The EU Common Agricultural Policy Post-2020- Continuation of or a Break from the Current Practice

Abstract

Central institutions of the European Union and academic circles in some of the EU countries have launched works that enable to outline the Common Agricultural Policy for the next EU financial perspective. Based on analyses of the official Polish and EU documents and studies prepared by academicians, the paper formulates a view that the Common Agricultural Policy in the next EU financial perspective will not be only a slightly corrected version of the policy implemented today. The circumstances force more profound changes, but a full break from the existing political practice should not be expected. The works on the development of the Common Agricultural Policy for the next financial perspective will, most probably, require the Polish Government to seek compromise solutions. However, it is impossible to predict the extent of these activities before getting to know the positions of other EU countries on the subject matter and without assessing their tendency to seek compromise solutions.