The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU does not currently meet the different needs of diverse agricultural conditions of different member countries in a just and equal way. To meet this challenge has become inevitably more difficult as new and diverse Central and Eastern European countries have entered the Community. Several commentators and economists have thus suggested that a renatio...

The reform of Common Agricultural Policy for 2014–2020 aims at promoting greater competitiveness, efficient use of public goods, food security, preservation of the environment and specific action against climate change, social and territorial equilibrium, and a more inclusive rural development. The economic crisis of the last years, the globalization, the increasing pressure on natural resource...

Abstract The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) continues to represent a substantial part of the European Union's budget. Although second pillar is co-financed by national governments, funds vast majority public spending on agriculture and rural development. In case Portugal, CAP envelope for current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2021–2027) represents package €10 billion. Our article focus...