European Union interregionalism in the Andean Community integration process: a political, economic, and cultural analysis

In recent years, European Union (EU) interregionalism has attracted considerable academic attention in the fields of international relations and economics. However, in-depth academic studies that shed light on its authentic and significant contributions to integrating the Andean Community (CAN) are still lacking. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the influence of EU interregionalism on the CAN integration process. The geo-influence model was used and adapted to determine the political, economic, and cultural correlations between the EU and CAN. The results show that European interregionalism has had significant political, economic, and cultural impacts over the past 33 years. However, a clear need for further research arises, preferably quantitative and qualitative, to assess the influence or relationship of European interregionalism, as opposed to the emergence of other integration processes, such as those led by China and the United States, in political, economic, commercial, and cultural dimensions.