ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the impact of European Union (EU) involvement on the 'makability' of regions in South America, with particular focus on EU's interaction with the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR), and the Andean Community (AC). South American regionalism has developed on sub-regional basis. In sum, the central question of tins study is to what extent the EU's 'monitoring' and 'evaluation' has influenced the 'makability' of region in the Andes and Southern Cone. In order to address this question, it is necessary to examine the historical development of regionalism in these two regions. That is followed by a closer analysis of the interaction of AC and MERCOSUR with the EU after Maastricht, which will further illuminate the EU's role in 'making' regionalism in these sub-regions. One of the arguments in the chapter is that the 'makability' of a region in South America is based on historical and cultural reasons as well as on contemporary strategic patterns.
