hard for the poor countries. 00:23:22
Well, the reality is that there has been a crisis. 00:23:28
This crisis has made that some countries need to take drastic decisions. 00:23:33
Taking into account that these countries have to side-bounce on the European Union. 00:23:41
And I think the European Union has that accident to give money to make an effort. 00:23:48
Because in the future, it will benefit everyone. 00:23:53
And now, I would like to say that none of the solutions come from the richest people. 00:23:57
Because that's not fair. 00:24:04
If we have a problem, we cannot always ask the richest people to give their money. 00:24:06
Because if we are a union, we are a union. 00:24:11
If we want to be in Scotland, they can. 00:24:14
And now, there's something that we don't understand. 00:24:16
The European Union, that's not its job. 00:24:20
It has to give money to the countries that need it the most. 00:24:22
Now, the money has run out, and our friends in the government 00:24:26
would like that they understand it in the right way. 00:24:30
So what's the thing? 00:24:33
Now, we don't know what to do, and new countries 00:24:34
need to get into the European Union. 00:24:38
These countries are supposed to be 00:24:40
helped by those countries that we support or help. 00:24:42
So I'm glad to hear that we are talking about cooperation. 00:24:46
In conclusion, the European Union 00:24:49
is there to help us fight the crisis, 00:24:52
And what's common to these? Everyone was benefited. But now that the Greeks are gone, as before, people don't want to give up their luxuries. 00:24:54
If they want to give up, they should. What this means? I mean, everyone needs to stop working because the strength resists in the union. Thank you. 00:25:06
Okay, so I'm here now to conclude a bit what Ian and my colleagues have said before. 00:25:17
First of all, if we don't help the private sector out, I mean, I understand that we all are in the crisis, 00:25:43
and we all cause it, the private sector and public sector, together, everyone makes mistakes. 00:25:52
But if we don't help the private sector out, we will be much more into the crisis 00:25:58
Because private businesses and banks are the ones that nowadays move the economy in our society. 00:26:03
We live in a globalized world where private hands control the economy, basically. 00:26:09
And, well, you also were saying that the European Union forced poor countries to comply with that. 00:26:16
But we actually, all of us, we wrote the European Commission, so we complied with these measures. 00:26:30
Also, poor countries like Greece that did not comply with these measures were helped out by the European Union. 00:26:53
So the European Union is not something bad, which we look down on. No, it's something good. 00:27:03
For years now, we've been benefiting from the European Union policies. 00:27:10
Even now in this crisis they are helping us develop our transport, industry, agriculture and many more things. 00:27:14
So who hasn't seen something being built as a water purifier or a metro station with a big sign saying it was done by European funds? 00:27:25
Now it's time to start making some reforms and keep benefiting from these European Union benefits, and also helping neighbouring countries out. 00:27:34
I will now introduce, for the first time today, my final remarks. 00:27:45
To further support our case, recent data from the Spanish Ministry of Employment shows that while unemployment has fallen down by 2,500 people, 00:28:03
the number of people actively looking for jobs dropped by nearly 425,000 people due to the policy's main statement. 00:28:14
Now, we will briefly point our argument out, providing some of the opposition arguments. 00:28:23
Firstly, we have stated that these reforms are too hard on the individual citizens. 00:28:28
They, on the contrary, have even also stated that the citizens are to blame for these measures. 00:28:34
We, counter-argumenting, believe that they are not addressing or punishing, with this 00:28:39
message, the real causes of these problems, which are the banks and the state, not the 00:28:44
citizens, as they have stated. 00:28:49
Summarizing our second and very arguments, we feel that if we're improving the future, 00:28:52
we have to destroy our present. 00:28:57
We urge the need of reconsidering these policies. 00:28:59
Reviving opposition thoughts, we urge the League of saying that these policies just 00:29:03
penalize the victims. Every day throughout our life, we see victims being penalized by 00:29:09
these measures. We believe that as makers, as members of our countries, as Europeans, 00:29:15
we must stand together to confront these challenges. Thank you. 00:29:21
Just to say a fantastic good morning, thank you all for the message. I will repeat something I said earlier for the benefit of the senior visitors who have just joined us. 00:29:25
It's amazing to see that not only can you be so coherent and so persuasive in your arguments and have a really good debate going, you can do it in another language and I can do that. 00:31:23
of all of the things, and to your teachers, I have to say, for all the effort that they put in. 00:31:33
Another couple of things I'd like to say in the course of the morning is to see how you as individuals get more confident 00:31:39
as you get more relaxed going through the day, and becoming more persuasive. 00:31:45
And now you've been supremely capable of arguing both sides of the argument. 00:31:49
You really should be more efficient. Sorry, on that. You were really, really powerful about doing that. 00:31:53
