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Agricultures / CAP

_At the beginning of the process of European integration, following the Second World War, the problems of supplying the population and of the reconstruction of modern agriculture were at the heart of the concerns of the continent. Founded by the Treaty of Rome (1957) and implemented in 1962, the CAP(Common Agricultural Policy) which, with some 42% of the community budget, representing a heavy weight of the overall expenditure, has met over the course of time a significant reform. Since the 1990’s the reforms have been looking to decrease the agricultural surplus as well as the size of the CAP in the Union budget- which has become, with the expansion of the EU, a real challenge. With the reformation of the PAC, regional rural development and long-lasting agriculture appear more clearly in the foreground of the common policy.

In the context of globalization, the system of funding of European agriculture, that is the CAP, is criticized for the little space it leaves for agricultural products from Southern countries.

Agriculture is therefore an important field in European politics, as much inside the EU, when the negotiation on agricultural funding turned to conflict, as outside, involving the role of the EU in the world (in particular, within the framework of the World Trade Organization)

Why the CAP’s health check proposal will not embrace a new policy reform

With the Commission’s “health check” the Common Agricultural Policy is back on Europe’s policy agenda and according to some critics, the patient needs nothing less than a number of life-saving (...)
by Hans-Ulrich GÖSSL - 1 October 2008

Biofuels: pros and cons

Across the globe governments are taking measures to reverse the negative changes in our climate. This is also true in the EU, where several ambitious goals have been set in order to combat the (...)
by Jón Thomas Trap - 15 September 2008
Four years after the EU’s moratorium on GMO authorisation was lifted, the EU remains divided on the issue.
by Alison Gatt - 1 July 2008

CAP in context

With the Commission’s “health check” the Common Agricultural Policy is back on Europe’s policy agenda and according to some critics, the patient needs nothing less than a number of life-saving (...)
by Hans-Ulrich GÖSSL - 12 June 2008
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