Liverpool Autumn 2018

Autumn National Session of EYPUK 2018

Tue, 4 Sept. 2018 – Sun, 9 Sept. 2018


Debates

EMPL I

Does Not Compute: With automation and artificial intelligence set to render nearly 40% of current jobs obsolete by 2030, how can the EU ensure that both its young people and its current workforce have the skills necessary to gain employment in an increasingly mechanised world?

EMPL II

United in Accessibility: With over 70 million EU citizens possessing some form of disability, how can the EU work to ensure the full social and labour integration of disabled people, bearing in mind the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020?

ENVI I

Microplastics, Major Problems: With over 8 million tons of plastics ending up in our oceans each year, with many degrading into so-called microplastics, how can the EU work to prevent further pollution of our waters, bearing in mind the ecological and health impacts of microplastics?

ENVI II

Poison Pill: With over 390,000 EU citizens expected to die every year due to antimicrobial resistance by 2050, how can the EU work to ensure the proper use, distribution and prescription of antimicrobial agents and substances?

FEMM I

Sisters are doing it for Themselves: With the employment rate for women in the EU standing at 66.5% in 2017 compared to the 78% employment rate for men, what steps can the EU take to decrease the gender employment gap, and ensure that women are both able to enter the workforce, and remain in it?

FEMM II

Ms Worldwide: Bearing in mind the EU's commitment to gender equality as a founding principle, how can the EU work through the European External Action Service (EEAS) to promote greater gender equality abroad, whilst ensuring that state sovereignty is respected?

ITRE

Reach for the Stars: With orbiting space debris such as deactivated satellites threatening to induce Kessler Syndrome and render space inaccessible, how should the European Space Agency, in conjunction with the international community, combat the issue of both existing space debris, and the production of space debris in future?

LIBE

Xenophilia: With the incidence of hate-crimes and violence against immigrants on the rise, how can the EU, in conjunction with Member States promote the social integration of immigrants, bearing in mind the structural and cultural factors that perpetuate xenophobia?

SEDE

On Thin Ice: With rising temperatures rendering the Arctic Region an increasingly viable source of natural resources such as oil and gas, how should the EU position itself regarding the exploitation of the Arctic, bearing in mind the geopolitical and environmental issues in the region?

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