STEFANO PORFIDO – Pragmatic Considerations vs Normative Goals. The New EU Industrial Strategy

Even though the European Union (EU) has embedded environmental concerns in its policies since the 1990s, it is still debated whether the EU has risen as a green normative power in the global governance. Indeed, while the adoption of EU strict environmental policies has brought some scholars to enthusiastically welcome the EU as a “normative actor” in the international
arena, others suggest a more pragmatic and context-based view. Among the latter, Falkner argues that crucial evolutions in the environmental field should be read and understood through the lens of economical political analysis.

  STEFANO PORFIDO - Pragmatic Considerations vs Normative Goals. The New EU Industrial Strategy