Framing the Impacts of the European Green Deal: Reflections on the EU as a "Normative Power" and Beyond

Year 2024, Volume: 23 Issue: Özel Sayı-Future of Europe: Reflections from Türkiye, 91 - 134, 27.03.2024

Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu Berfu Solak Zehra Funda Savaş

https://doi.org/10.32450/aacd.1439839

Abstract

The growing use of fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas emissions have become critical issues in world politics. The European Union (EU) Green Deal offers to make Europe “the first climate-neutral continent” by 2050. The Green Deal seeks to transform the EU into a resource-efficient, competitive, circular economy. As a normative power in international politics, the EU can influence other actors’ behaviours, which makes it an international norm diffuser. In this sense, the “normative power Europe” concept matches the role of the Green Deal. This article examines if and how the EU Green Deal is a successful tool to maintain the EU’s role as a normative power during carbon neutrality, addressing the opportunities and challenges of the EU Green Deal.

Keywords

European Union, European Green Deal, Climate Change, Normative Power Europe Approach, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

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