The Green Deal, National Energy and Climate Plans in Europe: Member States’ Compliance and Strategies

Georgios Maris and Floros Flouros
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Georgios Maris: Department of the Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 85132 Rhodes, Greece
Floros Flouros: Department of the Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 85132 Rhodes, Greece

Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: This paper analyses the EU’s policies for energy and climate, using Börzel’s theoretical framework on Europeanisation, and examines Member States’ Green Deal responses, strategies, and compliance. As expressed in their final NECPs, although Member States’ responses vary, most of the critical components were partially addressed, while the others were largely addressed. We observe a considerable variation in Member States’ strategies. Member States classified as foot-dragging beforehand are fence-sitting now, while those previously categorised as fence-sitting are now either foot-dragging or pace-setting. The root cause of these classification changes for the Member States within the EU can be traced back to their internal environments in which the involved stakeholders each have a different response pace regarding environment, climate, and energy. We present and analyse our theoretical context, discuss the EU’s energy policies and the NECPs, examine Member States’ responses and compliance with this new framework, and propose several challenges.

Keywords: European Union; energy; environment; compliance; Green Deal; NECP; strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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