Abstract
In this chapter the author compares the European integration process and the ambivalent integration dynamics in Latin America, and ponders on whether the EU can still be considered as a model for Latin American integration. The author notes that differences in the two regions in terms of geography, history and political regimes – presidentialism prevails in Latin America – are all reasons why it is inherently difficult to compare them. However, he argues that despite these inter-regional differences and the EU’s own internal challenges, the European model still has value for Latin America.
