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By looking at the current social, economic and political trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and at recent developments in the EU’s relation with the region, this study explores windows of opportunity for advancing the EU-Latin American strategic partnership. It is argued that, although asymmetries between Europe and Latin America might impact and diminish the bi-regional relationship, the EU is well-positioned to play a more active role in Latin America by strengthening existing institutional ...

EU-Latin America relations

Briefing 26-03-2014

During the past two decades, EU-Latin America relations have been shaped at bi-regional, sub-regional and country levels, with regular summits of the Heads of State or Government of the two regions as the main driver. Although EU trade with Latin America has increased over time in terms of value, the EU has lost ground in terms of market share. The EU has however remained the region's major investor.

The year 2013 brought much attention to the Pacific Alliance (Alianza del Pacífico), the most recent regional integration initiative in Latin America. Building on the existing free trade agreements between them, the four members of the Alliance - Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru - have set the goal of advancing towards the free movement of goods, services, capitals and people, with the objective of creating an 'area of deep integration' to stimulate economic growth and competitiveness. Since ...

Le dialogue politique, entamé il y a presque 25 ans avec le «dialogue de San José», constitue sans aucun doute une des bases les plus solides des relations entre l’Europe et l’Amérique latine. Dans le cadre d’un débat interne sur le renforcement des relations bipartites et en réponse aux changements conjoncturels et structurels survenus au niveau international, depuis le début de ce siècle, l’idée a germé de développer ce dialogue bipartite et d'en faire une discussion tripartite ou triangulaire, ...

Sets out the current situation on institutional relations and the main positions adopted by the European Parliament on Latin America. After an analysis of the interregional dialogue resulting from the interparliamentary conferences it refers to the main positions adopted by the EP on Latin America and the Latin American bodies for political integration and their relations with the EP.