{"id":1688,"date":"2022-01-05T12:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/?page_id=1688"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:02:53","slug":"beta-debates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"BETA-DEBATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:418px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2481\" height=\"1868\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1735\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2.png\" style=\"object-position:67% 67%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"67% 67%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2.png 2481w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-1536x1156.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-2048x1542.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-banner-bis-2-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2481px) 100vw, 2481px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-family: Raleway;font-weight: 700\">BETA-DEBATES<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-family: Raleway;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5\">BETA-DEBATES, organised by BETA Spain, is the space where young Europeans analyse and give their opinion about the most recent European events<br><br>The overall objective, apart from the traditional debate, is to progressively build up an overall perspective - by collaboratively contributing previously unknown data and creating new arguments and perspectives on new issues that have just appeared on the geopolitical landscape.<br><br>The activity consists of a debate of about two hours in which a moderator progressively introduces three major topics that have significant impact on the present and future of the European Union.<br><br>Apart from introducing the topics, monitoring the interventions and counting the time allocated to and used by each participant, the moderator adds ideas, notes or tentatively objective clarifications that encourage discussion and the diversity of points of view taken into account.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-family: Raleway;font-weight: 700\">THE NEXT DEBATE<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"1755\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BETA-DEBATES-placeholder-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are currently working on the next edition of BETA-DEBATES. 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style=\"background-color:#bfc33e;color:#bfc33e\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PREVIOUS DEBATES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"597\" data-id=\"1746\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0-Eng.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0-Eng.png 843w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0-Eng-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0-Eng-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0-Eng-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>0: Germany (and the EU) after Merkel (25\/10\/2021)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"1745\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng.png 3509w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-Eng-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption translation-block\"><em>1: Elections in Bulgaria and the EU's future \/ <br>Poland: judicial and migrant crisis (29\/11\/2021)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3509\" height=\"2481\" data-id=\"1862\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1.png 3509w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-Eng-1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3509px) 100vw, 3509px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>2: War in Ukraine (5\/3\/2022)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"1935\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng.png 3509w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-Eng-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>3: War in Ukraine 2: refugees, sanctions (12\/3\/2022)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"1955\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng.png 3509w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4-Eng-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>4: French Presidency of the Council of the EU \/ Rise in energy prices (22\/4\/2022)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/en\/beta-debates\/beta-debates-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"3540\" src=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-Eng-web_nuevo-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betaspain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-Eng-web_nuevo-scaled.png 2560w, 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