The EU energy policy image dynamics in relation to the external crisis: evidence from 5th and 6th European Commission terms
Journal: DSpace repository (University of Tartu)
Year: 2020

The master thesis explores the EU energy policy agenda change by analyzing legislative preparatory documents prepared by the European Commission in the period between September 2009 and November 2019. This period covers the two legislative cycles of the EU that changed in 2014 and coincided with the major external event – Crimea annexation followed by the warmongering in Eastern Ukraine. Multiple Streams Framework and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory was combined as a theoretical framework, accordi