New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- 27 January saw the signing of the EU-India Security and Defence Partnership, conclusion of trade negotiations for the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), adoption of an MoU on an EU-India Comprehensive Framework on Mobility, launch of negotiations on a Security of Information Agreement and endorsement of a EU-India Education and Skills Dialogue.

Close on the heels of India's Republic Day celebrations, where EU representatives were state guests, this was a moment of high symbolism in the shifting tides of global geopolitics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed it as a "tide-turning moment" and start of a new era for India-EU relations. The FTA has been hailed as the "mother of all deals" by both sides.

The EU and ...