EU-Latin American Parliamentary relations: some preliminary comments on the EUROLAT. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 10, No. 3, April 2010

Stavridis, Stelios and Ajenjo, Natalia. (2010) EU-Latin American Parliamentary relations: some preliminary comments on the EUROLAT. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 10, No. 3, April 2010. [Working Paper]

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Abstract

The paper will therefore consider one particular aspect of EU-Latin American parliamentary relations. It will offer a snapshot of the way those relations have materialized and developed over the past few years. Its objective is to fill an important gap in the literature. What follows will consist of four main parts. First, there will be an overview of the wider EU-Latin American relations. Second, a number of other parliamentary organizations dealing with European and Latin American regional processes will be briefly presented. Those two parts will allow for a better understanding of the wider context of the EUROLAT creation and development. Third, the bulk of this paper will deal with the EUROLAT itself, and in particular its structure, functions, and main activities to date. Finally, drawing from the literature on parliamentary diplomacy and on regional parliaments, the fourth part will present a number of other activities that the EUROLAT could develop in the future. The paper thus consists of 4 parts: 1. EU-Latin American relations 2. parliamentary organizations in European and Latin American regional processes 3. the EUROLAT (structure, functions, main activities). 4. the EUROLAT (potential for the future).

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