The irrefutable upsurge of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afri-ca) in the last few years and its increasing role in the global arena has been confirmed by the fact that its five Member States account for 40% of the world?s popula-tion and 25% of the GDP, having created half of global growth in the last decade. Furthermore, there are other facts related to the BRICS that require a profound analysis. On the one hand, it is important to highlight the continuous connectedness exhibited by the five members of the bloc re-garding global issues or international conflicts discussed in international fo-rums. On the other hand, trade relations between the European Union and the BRICS bloc members provide spectacular data, having reached a global trade exchange of over 900,000 million euros in 2013, with a negative balance for the EU of over 200,000 million euros. Therefore, this range of strong reasons led us to examine the relations between the European Union and the BRICS.
The irrefutable upsurge of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afri-ca) in the last few years and its increasing role in the global arena has been confirmed by the fact that its five Member States account for 40% of the world?s popula-tion and 25% of the GDP, having created half of global growth in the last decade. Furthermore, there are other facts related to the BRICS that require a profound analysis. On the one hand, it is important to highlight the continuous connectedness exhibited by the five members of the bloc re-garding global issues or international conflicts discussed in international fo-rums. On the other hand, trade relations between the European Union and the BRICS bloc members provide spectacular data, having reached a global trade exchange of over 900,000 million euros in 2013, with a negative balance for the EU of over 200,000 million euros. Therefore, this range of strong reasons led us to examine the relations between the European Union and the BRICS.