In parallel, the chemical industry associations of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries also started to organise.
The winners are emerging, lesser known destinations located in the 27 EU Member States, the Candidate Countries and the EFTA/EEA countries.
In April 2010 European Futnet Association (EFTA) was founded in Marseille, France, to reactivate the sport in Europe where it had been stagnating under FIFTA.
Residents of any of the 28 Member States of the European Union, EFTA and EEA countries and Turkey, between the ages of 18 and 26 are eligible to apply to Model European Union.