ChallengestoEUPoliciesonDevelopmentCooperationwithLatinAmerica 2 29 4.犜犺犲 “ 犛狋狉犪狋犲犵犻犮犘犪狉狋狀犲狉狊犺犻狆 ” 牶犘狅犾犻犮狔犇犻犪犾狅犵狌犲 , 犪狀犱犈犝犔犪狋犻狀 犃犿犲狉犻犮犪狀 犇犲狏犲犾狅狆犿犲狀狋犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀 Fromitsinceptioninthe1980s , theEULatinAmericanpoliticaldialoguehas evolvedinanumberofregionalandsubregionalsettings , withtheministerialdialogue betweentheEUandtheRioGroupasthemostsignificant.In1999 , a “ Strategic Partnership ” waslaunched , including biannualsummits of heads ofstate and government.ThisStrategicPartnershiphastoitsnamesuchnotableachievementsas theEUassociationandfreetradeagreementswithMexico ( 2000 ) andChile ( 2002 ) . Sinceitwasestablished , theStrategicPartnershiphashadtodealwithan unfavourableinternationalcontext , and Latin Americaseemstohaveslipped downtheEUsforeignrelationsagenda.Thisisduetofactorssuchasthe demandsofEU enlargement , andthedisplacementofEuropean priorities towardstheeastandtheBalkans.Anotherimportantfactoristheprimacythat securityandthewaronterrorhaveacquiredininternationalrelationssincethe 11 Septemberattacks , pushing developmentissuesintothebackground. Moreover , withregardtotrade , theEUandsomeLatinAmericancountries gavepreferencetotradetalksintheWTOwhich , withtheenlargementofthe EU , meanttacklingthedifficultreform oftheCommon AgriculturalPolicy ( CAP ) .Thisreform , whichtookplacein2002and2003 , hinderedtheECs bargainingpositionbymaintaininga “ productivist ” agriculturalmodel.The difficultiesposedbytheagriculturalchapterandthe “ WTOoption ” meantthat negotiationswithMercosurhavebeengoingonformorethantenyearswithout success.Byprioritising MexicoandChile , thecountriesthatoptedforfree tradewiththe UnitedStates , the EU fostered , albeitinvoluntarily , the perceptionthatthoseagreementswerea “ reactive ” movefollowingonfrom US policy. Beyondpoliticaldialogue , akeyelementbehindtheStrategicPartnershipis EUpolicytowardsLatinAmerica , asdraftedbytheEuropeanCommissionand endorsedbytheCouncilandtheEuropeanParliament.Sincethefirstadoptionof astrategyonrelationswithLatinAmericain1994 ( CounciloftheEuropean Union:1994 ), 3 theEU — andinparticulartheEuropeanCommission — hasset outitsregionalstrategyforLatin Americainaseriesofdocuments. 4 The Communication 犃犛狋狉狅狀犵犲狉犘犪狉狋狀犲狉狊犺犻狆犫犲狋狑犲犲狀狋犺犲犈狌狉狅狆犲犪狀犝狀犻狅狀犪狀犱犔犪狋犻狀 犃犿犲狉犻犮犪 , adoptedonDecember2005 , wasendorsedbytheCouncilConclusions ofFebruary2006 , andsetoutprioritiesadaptedtothenewpoliticalcycleandto changesinLatinAmerica.AccordingtothisCommunication , theEUaimsto stepuppoliticaldialogue.Italsoproposestocompletethe “ network ” of
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