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Recognizing that there is not one official European Union development policy but many different national approaches that are currently affected by internal crises (such as BREXIT) and external challenges (massive migration pressures et al.), the introduction to this volume argues that the EU’s development policies are situated between the bloc’s normative ideals and the global geopolitical realities in which it is embedded. In order to investigate these tensions, two key questions are introduced, which examine for the current role of the “normative power” Europe concept and perceptions from recipient countries toward the EU’s international aid engagement.
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Norms can be defined as “a standard of appropriate behavior for actors with a given identity” (Katzenstein 1996, 5).
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Formerly known as the Treaty of Rome or the Treaty establishing the European Community, initially signed in 1957.
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Africa, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States, which currently comprises over 78 members with the exception of Cuba that did not sign the agreement.
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The main financial channels of EU ODA are the European Development Fund (ca. €30.5 bn. for the period 2014–2020), which targets ACP countries, the Development Cooperation Instrument for Latin America and Asia (ca. €20 bn.) as well as the European Neighborhood Policy, which covers 16 Southern and Eastern European states and is worth around €15 bn.
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Beringer, S.L., Maier, S., Thiel, M. (2019). Introduction. In: Beringer, S.L., Maier, S., Thiel, M. (eds) EU Development Policies. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01307-3_1
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