Subtitle
The EU and Region-Building in the Andes
Volume, number, page
18 p.
Year of Publication
2011
Organization Name
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Acronym
IAI
City
Roma
Country of Publication
Italy
Full Date
July 2011
ISBN or ISSN
978-88-98042-25-8
Considered Countries
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Colombia
Brazil
Category
Reports
Theme
BILATERAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Subregion - European Union
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Strategic Partnerships
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Government
Business
Keyword(s)
CAN
Andean Community
Andean Community of Nations
Political Dialogue
Mercosur
ASEAN
Regional Integration
European Union
European Union Policy
Latin America
Development aid
Foreign trade
Foreign trade organizations
Foreign trade policy
Foreign trade partners
Regionalism
Multilateralism
Bilateralism
European Security
EEAS
Biregional Co-operation
Biregionalism
Abstract
In its external relations, the EU advances regional cooperation as a successful means of achieving peace and prosperity. In doing so, the EU promotes its own model as the most successful case of regional integration. A wide-reaching set of instruments, spanning from trade to political dialogue and aid, is used to promote regional cooperation and integration. Noneheless, regional organisations supported by the EU are far from accomplishing their set objectives. Using as a test case the Andean Community, the oldest Latin American regional organisation and a prominent case of EU support for regional integration, this paper examines the reasons behind the EU’s lack of impact in promoting regional integration. Stemming from this analysis, the paper proposes a recalibration of EU policy by decoupling trade relations from political engagement and by increasing support for physical and visible integration as opposed to formal institutions detached from the perceived needs of the public.
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