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The Conférence Molé-Tocqueville, known as the Molé-Tocqueville, is the oldest students’ association in France and one of the oldest exclusive private students’ clubs in Europe. Being almost 200 years old, the Molé-Tocqueville and its members have been key players in French history. In 1897, thanks to a presidential decree, the Conférence Molé-Tocquveille became a recognized public-interest organization.
![]() Seal of Molé-Tocqueville Meeting | |
Latin: Roma Locuta, Causa Finita Est | |
Motto | Debate |
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Type | Student Society - Club |
Established | 1832 |
Location | , , France |
Campus | Urban |
Student newspaper | Le Bulletin |
Colors | CMT |
Nickname | CMT Societary |
Website | MoléTocqueville.fr |
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Louis-Mathieu Molé, French statesman and 18th Prime Minister of France founded the Conférence de l’Hôtel Molé in 1832. At the beginning, he received young students to train them for public speech in the Hôtel Molé on Boulevard Saint-Germain, which is now the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. In 1876, the Conférence Molé merged with the Conférence Tocqueville to become the Conférence Molé-Tocqueville. Having lived in exile, both in Switzerland and in Great Britain, Molé’s ideas were shaped by English debating societies such as the Cambridge Union (reated in 1815) and the Oxford Union (created in 1823). Yet the French eloquence conference also finds its French roots in the “special conferences” or “chitchat” in which young lawyers became familiar with the techniques of legal argument and debate in the 18th century. This dual heritage is a constituent part of the existing Conférence Molé-Tocqueville. Molé’s will was to create a society that would train an elite of students for the highest offices.