Common Agricultural Policy Post-2013: Scenarios Regarding Romanian Agriculture

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the centerpiece of the European integration, has been considered the strongest common policy of the European Union. However, due to its long history, it has been reformed several times, the most important being McSharry Reform in 1992 and Fischler Reform in 2003. The paper aims to analyze the CAP after 2013 in the view of big European think-tanks as well as the position of the European Commission regarding a new EU agricultural policy. The objectives of the CAP reform are deeply connected to the “EU 2020 Strategy”. The analyze of the Romanian agriculture using different scenarios reveals the fact that the development of the middle, family farm sector is a solution for the convergence with the European model of agriculture and for the development of this important economic branch.