Three MEPs visit the Nice campus

14 Mar 2022

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As we enter the second half of the European Parliament’s 2019-2024 legislature, IPAG and its partners (Maison de l’Europe Côte d’Azur-Var, Mouvement Européen des Alpes-Maritimes and Nice-Matin) welcomed three Members of the European Parliament with different backgrounds, and differing opinions on some topics, to a conference-debate held on the school’s premises.

The three guest MEPs

All parts of the French political spectrum represented in Strasbourg, the seat of the European Parliament, were invited to express themselves at the conference of Friday the 11th of March. The following agreed to take part:

  • Sylvie Guillaume, member of the European Parliament group ‘Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats’ and the French Socialist Party;
  • Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, member of the European Parliament group ‘Renew Europe’ and the French party ‘MoDem’;
  • Joëlle Mélin, member of the European Parliament group ‘Identity and Democracy’ and the French party ‘Rassemblement National’.

Results, prospects, the French presidency and war in Ukraine

Moderated by Christian Huault, Editor in Chief of the newspaper Nice-Matin, the debates were an opportunity for the members to present their mid-term results and talk about their plans for the two coming years, as well as the challenges of the French presidency of the Council of the EU and, of course, the war in Ukraine, including the role the EU can play in ending the conflict.

You can watch a video of the conference here.

Democratic discussions and meetings between students

One hundred or so people took part in the evening, which was concluded with cocktails, as well as more informal discussions and debates between the MEPs, partners and all in attendance. For André Boyer, Director of the Nice Campus, IPAG is fully playing its role by “enabling these forums for discussion to exist.” One of the things that made the evening a success was the diversity of the audience in attendance. “Along with our partners, we accomplished one of our aims, which was to bring together people of all ages and backgrounds. Our students also got a chance to meet their counterparts from the University of Nice and the Sciences Po campus of Menton,” concluded André Boyer.