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The political preparations for enlarging the European Union to include the Central European countries are in full swing, but economic policy preparations have not yet begun. There is a need for adjustment primarily in the Central European countries, but also in sensitive areas in the EU itself, particularly the Common Agricultural Policy. Will agricultural policy be an obstacle to eastward enlargement?
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Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Figures from European Commission: Agricultural Situation and Prospects in the Central and Eastern European Countries-Summary Report, Working Document, Brussels, July 1995.
For a detailed analysis of this aspect, see S. Tangermann and T. Josling: Pre-Accession Agricultural Policies for Central Europe and the European Union, study commissioned by DG I of the European Commission, Brussels, December 1994.
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The article is based on a lecture delivered at the HWWA on 4th July 1995.
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Tangermann, S. Eastward enlargement of the EU: Will agricultural policy be an obstacle?. Intereconomics 30, 277–284 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926389
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926389