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Europe and the reshaped global order / Policy Brief

The EU and India: A Loveless Arranged Marriage

30/08/2011 By Gauri Khandekar

The EU-India relationship holds much potential but has been delivering on little. Ambitious undertakings like the Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement or cooperation in counter-terrorism remain in limbo. Well-matched but with no spark of chemistry, the EU and India appear tied together in a loveless arranged marriage. The focus on set-piece summits rather than fostering dynamic everyday linkages, coupled with low mutual understanding, makes for deeply divergent interests and perceptions. Both partners need to adopt a new attitude if their natural potential for partnership is to be realised.

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Keywords

Climate change Development Energy European Union Human rights India Multilateralism Security Trade

Bio author: Gauri Khandekar

EU Strategic Partnerships. EU-Asia relations. EU-India relations.