Europe 2020: A Success Story? : An insight of the work performed by the EU in the sustainability area, analyzing the 20/20/20 targets.

Sammanfattning: This research aimed to find out how the EU pursue work in the area of sustainability by doing a qualitive case study on the 20/20/20 targets from the Europe 2020 Strategy. The study also aimed at answering how one can understand the different outcomes of the targets. By using a combination of the theory of Multi-level governance and the theory of Europeanization from a top-down perspective, the study has been able to answer the research questions. The research finds that both effects from Europeanization and their top-down influence as well as the Multi-level governance is reflected in how the EU is working in the area of sustainability. Further, the member states have a large impact of when it comes to the implementation of the policies and this is one thing that is affecting the differentiation in the outcomes.