Title: Towards an EU Policy for Sustainable Global Development?
Abstract: In international fora the European Union has been a proactive supporter of sustainable development; indeed it has aspired to a leadership role in this policy area. Nevertheless the Union's frequently reiterated commitment to sustainable development and to poverty eradication in the world's poorest countries faces many challenges. How can promotion of social and economic development be reconciled with the urgent need to address issues of environmental degradation, resource depletion and climate change? How can the differing policy preferences of the member states and the European Commission be reconciled to ensure the coherence and sustainability of EU external development efforts? This chapter uses the external dimensions of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to critically examine EU efforts to pursue its sustainability agenda. Particular reference is made to the Union's fisheries agreements with developing countries, which put into sharp focus the tensions between the need to protect the marine environment and conserve fish stocks, the desire to promote economic development in developing countries, and political pressure to protect the interests of the Union's own fisheries industry. In effect, we have chosen a 'hard case' with which to test the notion of the EU as an 'Enlightened Superpower' in the making.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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