Abstract
The future of relations between the European Union and Latin America—after an expected important enlargement in the decade 2010–20—will depend on the confluence of at least four factors necessary to accomplish a considerable change (positive or negative) from the current inertia. Two of these factors depend on the role of Latin American governments and the regional integration system they are developing. The other two factors depend on events in Europe and its vicinity.
While the Latin American factors are based on the will and success of Latin American entities to develop an institutional framework for regional integration,