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Amsterdam Open 2025
2025 · BP
Motions from this series
Amsterdam Open 2025 (2025)11 motions
- Round 0This House Believes That federal governments should apply stricter controls on sub-sovereign debt compared with sovereign debt (e.g. capping bond issuance, lower debt ceilings, less purchasing of sub-sovereign debt by central bank in the secondary market etc.).
- Round 1This House Prefers art that addresses class inequality through the glorification of working-class lives (e.g. Paterson, Empire of Light, American Beauty, Take Me Home, Country Roads) over art that addresses class inequality through the demonisation of economic elites (e.g. The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Gatsby, Snowpiercer, American Psycho).
- Round 1In Western countries, This House Prefers the GBMI model to the NGRI model.
- Round 1This House Predicts that, over the next decade, Chinese universities will contribute more to research in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields than American universities.
- Round 1Within interpersonal relationships, This House Opposes norms which encourage individuals to conceal their dislike of the other person.
- Round 1This House Supports large American AI firms going public.
- Round 1In Islamic countries with secular constitutions (e.g. Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia), This House Prefers for feminists to focus on Tafsir as opposed to Fiq in their advocacy.
- Round 1This House Opposes the spreading law.
- Round 1This House, as Iran, Regrets its nuclear program.
- Round 1This House Regrets the decision of the student protesters to advance candidates in the 2027 Serbian Parliamentary Elections.
- Round 1This House Believes That federal governments should apply stricter controls on sub-sovereign debt compared with sovereign debt (e.g. capping bond issuance, lower debt ceilings, less purchasing of sub-sovereign debt by central bank in the secondary market etc.).
Amsterdam Open 2024 (2024)9 motions
- Round 1THO the centrality of one’s work (job/professional occupation) in discussions of identity
- Round 2THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles
- Round 3THBT the current pope should mandate that all future popes be democratically elected by all Catholics
- Round 4THW implement the Human method
- Round 5THP Montessori-education over regular education
- Quarter FinalsTHBT that France should send a military peace-keeping force to Haiti
- Novice BrakeTHW publish the technology, rather than destroy it
- Semi FinalsTHBT globalisation has done more harm than good for the European working class
- Grand finalsTHP confucianism over individualism as the dominant thought system in Western society
Amsterdam Open 2023 (2023)9 motions
- Round 1TH, as a parent, would not allow their child to own a smartphone until the age of 14
- Round 2THBT the Dutch government should ban all depictions and public cosplays of Black Pete
- Round 3THW suspend intellectual property rights after initial investment into the products has been recovered
- Round 4TH, as a talented Latin American football player entering European football at 17 years old, would embrace a selfish playstyle rather than a team-oriented one
- Round 5TH predicts that most of Europe will live in a federal European state within the next 50 years
- QuarterfinalsTHR the glorification of loyalty
- SemifinalsTHW pass legislation allowing banks to be held liable for environmental damage and human rights abuses committed by clients they have provided finance to
- Grand FinalTHW remain human
- Novice FinalsTHW legalise all drugs
Amsterdam Open 2022 (2022)8 motions
- Round 0A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected humans to increase your own chances of survival.
- Round 0THR the increase in religious activity after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
- Round 0This House, as a philantropic foundation whose sole aim is to do as much good as possible, would heavily prioritse funding long-termist projects
- Round 1THBT individual football fans should totally boycott the 2022 Qatar World Cup
- Round 2THP a society with the poldermodel over two party system at all levels of governance
- Round 3THBT the feminist movement should adopt the narrative of the Banality of Evil
- Round 4THW ban Aladdin and similar programmes.
- Round 5THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups* *classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc PS. Don't squirrel this motion
What gets set here
Social & Identity16%
Economics11%
Law & Crime5%
Education5%
Politics5%
Abstract5%
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23% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.8.
Last edition: 16 of 75 teams broke.
- 202310 pts · 77.4 speaks17/70
- 202410 pts · 77.5 speaks16/68
- 202510 pts · 78.4 speaks16/75
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break11 teams
- Novice break5 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Rayaan K. | MG | — | 84 |
| Leon K. | DPM | — | 84 |
| Idan A. | PM | — | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Krish S. | OW | — | 84 |
| Niya B. | DLO | — | 84 |
| 🇭🇰 Aniket G. | MO | — | 83 |
| Roald V. | MG | — | 83 |
| Ananya K. | DLO | This House Prefers art that addresses class inequality through the glorification of working-class lives (e.g. Paterson, Empire of Light, American Beauty, Take Me Home, Country Roads) over art that addresses class inequality through the demonisation of economic elites (e.g. The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Gatsby, Snowpiercer, American Psycho). | 83 |
| Ellie M. | MO | — | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Krish S. | GW | — | 83 |
| Dominic F. | LO | — | 83 |
| Pjotr K. | MO | — | 83 |
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