Dialogue between the Andean Community and the European Union on Illicit Drugs

Colombian relations with European Union on the issue of illicit drugs are mediated by the « Diálogo Especializado de Alto Nivel entre la Unión Europea y la Comunidad Andina sobre drogas », of which Colombia currently occupies the vice presidency. The underlying question that this articles tries to address is how cooperation between these two regional blocks contributes to combatting the illicit drug problem. The general orientations of the international political control structure for illicit drugs is presented, as well as the antidrug policies of the Andean Community and the European Union. Next, the actors, mechanisms and instruments used by the Euroandean dialoue on illicit drugs are presented in order to examine their dynamics and functions as an inter-regional space.