Bartenstein A (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2025
URI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2025.2554358?src=exp-la
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2025.2554358
This article shows how solidarity has evolved over time as a political and legal principle of EU energy policy. Tracing its evolution from primary law, this article reveals how solidarity in EU secondary law has developed within and between energy crises. Hence, the article is not only interested in how member states react to a particular moment of crisis, but how the evolution of solidarity over time changes within and beyond crises. Drawing on collective action theory and federalism, the paper embarks on a comprehensive analysis of political decisions on solidarity, focusing on symmetry, deservingness and responsibility as its core conditions. It concludes that solidarity’s manifestation is not limited to crisis periods; rather, it results from actors’ behaviour before crises arise. This observation prompts a debate on whether solidarity is evolving into a tool of routine governance as it further develops as a legal principle.
APA:
Bartenstein, A. (2025). Beyond crisis: the temporal dynamics of solidarity in EU energy governance. Journal of European Integration. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2025.2554358
MLA:
Bartenstein, Aline. "Beyond crisis: the temporal dynamics of solidarity in EU energy governance." Journal of European Integration (2025).
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