My advice for the theatre is that, first of all, go beyond what we said earlier about really effective presentations into engaging ever more with each other, engaging physically, listening, contributing, and moving forward with the debating later. 00:31:59
Secondly, stay really close to the topic. It is really important to stay focused, to take account of what the other people are saying and are arguing beyond this point of view. 00:32:14
And finally, basically, just keep doing what you're doing, keep explaining the structure, and when we see big finishes, it is really powerful in our vision. 00:32:24
Well done, thank you. 00:32:35
Today, it's all we do at TENOR for the scenery. 00:32:38
And then I will introduce you to the people who are so eager to listen to you, the very few who have just come in. 00:32:59
They are just going to move the furniture around a little bit and then we will start immediately with the fire station. 00:33:08
So please, if you are standing up, please find a seat because people, I think, need to come in and out. 00:33:29
I'd like to introduce to you the people who are going to be doing the advice giving and who have attended this last debate. 00:33:39
The first person I would like to welcome and thank him very much for taking his time to be here is the British Ambassador, Mr. Simon Mandon. 00:34:19
The second person I would like to welcome to the stage is Dr. Ben-Gadira of the Consejeria, 00:34:31
Mr. Pablo Islan. 00:34:59
And the third person I want to welcome to the stage is Mr. Abraham Mahan, who is Vice 00:35:02
President of the European Union. 00:35:20
Okay, we're going to take a few minutes, a few minutes to, as I say, prepare. There is some room in between. We're going to have a few words. 00:35:23
The three gentlemen who are at the table will each take a turn to say a few words to you. 00:35:51
And overhead you will see something which is of interest to the winner of this tournament. 00:36:01
But I think I will let others explain what it is about. 00:36:13
For the moment, I would like to invite Mr. Dahang to say a few words. 00:36:18
Good morning, everyone. 00:36:27
First, I would like to thank the students for their effort, their dedication, their preparation, and the passion they put together with their teachers and their staff. 00:36:38
I would also like to thank the judges, Cornelia Marine, the British Council, and our host, His Excellency, the British Muslim. 00:36:54
The English Deacon Union was founded 96 years ago, and our mission is to bring together and empower people 00:37:03
through beliefs, by languages, and cultures, by providing opportunities for sales, gain experiences, and confidence in communication 00:37:12
to give you people the opportunity to realize their full potential. 00:37:21
By speaking and debating, it's helped condensing a 12-hour idea into a mini-presentation, 00:37:26
in both form and against arguments. 00:37:32
Forty secondary bilingual schools selected by the Constitutional Electoral Committee 00:37:36
that are now in, have been part of the first school of speaking debate tournament. 00:37:40
Once more, thank you to you all, to the students and the staff, as you have proven and provided us these days great events, well presented cases, and shown great solutions since the day we started the program. 00:37:47
Keep up the effort. Thank you very much, and good luck. 00:38:03
So, I'd like to invite Mr. Paul Rispano to say a few words to you as well. 00:38:07
After seeing the great level of those students that have entered here, it was not easy. 00:38:23
So I tried to keep moving. 00:38:39
But I didn't want them to leave. 00:38:42
Master of the United Kingdom, President and Vice-President of the English-speaking Union, 00:38:47
First Secretary of the United Arab Emirates, judges, teachers, students, colleagues, and distinguished guests. 00:38:53
It is a great pleasure that I have been able to attend three of the debates this morning, on the final day of the international speaking competition, held for the first time in Madrid, and at this wonderful setting, the Ateneo de Madrid. Muchas gracias por habernos dejado este peculiar setting. 00:38:59
So full of history wherever you look, as you can see. 00:39:20
As Director General of the Faculty of Science, I am extremely proud to see that the students of our bilingual secondary schools 00:39:26
have acquired the skills and the English necessary to be based at an international level and all in English. 00:39:40
The topic discussed is the risk of the World Cup in Qatar and the restriction of trafficking in citizen areas. 00:39:48
I have highlighted the variety of opinions in today's world and the different approaches to common problems. 00:39:56
The first-hand experience of our guest, the TARP delegation, broadened our horizons and challenged some of our external rights. 00:40:03
Many thanks to the host families of the, I think it was the village of Vedas, for the wonderful welcome. 00:40:13
20 students have participated closely in this great competition, but the art of public speaking has been introduced into the 14 schools which took part in this new experience. 00:40:21
The Cognac Demanded by Equal Program is now in its 10th year, and the students here today are the first generation to complete their studies in this program. And this is what they can do. Congratulations. 00:40:35
Next year, the number of bilingual primary schools will reach 325 and the number of secondary schools will reach 96. 00:40:52
This is a really big success and a really big effort also of our teachers. 00:41:11
