'Mint-a-Parlament' is a Hungarian play on words which might be read either as 'Model Parliament' or 'Like-the-Parliament'. The contest involves six teams who form parliamentary caucuses. This year's participants included the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, the St Ignatius Jesuit College, three institutions from the National University of Public Service (the Security Policy College, the Faculty of Public Administration, and the Ostrakon College), as well as the Institute of International Studies and Political Science from Pázmány Péter Catholic University. The first part of the event, the deliberation day took place on November 14 in the Hunter's Hall of the Hungarian Parliament, where the caucuses introduced their own bills and voted for the two bills that would eventually be promoted to the House. Board meetings and the plenary session were held on November 29. The bills and their amendments were presented accepted or rejected at the Upper Chamber of the Hungarian Parliament. The game concluded with a press conference, where the teams could comment on their experience of how it felt to work in the House.

The Institute of International Studies and Political Science of PPCU formed a Christian Democratic Party nicknamed the 'Sunny Side'. During preliminary discussions, the students from International Studies, Political Science, and Public Service departments worked succesfully together in preparing their own proposals. They also had the chance to participate in the subsequent debates both at the board meetings and the plenary session, to present keynote speeches, or to provide administrative staff for the general debate. It was a special honor for us to be able to represent our university this year, and it is our hope that furthering our students' cooperation will help us to participate in similar simulation games in the future.

Dávid Mészáros, BA Student, Department of Political Science