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What will an enlarged European Union of 500 million people look like? How will the citizens of its 35 or more member states live, work and interact? Who will pay for it and how much? How will decisions be made and can consensus be reached with more voices at the table? These were just some of the questions debated at this year’s Model Council of the European Union, which took place on March 1 at Dublin Castle. Teams of secondary school students from across Ireland, each playing the role of an EU member state, did a deep dive into the reforms needed to make future EU enlargements a success. They came prepared with passionate and articulate arguments, to defend the interests of their adopted member states. Six teams rose above 21 other schools with their convincing portrayal of EU Ministers for European Affairs, going head to head on some of the key challenges presented by enlargement such as the future …
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