The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy: An Imperfect Storm. CEPS Paperback, 17 August 2015

After five years of debates, consultations and negotiations, the European institutions reached an agreement in 2013 on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2014-2020 period. The outcome has major implications for the EU’s budget and farmers’ incomes but also for Europe’s environment, its contribution to global climate change and to food security in the EU and in the world. It was decided to spend more than €400 billion during the rest of the decade on the CAP.The official claims are that the new CAP will take better account of society's expectations and lead to far-reaching changes by making subsidies fairer and ‘greener’ and making the CAP more efficient. It is also asserted that the CAP will play a key part in achieving the overall objective of promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. However, there is significant scepticism about these claims and disappointment with the outcome of the decision-making, the first in which the European Parliament was involved under the co-decision procedure. In contrast to earlier reforms where more substantive changes were made to the CAP, the factors that induced the policy discussions in 2008-13 and those that influenced the decision-making did not reinforce each other. On the contrary, they sometimes counteracted one another, yielding an ‘imperfect storm’ as it were, resulting in more status quo and fewer changes. This book discusses the outcome of the decision-making and the factors that influenced the policy choices and decisions. It brings together contributions from leading academics from various disciplines and policy-makers, and key participants in the process from the European Commission and the European Parliament.

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Title vignette.

The collected works of Henrik Ibsen.

"Entirely revised and edited by William Archer."

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The fable of the bees; or, Private vices, publick benefits.

"This edition is limited to 875 copies, of which 750 are for sale."

Universities and business : partnering for the knowledge society /

Includes bibliographical references.

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A visible sign.--The end of society.--An adventure of a lady of quality.--A part of the new South.--A conflict of rights.--The Morningstar elopement.--The wife of a carpenter.--A gentlewoman.--The blue blazers.

The complete works of Thomas Dick.

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Includes index.

Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900)

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The collected works of Henrik Ibsen.

Title vignette.

The botanic garden : a poem, in two parts ; containing the economy of vegetation and the loves of the plants ; with philosophical notes /

Includes index.

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An appeal to the temperate, on the vice of intemperance. In three parts.

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Works. To which is prefixed an acount of the life and writings of the author,

Each vol. has also special title-page.