New Energies: The European Green Deal and the EU-Turkey relationship

The meeting between US president Biden and the Turkish president Erdogan, as well as the upcoming European Council Summit on Turkey come at a critical moment in the EU-US-Turkey relationship. After years of heightened tensions, there appears to have been a thawing in relations since the beginning of this year. The renewed focus on climate policy by the EU, however, makes many aspects of this relationship uncertain. Are carbon border taxes a threat to Turkish trade? How can Turkey and the EU cooperate on green energy? To find out, host Susi Dennison, director of ECFR´s European Power programme, talks to Asli Aydıntaşbaş, senior policy fellow at ECFR and in-house expert on Turkey, and Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at Bruegel focusing on European Union climate and energy policy. They discuss the outcomes of the Biden-Erdogan summit and the prospects for the EU-Turkey relationship, particularly in relation to the EU’s climate policies. 

This podcast was recorded on 17 June 2021.

Further Reading: 

• Europe’s Green Moment: How to meet the climate challenge by Susi Dennison, Rafael Loss and Jenny Söderström
• The geopolitics of the European Green Deal by Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jeremy Shapiro, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram Wolff 

Bookshelf: 

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
• The New Climate War by Michael E. Mann