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It
seems that out of three most important bodies in charge of political leadership
of the European Union only the European Commission has noticed the threat of foreign
intelligence agents, although Mr. Kidd says - "as we know the European
Council has also sent similar note to its staff." In the interview for
WAVE magazine the European Council has negated this statement - "The
Council has not sent similar note to its employees. Complete staff should pass
security training when entering the institution". As for the European Parliament,
according to Marjory van den Broeke's, Head of Press Room Unit in Directorate
General for Communication, statement it could be concluded that neither this body
has been warning about the risks of espionage: "The European Parliament have
no comment on those statements of Belgian authorities and the European Commission"...
To
debate means to think very quickly and to handle a lot of different information
- on the tournaments, the competitors don't know in advance on which topic thay
will debate to , and have only about fifteen minutes to prepare thier speeches.
That means that being a good debater, among other things, means to have a broad
general education , to know what goes on in the world and constantly do researches.
The rest are nuances that can be thought through years of debating... 
The
goal of this project was to learn about the OSCE through a more realistic and
practical approach. Two scenarios, fictional but with elements of truth, were
given to the students in December 2008, both concerning the environment. Students
then took the roles of Ambassadors of the countries they chose to represent, NGOs
which were there to provide expertise on the subjects as well as a voice that
was other than the government's, spokespersons which were always present, interviewing
and taking notes of the meetings, and of course the OSCE Secretariat, consisting
of a Chairperson, Secretary General and Coordinator of Economical and Environmental
forum...