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Who shapes the European Union's policy towards Latin America? How has this EU policy modified individual member states' relations with the region? This book provides a comparative account of seven member states' bilateral links with Latin America since 1945, in the context of their EU membership and based on the concept of 'Europeanization'. It illustrates how and why the main architects of this EU policy have been Spain and Germany. In contrast, Poland, Sweden and Ireland, which had little previous interaction with Latin America, have developed their current relations with th.

The institutional inertia provided by the Association Agreement signed between the European Union and Mexico has enabled the relationship to continue and deepen, despite an adverse global climate and a number of issues that have caused tension in the relationship, related to insecurity in the country. In 2008 a 'Strategic Association' was formed between Mexico and the European Union that expanded issues of political dialogue to include security, climate change and reform to the international financial system. The period even closed with an upturn in trade and a positive tone resulting from multilateral work and from the perception in Europe that Mexico is a growing power with which closer ties should be forged. Adapted from the source document.

During the Fox administration, the relation between Mexico & the European Union went from excitement to frustration. Changes in foreign policy of the new government did not have the institutional foundation required in the domestic arena. Therefore, despite the emphasis put on human rights at the international level, they were still consistently violated at the local level. Trade & investments did not take off until 2004 & cooperation was acceptable, though not optimal. But despite those difficulties, the relationship was kept functional thanks to the institutional scaffolding supplied by the Mexico-EU Association Agreement. Contacts became more frequent & numerous, & the number of concerned actors grew, as well as the space both for cooperation & disagreements. Tables, Graphs. Adapted from the source document.