New India, Old Europe
Although India has several affinities with the EU, this has not translated into close political or strategic relations. The case for India-EU cooperation could not be stronger, but the danger remains that India could write off Europe as a charming but irrelevant continent.
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NEW DELHI – The recent Indian-Italian bilateral dialogue, held in Milan on November 7, at a time when Italy was reeling from the euro crisis and Silvio Berlusconi’s impending political demise, offered a fraught reminder of the potential, and the limits, of India’s relationship with the European Union.