The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
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What are the origins of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and what challenges will it face in the future? Our series, “Looking back, looking ahead”, answers these questions on the occasion of this week’s Informal Meeting of the EU Agriculture Ministers in Koblenz.
It is the oldest common policy in the EU: The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which will be discussed in Koblenz this week as part of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has evolved significantly since it was launched in 1962. Back then, it came into effect against the backdrop of supply shortages, volatile food prices and the Cold War.