Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 09/2010

EU-India strategic partnership: Taking the stock

Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay

August 2010

Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta

Abstract

The prevalent perception of the European Union (EU) in India is predominantly constructed by the British and American media. At the time of a global economic downturn, its ripple effects on the continent especially on the ‘PIIGS’ (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) and an imminent crack in the Eurozone have been the debate of the day.