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Main Features of the Climate Change Agenda of the Party of European Socialists

https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-5-127-135

Abstract

This article is devoted to the climate change agenda of the Party of European Socialists. In order to identify its current main features, the author characterizes the development of the climate discourse of the party under the influence of socialist, workers and social-democratic ideological foundations, as well as the political situation in the European Union at various historical stages. Through comparative analysis and discourse analysis, the general evolution and main principles of the Party of European Socialists and its political group, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, as well as the actual development and current priorities of the climate agenda are investigated. Comparative analysis and discourse analysis are carried out through the prism of election manifestos and the top officials’ rhetoric. The relevance of the study lies in the primacy of climate change for the European Union and its citizens, as well as the substantial modernization of supranational legislation under the leadership of Frans Timmermans, a member of the Party of European Socialists and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European “Green Deal”.

About the Author

A. D. Lisenkova
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation

Alena D. Lisenkova —  postgraduate student, School of International Relations

Saint Petersburg



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Lisenkova A.D. Main Features of the Climate Change Agenda of the Party of European Socialists. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2022;12(5):127-135. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-5-127-135

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