Editing Model European Parliament (section)

==Connections to politics==
Famous members of the [[European Parliament]] often visit the MEP, hold speeches and participate in debates. Some delegates of the international session in [[Brussels]] in February 2023 had the honour to be welcomed by the [[President of the European Parliament]] [[Roberta Metsola]]. Also the First Vice President of the European Parliament [[Othmar Karas]] and the Vice Presidents [[Rainer Wieland]] and [[Evelyn Regner]] visited the session in several parts of the programme.
The General Assembly of the sessions is often held in real Parliamentary or governmental buildings of the hosting country, region or city or the European Union. In 2019 there was a General Assembly in the real building of the European Parliament in [[Strasbourg]]. The international session in February 2023 in Brussels had the General Assembly in the building of the [[European Committee of the Regions]]. Also national parliaments like the [[Narodno Sabranie]] in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], hosted international sessions in their plenary hall.