México y Alemania: el reforzamiento de la alianza estratégica entre dos socios con responsabilidad global

The stepping-up of political dialogue between Mexico and Germany in recent years makes it imperative that bilateral instruments of political and strategic coordination between the two countries are revisited and revised. In this article, Sergio Sierra puts forward specific recommendations to achieve this purpose. He suggests the setting-up an informal mechanism for bilateral discussions between foreign policy planning units; greater use of parliamentary diplomacy as a catalyst for political dialogue; prioritizing the issue of security on the bilateral agenda, as two responsible partners striving for peace; and the adoption of a social security agreement offering a response to the demands placed by constant flows of migration between the countries, and a flexible and swift informal discussion mechanism for speeding up decision-making in regards to the ever more complex agendas of bilateral and global cooperation; thus enabling Mexico to formally become a member of Germany’s close circle of strategic partners. Finally, the author recommends that the security issue should carry greater weight in cooperative dialogue with Germany so as to broaden out the issue, to contribute finding a balance in the issue in terms of the bilateral agenda with the United States, and to find in Germany an ally in fighting the scourge of violence, which is not always correctly covered in the media.