ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how European countries coordinated their development policy to allow for multilateral promotion of regional integration. The chapter is divided into four phases based on how EU–ACP cooperation evolved through different agreements and conventions: from the Treaty of Rome to the expiration of the Yaoundé Convention (1957–1975), the Lomé Convention (1975–2000), the Cotonou Agreement (2000–2020) and the Post-Cotonou Agreements. Within each of these phases a modified intergovernmentalism theoretical framework is applied to explain how states coordinated their multilateral promotion of regional integration at EU level. To that end, the chapter traces how states formed their national preferences and were involved in interstate bargaining leading to the outcome of policy coordination with ACP countries in areas of aid, trade and political dialogue.
