The EU in Focus: How the EU Government System Works

NYU Florence
The EU in Focus: How the EU Government System Works

Nicolò Conti
Professor, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome and New York University Florence

The European Union has the world´s largest GDP, the world´s third largest population and is among the highest ranking in the world for health, education and living conditions.

Through NYU Florence´s The EU in Focus series, students will learn about what the EU is, its history, how it works and its role in the international stage. Students who participate in the EU on the Ground working group linked to the series will develop a deeper understanding of how EU policy-making works through the study of two specific policy areas. This semester we will be focusing on food and immigration. The working group will further their knowledge through a NYU sponsored trip to Brussels where they will visit the cities as well as the European institutions and meet with experts to find out how the policy-making process works from the inside.