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The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest and most controversial EU policies. It covers almost every aspect of farming life in an EU that, with successive enlargements, has acquired an ever more diverse agriculture sector (Dinan, 2005).
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Marinescu, N. (2013). Past, Present and Future Challenges for the Common Agricultural Policy. In: Răileanu-Szeles, M. (eds) Re-Examining EU Policies from a Global Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137307064_5
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