The European Union-Caribbean Relation: On the Apparent Deterioration of the EU-Caribbean Relationship

Abstract:

EU diplomats consider the Caribbean countries to be allies and therefore expect these countries to support the EU in international affairs – but they find that this support has been waning in recent years. Caribbean diplomats and politicians do not share the European viewpoint. Rather, they take the view that the EU has forgotten its Caribbean allies and instead channels its attention and funding towards Sub-Saharan Africa.

This article examines to what extent this asserted ‘rift’ really signals a profound change in the EU-Caribbean relations.