Original scientific paper
EU’S AGRARIAN POLICY ON THE EVE OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
Pavle Mihalj
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
EU’s agrarian policy has always been – and remains – a complex issue of the Union’s overall economic policy. Although agrarian policy was at first central for the Union and served as a cohesive and integrating factor, in time it became a bone of contention, a source of conflicts and feuding within the Union. Solving the problem of agrarian policy on the eve of the third millennium is one of the Union’s priorities. The problems of agricultural subsidies in the Union, its eastern expansion and the demands of the WTO, are far from being easy tasks. Besides, agrarian policy is not solely an economic matter, but also a social (particularly rural), ecological, cultural, and political problem. The problem of agriculture has always been considered a political problem and resolved as such.
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31961
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Publication date:
9.9.1999.
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