Abstract
Sustainable development has purportedly been a guiding strategy for all EU policymakers since the signing of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) in 1992, affecting both domestic and foreign policy requirements, including those concerning the Polity’s relations with developing countries (Article 130u): ‘The Commission undertakes in its proposals, and the member states undertake in implementing these proposals, to take full account of their environmental impact and of the principle of sustainable growth.’
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Flint, A. (2008). Towards an EU Definition of Sustainable Development. In: Trade, Poverty and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582712_3
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