2 14 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation TheCommission wishestosendapositivesignalindicatingthatEuropeis interestedintheregion.Therewouldappeartobeanerroneousperceptionthatthe EUistooabsorbedbyitsownenlargement , itsimmediateneighboursorproblems elsewhereintheworld.Thisperceptionalsoraisestheissueofthevisibilityofthe EUontheground , giventhecomplexityofitsstructuresanditsmeansofaction. TheCommissionwishestoreaffirmthattheassociationwithLatinAmericaisnot merelyamatteroffactbutisalsovitalfortheinterestsofbothregions , forboththe presentandfuture.However , ifEuropeisreadytocommititselffurthertoLatin America , italsoexpectsafirmcommitmentinreturn ( EuropeanCommission2005 ) . 3.1 EuropeanCFSPandNewChallenges ThereseemtobemajorproblemswiththeCommonForeignandSecurity Policys ( CFSP ) structureandtheformatoftherelationship , tothepointofa growingdisenchantmentonthepartofthepartnersinLatinAmerica.Onthe onehand , theEuropeanCFSPdemandshighperformingcounterpartsinLatin AmericawiththeabilitytounderstandandhandlethethreeEuropeanstrandsof ( 1 ) commonand ( 2 ) intergovernmentalpartsofforeignpolicyontheEuropean leveland ( 3 ) memberstatesexternalrelationsatthenationallevel.Onthe otherhand , thestrategyofinterregionalismisopeningupnewroadsofbilateral arrangementswhichareunderminingtheoriginalconceptofpoliticaldialogue. Atthesametime , wearewitnessingtheemergenceofnewleadingnationsinthe regionwhicharetobetheobjectsofmajorattentionfromtheCommissionandin futurecouldtakeonsomesortofregionalrepresentation. Nowadays , someobserversarecharacterisingEULatinAmericanrelations asa “ relationshipwithoutemotions ” .Thisistrueinsofarastheemotionalparts ofthisoldbiregionalassociationhavebeensuffocatedatthepoliticalleveland neglectedatthesociallevelon bothsidesofthe Atlanticforalongtime. Therefore , newconstitutiveelementsonthepoliticallevelandin ( civil ) society arerequiredtogroundandembedthestrategicrelationship. HerearesomeessentialelementsoftheprojecttoreformtheEuropean LatinAmericanrelationship: ( 1 ) Theimpracticabilityofsummitdiplomacymust beovercome ;( 2 ) TheRioGroupnolongerfunctionsasarepresentativeofall LatinAmericanpartnersandneedstobereformed ;( 3 ) Thereseemstobeaneed fordifferentiationinEuropesexternalrelations , aswellasinintegrationpolicy ; ( 4 ) ThebilateralagendainEuropeandLatin Americaincludesmostly “ soft ” topics , which meansthattopicssuchassecurityarenotcovered bythe cooperationagreement ;( 5 ) Themixingofthetopicsofthepoliticaldialogue agendawiththoseofthedevelopmentagendacreatesconfusionbetweenthe
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