We are sure that this could enable even more students to achieve the level of proficiency seen here these days. 00:41:18
Thank you to Cabinet's assistance and the British Council for the collaboration and once again I would like to congratulate the participants, the teachers and the English assistants for their enthusiasm and support and the International Student Union for their course of patience and guidance. 00:41:27
Also, many thanks to Adela Malik for offering this incredible hall in which we will do Madrid's first transfer to the public, speaking from Prishtina. 00:41:44
I would love to work for the United Kingdom. 00:41:54
And last but not least, obviously, in fact, our best speaker is going to be the ambassador of the United Kingdom, 00:41:59
Mr. President, Mr. Vice President of the English-speaking Union, ladies and gentlemen, teachers, participants. 00:42:22
First of all, I feel a little bit intimidated after listening to that last debate. 00:42:45
I feel I've got a bit of competition in this room, so welcome, it was amazing. 00:42:51
and as a former British Director General for European Union Affairs, I wish we'd be 00:42:56
debating those issues with the same passion in London and Brussels as we were debating 00:43:02
them this morning. Great job. I'm delighted to be here today to participate in this very 00:43:07
first prize-giving ceremony for the first English-speaking union in Madrid, schools 00:43:16
towards debating and public speaking torment. And to be with you today in this extraordinary 00:43:23
building, which has hosted over the years so many of the great debates, the great discussions, 00:43:29
which have helped to shape the modern democratic nation that Spain is today. To be surrounded 00:43:36
by these figures who were so prominent in the great debates of Spain's 19th century 00:43:42
and to be in front of those who are going to be shaking the face of Spain's 21st century future. 00:43:48
As you know, the English Speaking Union is an international educational charity based in London, founded almost 100 years ago 00:43:56
to promote global understanding among citizens from different cultural backgrounds 00:44:06
through the common use of the English language, discovered by our Royal Charter, with the 00:44:12
Majesty the Queen as its patron, and her Royal Highness the Princess Anne as its President. 00:44:18
And over the years, the English-speaking Union has made an enormous contribution to understanding 00:44:24
the relationship between peoples, and has built a reputation for excellence. We were 00:44:29
therefore delighted when, in April 2012, the English-speaking Union in Hispania was launched 00:44:34
here in Spain with strong support both from the British Council and from the British Embassy. 00:44:41
Today's event feeds into the international public speaking community competition and 00:44:47
demonstrates just how powerful the global English speaking community can be and the 00:44:53
opportunities which it presents to young people right across the world. That international 00:44:59
international public speaking competition is now its 32nd year at the United Park, in 00:45:05
one of its earlier years, I won't quite say which year, but earlier, is now in the largest 00:45:11
public speaking tournament in the world, involving some 50 countries and over 40,000 students 00:45:17
at the end. Today's winners will have the opportunity of taking part in an exciting 00:45:23
five-day programme of events, including public speaking, debating and performance workshops, 00:45:30
educational and conflict discussions, as well as a two-day public speaking competition. 00:45:38
Women will receive training in public speaking and debating skills from world-class English-speaking 00:45:44
event tours in London and a Shakespeare's Flemish Globe Theatre on South Bank of the 00:45:50
attempts in London, providing them with the opportunity to develop and hone the vital 00:45:55
skills to enable them to speak with confidence in public and to showcase them in the international 00:46:00
arena. 00:46:07
Debating, ladies and gentlemen, is at the very heart of British political culture, of 00:46:09
the culture of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, of our history, of the great 00:46:16
debating challenges 00:46:21
and debates of the 19th century 00:46:23
between the Israeli and the Western 00:46:26
of the great British 00:46:27
political leaders of the 20th century 00:46:29
David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill 00:46:31
Margaret Thatcher, people who 00:46:33
inspired their nation 00:46:35
through two world wars 00:46:37
to be a beacon of liberty 00:46:39
for the world 00:46:41
people who used the English language 00:46:42
to inspire and to 00:46:45
educate and to change 00:46:48
their country and the world 00:46:49
And that, that is the opportunity that is offered to you too, to be part of that culture, to learn from that culture, and to share it with people from right across the globe. 00:46:51
And that's not just some quintessential British fosfer, but a bit. 00:47:02
That ability to speak and debate in English is for me a life skill of inspecible value in today's ever more plural and international and competitive world. 00:47:10
An ability to listen to a range of viewpoints, to research and develop your arguments, to advocate your own values and beliefs, and to hold your own view. 00:47:25
Yes, a little bit of diplomacy, a little bit of tact, but also with a passion. A passion that we saw in today's debate. 00:47:36
to do so clearly in a second language, as we have seen today, I think is hugely impressive. 00:47:45
