This process culminated in April 2007 when, at the EU-Mexico Joint Council, the parties acknowledged that a major qualitative change had occurred in their bilateral relations and that mutual links were much closer. During 2007 and 2008, there were a number of high-level official visits to Mexico by different EU Member States and European Commission representatives, including a visit in May 2008 by the President of the European Commission.
Dit proces leidde ertoe dat de partijen in april 2007 op de vergadering van de Gezamenlijke Raad erkenden dat hun bilaterale betrekkingen sterk waren verbeterd en de wederzijdse banden veel nauwer waren geworden. In 2007 en 2008 hebben vertegenwoordigers van de EU-lidstaten en de Europese Commissie enkele officiële bezoeken op hoog niveau aan Mexico gebracht, zoals de voorzitter van de Europese Commissie in mei 2008.