The European Green Deal, its narrative of green politics for the next generation and the EU’s search for a stable telos

Johannes Gerken

doi:10.5771/2566-7742-2023-1-127

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- 1–5 The European Integration – limits and borders. Introduction to the special issue Stefan Immerfall, Vincent Gengnagel Stefan Immerfall, Vincent Gengnagel 1–5
- 6–151 Articles 6–151
  - 6–25 Equal treatment in the single market? Labour market opportunities for migrants with a European and a non-European background Martin Heidenreich Martin Heidenreich 6–25
  - 26–49 Running low on state-capacity: strengthening EU mobile workers’ rights by outsourcing enforcement? The role of advisory services in Germany Josephine Assmus Josephine Assmus 26–49
  - 50–73 German capitalism and migrant work in meat. How COVID allowed to break the path-dependent labour exploitation Susanne K. Schmidt, Michael Blauberger Susanne K. Schmidt, Michael Blauberger 50–73
  - 74–95 European Border and Coast Guard standing corps. The establishment of a European border police Isabel Hilpert Isabel Hilpert 74–95
  - 96–112 The (conceptions of) European identity of pupils in the border region of Rhineland-Palatinate Saskia Langer Saskia Langer 96–112
  - 113–126 Blind man’s buff: Losing contact while coping with the arrival situation Léa Bendele Léa Bendele 113–126
  - 127–151 The European Green Deal, its narrative of green politics for the next generation and the EU’s search for a stable telos Johannes Gerken Johannes Gerken 127–151
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Culture, Practice & Europeanization , page 127 - 151

The European Green Deal, its narrative of green politics for the next generation and the EU’s search for a stable telos

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Johannes Gerken

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2566-7742-2023-1-127
- ISSN online: 2566-7742
Abstract

This paper presents the European Green Deal (EGD) as a political project based on a renewed accumulation strategy with green growth at its heart and a new overall narrative of ‘green politics for the next generation’. Together both EGD pillars attempt to stabilise the EU’s statehood and legitimacy by establishing a new hegemonic statehood telos. An analysis of EGD’s reception by civil society is conducted to examine the efforts of the European Commission. From a critical perspective on statehood, which is treated as a social relation, perceptions of civil society actors are key to discussing EGD’s potentially stabilising success. The findings of the actor analysis as a part of a Historical Materialist Political Analysis (HMPA) indicate that EGD can be act as a starting point for a new hegemonic moment in European integration. However, further efforts must be made to safeguard this first positive discursive success.
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