CurrentandFutureCooperationundertheEUMERCOSURAgreement 3 21 processiscomplicatedanddifficult.Recently , EUsupporttoFOCEMandthe MERCOSURtribunalhadtobedecommittedduetoMERCOSURswithdrawal fromcertainprojects. Theideaofauthenticintegrationsecretariatswithindependentcivilservants hasnottakenhold.Asecretariatwithjustahandfulofhigherofficials , 30staff altogetherandabudgetofonlyUSD1million , asinMERCOSUR , issimplynot capableofpromotingintegration.Atbest , itcanprovidetechnicalassistancefor intergovernmentalprocedures.EUcooperationwith MERCOSURinstitutions andplayers , aswellasstandardsettingiswelcome.TheEU hasaroleas tentative “ externalfederator ” .Sincetheearly1990s , theEUhasbeenalong termandimportantsourceforthestafftrainingofallLatinAmericanintegration schemes , including MERCOSURsprotemporepresidencies , itsembryonic Parliamentandthejointparliamentarycommittee , aswellasthePermanent Review Tribunal.The EU has helpedto modernisecustoms procedures , statisticsandsanitaryandphytosanitarystandards , amongotherthings.Thisis somewhatastonishinginrelationtocountries , mostlyinthe middleincome category , whicharesoproudoftheir “ sovereignty ” .Theoutcomeofthe2010 midtermreviewprocessremainstobeseen. 5.犈犝犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚 — 犠犺犻犮犺犠犪狔犃犺犲犪犱 ? Askedwhethertheygive MERCOSURandbiregionalnegotiationsmuch chance , someanswerwiththeBavariansaying: “ Idswear , butIdneverbeton it ! ” TheEUisunlikelytosharethedesperationoftheParaguayanForeign Ministerthatthegroupisina “ terminalstate ”( OEstadodeSoPaolo , 24.7. 2009 ) .Nevertheless , anumberofquestionswereasked.Forexample , whether agreementsshouldbepursuedeveniftheyhadbeendesignedunderdifferent circumstances ? Also , shouldtheEUoptforsomethingwhichopensuprelations moreorsettleforsomething morespecific , but more modest ? Whatif negotiationsdonotresume ? TheEUclearlyfavoursregionalintegrationandthus biregionalnegotiations , andwillcertainlynotwishtobeseenasthepartyresponsible forscuttlingintegrationschemesbysinglingoutindividualcountries.ButtheEU cannotimposeitsfavouredapproachandthereforeisnolongerfundamentalistonthe issue.ThiswasillustratedwhentheEUovercameBoliviasobstructionofAndean negotiationswiththeEU.Furthermore , theEUproceededwiththosewhowishedto continue , butleftthedooropenforotherstojoinlater.Inthisway , theEUrespects thesovereignwillofboththewillingandthereluctant. Anumberofsuggestionsmadeinthiscontextseemtoberatherpremature , suchasthefusion of MERCOSUR andthe Andean Communityorrapid
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