Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2025

1. Round 0This House believes that we are more likely to live in a simulation than a naturalistic universe (one that was not created by some being).Practise this motion
2. Round 1This House would make secondary school (ages 12 to 18) mathematics education focus on statistics (e.g. probability, data analysis) as opposed to calculus (e.g. algebra, functions, differentiation).Practise this motion
3. Round 2This House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).Practise this motion
4. Round 3This House regrets Rogernomics.Practise this motion
5. Round 4This House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.Practise this motion
6. Round 5This House prefers a world where people do not care about what others think about them.Practise this motion
7. OctofinalsThis House, as the anti-abortion movement, would prioritise secular as opposed to religious advocacy.Practise this motion
8. ESL Partial QuartersThis House believes that post-colonial states should prioritise reformist as opposed to revolutionary values in nation-building.Practise this motion
9. Novice Partial SemisThis House supports the glorification of 'authentic' tourist experiences that aim to reflect local life and culture.Practise this motion
10. QuarterfinalsThis House would partition Bosnia and Herzegovina.Practise this motion
11. ESL SemifinalsThis House believes that we are more likely to live in a simulation than a naturalistic universe (one that was not created by some being).Practise this motion
12. Novice FinalsThis House supports Bulgarians being optimistic as opposed to pessimistic about the future.Practise this motion
13. SemifinalsThis House prefers a world where most film is neo-realist.Practise this motion
14. ESL FinalThis House regrets the slowdown in EU expansion post 2007.Practise this motion
15. Grand FinalThis House believes that Angela Merkel's Chancellorship did more harm than good.Practise this motion

1. Round 1This House believes that previously colonised nations should prioritise lobbying for systemic reparations, rather than financial reparationsPractise this motion
2. Round 2This House believes that European centrist parties should seek to form coalitions that include the far right rather than seek coalitions that exclude themPractise this motion
3. Round 3This House prefers a world in which it is the norm to remain singlePractise this motion
4. Round 4This House prefers a world composed of many smaller communes as opposed to a few large empiresPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House believes that countries should adopt an economic policy of non-retaliation against protectionist measures by emerging economiesPractise this motion
6. Open Partial-OctosThis House opposes the glorification of intelligencePractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsThis House believes that Panama should prioritise rural over urban developmentPractise this motion
8. SemifinalsThis House believes that it is in the interests of Mojtaba Khomenei to introduce social and economic liberal reforms in IranPractise this motion
9. Grand FinalAssuming you're born in a western liberal democracy, This House Prefers to be born as a member of the Baby Boomer generation than as a member of Generation AlphaPractise this motion
10. ESL SemifinalsThis House supports 'L' becoming widely availablePractise this motion
11. ESL FinalsThis House regrets the mass recruitment of Gastarbeiter between 1955 and 1973Practise this motion
12. Novice FinalsThis House would set sail to find the distant landPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THS the normalisation of prenuptial agreements.Practise this motion
2. Round 2THBT social movements should adopt the approach of ‘joyful militancy’.Practise this motion
3. Round 3THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology.Practise this motion
4. Round 4THBT for students over the age of 14, art and literature curricula should actively include works with violent or sexual themes, as opposed to minimising their role in the curriculum.Practise this motion
5. Round 5THP energy policy and resources across EU Member States to be entirely controlled by an EU-run energy agency.Practise this motion
6. Partial OctofinalsTHBT it is in the interests of highly developed countries to have immigration policy that favours immigrants that are projected to be high-paid instead of low-paid.Practise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsTHO the focus on coming out in LGBTQ media and popular culture.Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHBT advocacy for indigenous people should prioritise influencing general government policy over obtaining legal recognition of their status and historical grievances.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalTHO established states actively curating and promoting a patriotic sense of national identityPractise this motion
10. ESL SemifinalsTHBT Biden should lift all sanctions on Venezuela.Practise this motion
11. ESL FinalsTHP a world where everyone is equipped with a rePlayer.Practise this motion
12. Novice FinalsTHP university admission standards to be based solely on a single ‘high-stake’ standardised exam, as opposed to solely on the average of the pupil’s performance over the course of their studies.Practise this motion

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