Brazil and the EU in the shifting international scenario: insights on regionalism, the role of the BRICS, and development cooperation

Abstract

Latin America as a region has been a meeting point between Brazil and the EU. Brazil uses the region, mainly South America, as a platform to increase its weight in the international arena, and as a means to strengthen its trade and economic development. Meanwhile, the EU has projected its model of integration in this region with the intention of finding stable and similar partners with whom to close partnership agreements, with the wider goal of contributing to a regionally-organized multilateral system.