[eng] Around 1880, the arrival of large quantities of American corn. made the agricultural policies of European countries develop in different ways. . The defensive protectionnism in France and Germany and the « laissez-faire » of Great Britain contrast with, the constructive attitude of...

[fre] La conférence de Stresa en 1958 entre les six premiers Etats-membres de la Communauté européenne fut la première étape dans la formulation de la politique agricole commune. Ses conclusions contenaient des principes valables qui par la suite furent perdus de vue. En 1992, une réforme...

[eng] The impact on consumers no longer seems to constitute the main criticism of the agricultural policy, and farm prices have not been at the origin of inflation. The impact on taxpayers is more crucial as the price support is becoming more and more expensive without solving the problems of...

The Stresa Conference of 1958, though it did not settle differences between the six original Member States of the European Economic Community, was regarded as significant at the time. This paper recalls the main issues then discussed, and reflects on the subsequent development of the Common...

[fre] Dans la plupart des Etats-membres de la Communauté Européenne, des économistes ont analysé et souvent critiqué la PAC, notamment en ce qui concerne le soutien des prix. Les économistes français ont relativement peu contribué, en dehors de leurs frontières, à cette activité, se...

[eng] The european union and Central-Eastern europE : agricultural policy and trade issues . During the "pre-accession" period, the European Union grants to the Central and Eastern European countries tariff preferences on agri-food products, mostly subject to quantitative limits. However, the...