Common agricultural policy
Briefing
12-01-2018
After World War II, Europe was in pieces, devastated and facing a shortage of food. The main objective of the European Coal and Steel Community, a new institution set up in 1952, was therefore to work to unite a fragmented Europe. Lack of food was one of earliest challenges; action at European level was necessary in order to make Europe self-sufficient in food and to secure an adequate food supply and the free flow of food and agricultural products within Europe. The common agricultural policy (CAP) was formed in 1962 to ensure that people could have food at affordable prices and that farmers would earn a fair living for their work. CAP is one of the European Union's oldest common polices
Briefing
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Type de publication
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Domaine politique
Mot-clé
- agriculture durable
- AGRICULTURE, SYLVICULTURE ET PÊCHE
- aide de l'UE
- analyse économique
- cadre social
- développement rural
- Feader
- FEAGA
- finances de l'Union européenne
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie économique
- habitat rural
- inégalité sociale
- politique agricole
- politique agricole commune
- politique commerciale
- politique économique
- productivité agricole
- QUESTIONS SOCIALES
- revenu de l'exploitant agricole
- région et politique régionale
- régularisation du marché
- stabilisation des revenus
- statistique de l'UE
- système d'exploitation agricole
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- urbanisme et construction
- ÉCHANGES ÉCONOMIQUES ET COMMERCIAUX
- ÉCONOMIE
- État membre UE