AFormatinSearchofSubstance AnOverviewofRelationsbetweentheEUandLatinAmericainaEuropeanPerspective 2 15 LatinAmericanpartners ;( 6 ) ThevaluesandculturalidentitysharedbyEurope andLatin Americaincludeseriousbutoftennotexplicit mattersforpolitical actionwhichhavetobedefinedandmadeexplicit ;( 7 ) TheEuropeanpointof view whichconsidersregionalintegrationastheultimateobjectiveandthe preferentialwayofcopingwiththeproblemsofinternationalrelationsisbasically notsharedorlikelytobeadoptedin Latin America ;( 8 ) Theselectivityof contactsandthe growingimportance ofsecondaryrelationsconfusesthe partners:explicitly , the specificrole being played by Spainin theIbero Americancontextisnotorganicallyrelatedtothe EU process ;( 9 ) The potentialsanddangersoftheroleofSpainas “ intermediary ”,“ bridge ” or “ main doororchannel ” forrelationsbetweenEuropeandLatinAmericahavenotbeen evaluatedbyeitherside ;( 10 ) ThisraisesthequestionoftheEuropeanisationof Spainsrelationswiththeregionorthe “ IberoAmericanisation ” ofEULatin Americanrelations. 3.2 TheChallengeofAsymmetry Almost10yearsaftertheirdeclarationofstrategicpartnershipinRiode Janeiro , theHeadsofStateandPresidentsofLatinAmerica / Caribbeanandthe EuropeanUnion ( EU ) metinLimaon1617 May2008.Sincethismeeting relationsbetweenthetworegionshavereflectedtheirbasicasymmetry.This asymmetry , pivotalintheLatin AmericaninterventionsinthelastEULatin AmericanSummit , notonlyexpressestheinterestinthedifferentiatedtreatment ofLatin AmericaintradenegotiationsbetweentheEU and CentralAmerica ( SICA ), theCommunityofAndeanNations ( CAN ) and Mercosur , butalso reflectscontradictorypoliticalprioritiesintermsofthematicinterests.The agendaofthepresidentialmeeting , whichtackled , ontheonehand , poverty , inequalityandinclusion ( attherequestofLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean ) and , ontheotherhand , sustainabledevelopment , theenvironment , climate changeandenergy ( whichareofparticularinterestfortheEU ) encountered significantdifficultieswhenitcametofindingacommondenominator.Although atfirstglance , intheLimaDeclaration , thefoodpricecrisisplayedacentral role , transversely permeatingallthemes , theinterestexpressed by Latin AmericancountriesinfindinganewframeworkofrelationswiththeEUismuch morenotable.Inalmostallthethematicagreementsitispossibletoperceivea livelyinterestinclearlyconveyingtheheterogeneityofthecountriesthatform thesubcontinent , and the requestthatthese differences betakeninto consideration , withtheEUimplementingmultispeedmechanismsaccordingly. Thissituationiseven moresignificantconsideringthescantinterest
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