NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS DEL MERCOSUR DESDE LA VISTA DE LA CUMBRE EUROLATINOCARIBE (EU- LAC) DEL 11 AL 12 DE MAYO EN VIENA

Resumo

La ponencia tematiza las relaciones entre la UE y el Mercosur desde su creación con el foco principal:
*en las perspectivas futuras desde la vista de los resultados de la Cumbre de Viena
*Delante del trasfondo de las relaciones generales entre la UE y América Latina en total
*Basándose en la tesis, que la cumbre de Viena no signifique una ruptura de repente sino el punto final de un proceso largo de alienación y distanciación

Abstract
The article discusses the future of the relationship between the EU and Latin America, specifically Mercosur, in light of the EU-LAC summit this year in Vienna. On the basis of official documents of the summit as well as of alternative events, the study argues that the standstill in EU-Latin American relations is not a sudden rupture, but the culmination of a long-running process of polítical and economic estrangement. This situation was brought about by a fundamental change in the foreign policy of the EU, caused by internal and external crises as well as new challenges. For the relationship between the EU and Mercosur, this means: +) a medium-term failure of the planned biregional association agreement +) the concentration on specific common polítical goals and areas of interest (UNO, fundamental human rights, security policy, the European social project)