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Coherence and Conditionality in European Foreign Policy: Negotiating the EU–Mexico Global Agreement

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  • MARCELA SZYMANSKI
  • MICHAEL E. SMITH

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The EU–Mexico Global Agreement is one of the most comprehensive agreements ever made by the EU with a non‐European country, and the first pact that Mexico has ever accepted that conditions the relationship on respect for democracy and human rights. This article explains why the EU insisted on such political conditions in the agreement, and why Mexico ultimately accepted the EU's terms after initially refusing them. As the economic case is only moderately compelling, we focus instead on the Commission's unique capacity to manipulate key elements of the negotiation process. The article also highlights the growing importance of two principles governing the EU's external relations ‐ coherence and political conditionality – and how those principles might further expand the EU's global political influence.

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  • Marcela Szymanski & Michael E. Smith, 2005. "Coherence and Conditionality in European Foreign Policy: Negotiating the EU–Mexico Global Agreement," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(1), pages 171-192, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:43:y:2005:i:1:p:171-192
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9886.2005.00551.x
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    1. Meike Froitzheim & Fredrik Söderbaum & Ian Taylor, 2011. "The Limits of the EU as a Peace and Security Actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 46(3), pages 45-70.
    2. Lachlan Mckenzie & Katharina L. Meissner, 2017. "Human Rights Conditionality in European Union Trade Negotiations: the Case of the EU–Singapore FTA," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(4), pages 832-849, July.
    3. Daniela Donno & Michael Neureiter, 2018. "Can human rights conditionality reduce repression? Examining the European Union’s economic agreements," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 335-357, September.

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