1. Conference

2. Organising team

3. BETA France

4. History

5. Participation criteria

6. Partners

7. Prizes

8. References

Karen Marie Højgaard Østerby

Model European Union Strasbourg (MEUS) is the original simulation of the European Union's legislative process organised by BETA France. It was initiated in the spring of 2007 by a group of university students and gathers around 180 young people from across Europe in the Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France annually.

Conference

Model European Union Strasbourg is a simulation of European Union Politics and legislative procedures. It usually features two legislative proposals for a Directive or a Regulation, which are selected by each year's organising team on basis of importance and currency of the topics.

Participants are divided into Members of Parliament(MEPs), Ministers of the Council of the European Union, Interpreters, Journalists and Lobbyists in order to negotiate the directive or regulation according to their interests.

Throughout the course of the week, participants discuss, debate, negotiate and try to reach a compromise on the given proposals. This is achieved by following exactly the same procedures that actual MEPs follow in the exact setting and location of the European Parliament. Thus, the conference takes place in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France.

Additionally, Model European Union Strasbourg has its own newspaper which covers not only the legal procedure, but also provides interviews with stakeholders and background information. The journalist team of each edition chooses the name for the newspaper and the whole team contributes to a daily issue of the newspaper. Additionally, there is a press conference taking place on a daily basis in which journalists can ask questions. Not only is this helpful for the journalists, but it makes it easier for all stakeholders to keep up with the development of the negotiations in both chambers.

Organising team

Each year the conference is organised by a different group of young people with different nationalities and backgrounds which voluntarily contribute to the conference in teams with a certain field of tasks.

The organising team is selected primarily by the Director General and the Deputy Director General of each year's MEUS which are appointed by BETA France (Bringing Europeans Together Association),^[1] the main organiser of Model European Union Strasbourg since 2018: until 2017 Model European Union Strasbourg was organised by BETA e.V.

The organising team for the 2018 version consist of 60 volunteers from over 25 countries.^[2]

BETA France

Bringing Europeans Together Association France (BETA France) is a politically independent non-profit association based in Strasbourg, France. It emerged as a sister organisation to BETA e.V.^[3] The association aims at enabling all young people to engage in a diverse, connected and inclusive Europe. It follows this priority as by bringing together young people from different backgrounds, ensuring cultural diversity, the organisation allows young people to create long-lasting international friendships, and to enter into dialogue, which is extremely important, taking into account challenges that Europe is currently facing and will face in the future.

History

The first conference successfully took place between the 4th and 10 March 2007 and has grown ever since.

Participation criteria

Residents of any of the 28 Member States of the European Union, EFTA , EEA countries and Turkey, Macedonia and the Erasmus + Partner countries (Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership Countries, South-Mediterranean Countries, and the Russian Federation)^[10] between the age of 18 and 26 are eligible to apply to take part in Model European Union Strasbourg. Such criteria are to maintain the project's goal of youth inter-European learning and networking. All applications are done online via the website.

Partners

Model European Union partners up with other (youth) organisations which among others include different universities, student organisations, NGOs, various student simulations of the United Nations and the EU, but also major youth organisations as AEGEE,JEF, AIESEC or Erasmus Student Network (ESN).^[11]

Furthermore, the conference was supported by high-range EU politicians such as Martin Schulz, José Manuel Barroso, Hans-Gert Pöttering and Herman van Rompuy.

Prizes

Model European Union Strasbourg was one of the National winners of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2010 and 2016.

The Model European Union Strasbourg 2015 edition, was selected by the European Commission as a success story because it was judged as having a strong fit with the aims and objectives of the grants, including in relation to policy relevance, impact, transferability, innovation and sustainability and / or the communication of project results.^[12]

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