2 16 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation expressedinintegrationinthefinaldeclaration ; integrationhasindeedallbut disappearedfromtheofficialdiscourseinbiregionalrelations.If , furthermore , wetakeintoaccountthepresummitconflictsbetweenthemembersofCANwith regardtothemethodofnegotiatingtheFreeTradeAgreement ( FTA ) withthe EU , wewillclearlyseethecentrifugalforcesinoperationbetweentheposition ofBolivia , ontheonehand , andthejointpositionofPeruandColombia , onthe other.Itshouldcomeasnosurprisethat , aheadofthesummit , thePeruvian PresidentclearlycalledforadecisionbytheEUtoholdtalksbetweenthe aforementionedcountriesonanindividualbasis , adecisiontheEUsnegotiators hadtoacceptinordertoadvancefurtherintheprocess.Asimilarfatecould awaitthecurrentlystallednegotiationswiththeCentralAmericancountries. GreaterflexibilityonthepartoftheEUisthedominantexpectationinLatin America.AlthoughthePresidentshaveconfirmedtheirintentionofupholding thesovereign equality ofallstates , atthe Lima Summittheirinterestin revampingtheirrelationswiththeEU wasvisible.Leavingbehind — atleast partly — themessageofsocialcohesionusedsincetheGuadalajaraSummitin 2004 , theLatin Americanparticipantshaveshiftedtheirapproachbyasking Europeforgreaterflexibilityinthe design ofcooperation programmesand compliancewiththeMillennium DevelopmentGoals , emphasisingthespecific rolewhich middleincomecountries ( MICs ) mustplay.Thesameistrueof referencestothequestforeffectivesocialpolicies , whicharebeingdifferentiated bynationalcapacities , takingintoaccountsuchinstrumentsasthedirectbudget supportmodalityand debtcancellationforsocialinvestment.Asforthe environmentandsustainabledevelopment , thedifferencesinhowthesematters areperceivedarepatent. 3.3 LookingforNewFormats Itisnotjustinstitutionalpoliticaldialogueinparliamentary , executiveand civilianformatsthathasprovedtobeaneffectiveinstrumentinbuildingsystems forcooperation ; industryfocuseddialogueshavealsoflourished.Thepersons responsibleforissuesrelatingtotheenvironment , drugsandimmigrationmet aheadoftheSummitandshowedthatthisformatmighthelptoovercomethe traditionallowproductivityattheseevents , withtheiradhocmultilateralism. Accordingly , greatercontinuity hasbeenachievedintheperiodsbetween summits , althoughthematterofsupervisingimplementationoftheagreements achievedatthe presidential meetingsisstillpending.The proposalofthe Peruvianhost Alan Garcíatocommissionthesupervisionoftheagreements achievedinLimabythe 狆狉狅狋犲犿狆狅狉犲 secretariatsin MadridandBuenosAires
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