Old Europe and young Latin America

Abstract

The third summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Brussels on 17–18 July for the fi rst time in eight years. The leaders of 27 European countries and 33 CELAC member-states attended the gathering. Since 2015 the world has transformed drastically with the balance of power changing and polycentric developments accelerating. Latin America is increasingly asserting itself as an infl uential global political power, one of the centers in the multipolar world. Growing divergence between the EU and the Caribbean, Latin American states over a world order vision urges Europe to revise its approach to the region. The summit outcome proves that convincingly. The EU`s bid to entangle Latin American and the Caribbean states in its anti-Russian strategy has evidently ended in a fi asco as well.