The RISE-EU project was designed as an experiential learning activity aimed at bringing students closer to the practical functioning of the EU legislative process. During my stay at the University of Warsaw as a 4EU+ Visiting Professor, I led a simulation of the ordinary legislative procedure and informal trilogue negotiations, focusing on a proposed Regulation on the EU 2040 climate target.
Students were assigned institutional and political roles within the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. Through preparatory work, negotiation sessions and a final debriefing, they engaged with key legal and political issues such as the choice of legal basis, subsidiarity, institutional balance, climate governance, burden-sharing and compromise-building. The activity combined EU law doctrine with role-play and negotiation, allowing students to experience how legal rules, institutional dynamics and political strategies interact in the making of EU law.
"My stay at the University of Warsaw as a 4EU+ Visiting Professor was a highly enriching experience. The RISE-EU simulation offered a valuable opportunity to experiment with interactive and practice-oriented teaching in EU law, encouraging students to understand the EU legislative process not only as a set of procedural rules, but as a dynamic space of institutional interaction, negotiation and compromise.
The exchange with colleagues and students in Warsaw confirmed the added value of the 4EU+ Alliance in promoting innovative teaching formats and meaningful academic collaboration across European universities."