ABSTRACT
Interregionalism between what is today the European Union (EU) and other regions is no novelty. There is a long history of loose region-to-region relations between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries, which has been revised and developed under the new Cotonou Agreement and other EU-Africa frameworks. The EU’s interregional co-operation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has also been operational over a long period, dating back to the early 1970s. Since the early 1990s interregional co-operation has been further developed as a key feature of the EU’s external relations, albeit not always with a consistent formulation.