It's testament to the extraordinary value of the education programme we've been in for a bit, 00:47:52
and shows just how much talent there is here today, in Madrid, in Spain, 00:47:57
and I think it speaks tremendously strongly of the future, of the future of Spain. 00:48:02
So I, therefore, congratulate the English-speaking years away, and the ones who have been here, who have done it, who have never been, for this excellent new initiative. 00:48:09
Cambridge English, for their very active support, the very amazing teachers, who have worked so hard to train participants, and of course, the participants themselves. 00:48:19
Each and every one of you, each and every one of you, should take real pride in what you have achieved today and in the previous days. 00:48:29
and from what that says to you about your future as young Spaniards entering the 21st century. 00:48:37
I look forward very much to the second edition of the English-speaking year, 00:48:45
the Jewish-schools-based economy speaking tournament, and to be here with you again next year. 00:48:50
Thank you very much. And let's pass to the prize-giving! 00:48:55
Okay, this is the big moment. There will be, okay, we will start. There will be 14 lines that will be won in the middle of the prize. 00:48:59
And we will start giving you the name of the team which came fourth. And we will ask the students to please come up. And Mr. Ibrahim participated. So I will start first with the fourth prize. 00:49:36
And the team which came 4th in today's debate was 00:50:07
Premier United. 00:50:14
The 2nd team right, which is for the 3rd place team, 00:50:16
the team who came 3rd in the debate, 00:52:38
is for OMNLF. 00:52:41
Silvia Camundi. 00:52:44
The next would be the 2nd place team, 00:53:21
Okay, this will be the team of the people which can set an end to the debate. 00:54:41
And it is the other part. 00:54:47
The other part is... 00:54:50
Is accompanied by a small gift, which is contributed by a member of the university. 00:55:33
The name is Utrecht. 00:55:40
The name is the other member of the university. 00:56:06
The first prize was of manatees and 11 emperors. 00:56:21
Okay, now we're going to have the first prize being given. 00:57:23
And the first prize, apart from the diploma, is a little bit. 00:57:29
They will see what the prize is when it is delivered. 00:57:34
I'm not really able to describe it. It's actually very difficult to describe the prizes. 00:57:49
So, the school is Gautama and Namaah. 00:57:54
So, here, I was scared to say that. 00:58:00
But, we get more. 00:58:55
The winner, the best speaker of the world, 00:59:07
and he will be watching is 01:00:01
Pawan Arun. 01:00:14
Pawan Arun is this ceremony. 01:00:15
And for my part, thank you very much to everyone. 01:01:47
and congratulations to all of them. 01:01:51
I beg your pardon, but once I've seen what you are able to do, 01:01:56
your skills, your gratitude, your confidence, 01:02:26
your patience for speaking English, 01:02:32
I think it's better for all of us that I say a few words in Spanish. 01:02:35
I would like to express my gratitude to the lecturers, to the institutions, to the professors, 01:02:42
to you, the participants, for the relationship with the University of Madrid, 01:02:54
for providing this place for this first and final year. 01:02:58
The University of Madrid is an institution that has more than 200 years of history, 01:03:03
that was founded with the aim of generating and spreading education, science and culture 01:03:07
through all the media throughout the world. 01:03:15
In the last 200 years, they have passed through here, they have lived here, they have learned here, 01:03:18
they have become a good part of the Spanish history, 01:03:29
It was the first place where we have been visible, it was the first place where the 01:03:35
institution of the development of culture reached the layers that until that time had 01:03:58
given its access. Here, from here, you can see Mabra, Azaña, Marignac, Zorin, 01:04:04
When we think about the great masters, the great poets of Spain, a good part of them were here, they learned here, they became protagonists here. 01:04:17
And they did it the same way you do today, which is to listen, to debate, to argument, to counter-argument, to generate your own opinion from the knowledge of the opinions of the animals, 01:04:30
to respect them and to confront them with the opinions of others. 01:04:44
That's why, in a time so hypercritical with everything, 01:04:48
with the politicians, with the young people, 01:04:52
with the lawyers, with the teachers, with the teachers, 01:04:58
with the social organizations, 01:05:02
to live in a moment like this, because you have advanced, 01:05:05
you know what you know. 01:05:09
And today, that's what I want to say, not in my name, 01:05:13
but in the name of all these rare characters who lived in our countries. 01:05:16
I want to thank all of you for your hard work and I think you can be absolutely amazing. 01:05:23
Especially you, the protagonists, the men, I don't just want to congratulate all these characters. 01:05:48
Despite the fact that this is the first group of the center, 01:06:04
I would like to thank the students who have taken part in the debate 01:06:34
and the professors who have presented themselves. 01:06:41
I will call them one by one. 01:06:44
The first group that we are going to call is the Dr. Mariano Institute. 01:06:47
The first group is the Dr. Mariano Institute. 01:06:58
The second group is the Dr. Mariano Institute. 01:15:57
The third group is the Dr. Mariano Institute. 01:16:47
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