When an Eastern-European Problem Becomes a Pan-European One: The Metaphorical Construction of Europe’s 2022 Energy Crisis

The paper analyses The Economist’s narrative of the 2022 energy crisis in Europe. Con­ducted within the theoretical framework of Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA), the analysis establishes that The Economist constructs the EU’s image through a DISEASE-centred metaphoric scenario. The EU is represente...

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Published in:Slavia Meridionalis Vol. 25
Main Authors: Rositsa Ishpekova, Kalina Ishpekova-Bratanova
Format: Journal Article
Language:Bulgarian
English
Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 14.11.2025
Subjects:
conceptual metaphors
energy crisis
European Union
metaphorical scenario
Russia
The Economist
ISSN:2392-2400
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Summary:The paper analyses The Economist’s narrative of the 2022 energy crisis in Europe. Con­ducted within the theoretical framework of Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA), the analysis establishes that The Economist constructs the EU’s image through a DISEASE-centred metaphoric scenario. The EU is represented as ILL, SUFFERING FROM A DISEASE, SUFFERING NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF A DISEASE, and REQUIRING TREAT­MENT. Hence three elements of the metaphorical scenario are identified here: SYMP­TOMS – EFFECTS – TREATMENT. Furthermore, in the samples analysed, the writers avoid evoking EU’s FUTURE RECOVERY, despite the presence of their thorough analysis of the EU measures taken to secure such. It can therefore be argued that, overall, The Economist puts forward a Eurosceptic or a heavily Eurocritical message on the issue.
ISSN:2392-2400
DOI:10.11649/sm.3298