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Securitizing energy transitions on the rise? : a comparative study of the EU's green partnerships with Morocco and Egypt
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Florence : European University Institute, 2025
EUI; STG; Master Thesis
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ZENS, Niklas Louis, Securitizing energy transitions on the rise? : a comparative study of the EU’s green partnerships with Morocco and Egypt, Florence : European University Institute, 2025, EUI, STG, Master Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/93871
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This thesis investigates the extent to which the European Union’s green energy cooperation with Morocco and Egypt has been securitized following the launch of the European Green Deal. Using the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, it conducts a discourse analysis of EU documents across the political, economic, and environmental sector. The findings suggest a differentiated securitization logic across sectors. The economic sector shows the highest degree of securitization, with urgent policy measures and exceptional financial instruments in place. The political and, particularly the environmental sector, contains existential threat rhetoric but lacks extraordinary policy actions. The analytical findings underline the EU’s need for strategic autonomy amid geopolitical competition in the renewable energy sector. Green Partnerships are increasingly important for the EU, whose discourse indicates a growing security logic. This research contributes to understanding the evolving logic of the EU’s external energy strategy and raises questions of normative authorship and the reciprocity displayed in external green partnerships for future research.
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Award date: 13 June 2025
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jos Delbeke (European University Institute)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jos Delbeke (European University Institute)