On 8 January RGSL Professor and Jean Monnet Chair Ilze Rūse organised a seminar on EU Council Negotiations. A case study on Posting Workers Directive introduced the Master Degree students to the role of the EU institutions in the ordinary legislative procedure and demonstrated the challenges of agreement among the EU member states on the issues related to the social policy and internal market. Jean Monet Project EU@RGSL aims at introducing innovative teaching methods.