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Relations between India and the European Union (EU) have evolved over a long period. Beginning in the early 1960s, with diplomatic relations being established between India and the European Economic Community (EEC), it has expanded and subsequently been transformed because both India and the EU (since 1992) have assumed a growing significance in post-Cold War international politics. However, this partnership has not been able to achieve its potential partly because of the low political visibility of the EU and strong bilateral relations between India and major European powers. The India-EU relationship in the context of the strategic partnership launched in 2004 has witnessed a dramatic expansion of engagement from the economic to the political and security realms, although the strategic partnership does not mean absence of differences and difficulties. There is, however, a perception that India's closeness to the US has impacted the development of partnerships with both the EU and major individual countries.
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Does India regard the EU as a significant actor or prefers the bilateral approach towards individual member countries? Is it a dialectical relationship? How do India’s relations with the USA impact India-EU relations? Jean Luc Racine makes a cynical assessment about the EU-India-US triangular relationship. He acknowledges: “Some will deride Europe as a ‘bawdy old lady’, known for over 400 years, but with ‘no excitement, no passion’ left. The romance is with America, even if it is ‘tough love’, because the US was more open to migrants and is more prone to change the world.”
What adds complexity to this task is that conceptually India, post 1947, is regarded as a ‘modern state’, with the attributes of sovereignty, territoriality, and raison d’état (justification of sovereignty).In contrast, the EU is considered to be a ‘post modern intra state entity’ which does not emphasise sovereignty, the separation of domestic and foreign affairs, and which, after Schengen, increasingly regards borders as irrelevant. It is generally considered that the EU as a ‘post modern actor’ does not base its foreign policy on the balance of power and zero sum logic. There is no doubt that its inability to develop and implement a coherent and strong Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has sent wrong signals to its strategic partners, including India.
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