TY - JOUR
T1 - From colonial power to human rights promoter
T2 - on the legal regulation of the European Union’s relations with the developing countries
AU - Broberg, Morten
N1 - udgivet online iFirst
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Half a century ago, at the inception of what today has become the European Union (EU), several EU member states held colonies around the world. Today most of these colonies have become independent states, but many continue to have close links with Europe. This article analyses the development of the legal regulation of these links from the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 until the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in late 2009. Based on this analysis the article goes on to discuss whether the proposition that the EU has developed into a normative power is supported by the legal analysis. It is concluded that the legal analysis lends strong support to the view that the EU seeks to be a normative power vis-à-vis the developing countries.
AB - Half a century ago, at the inception of what today has become the European Union (EU), several EU member states held colonies around the world. Today most of these colonies have become independent states, but many continue to have close links with Europe. This article analyses the development of the legal regulation of these links from the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 until the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in late 2009. Based on this analysis the article goes on to discuss whether the proposition that the EU has developed into a normative power is supported by the legal analysis. It is concluded that the legal analysis lends strong support to the view that the EU seeks to be a normative power vis-à-vis the developing countries.
U2 - 10.1080/09557571.2011.646242
DO - 10.1080/09557571.2011.646242
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0955-7571
VL - 26
SP - 675
EP - 687
JO - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
JF - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
IS - 4
ER -