The weight of the CAP on the EU budget

Journal title ARGOMENTI
Author/s Franco Sotte
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/33 Language Italian
Pages 22 P. 29-50 File size 913 KB
DOI 10.3280/ARG2011-033002
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The aim of this paper is to suggest the adoption of a fully informed approach in the analysis of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) expenditure. The debate on CAP expenditure is generally based on ex-ante images of the budget as presented in the Multiannual Financial Framework and, before each financial year, on the budget appropriations for commitments. But this differs significantly from the actual payments as recorded ex-post in the Financial Reports. These differences are mainly concentrated on structural policies (such as regional and rural development policy), while they do not exist, or are minimal, in the mere transfer policies (such as in Pillar 1 of the CAP). Based as it is on a partial and distorted image of the expenditure, the analysis and discussion on the CAP reform is distorted as well.

Keywords: CAP expenditure, financial reports, policy analysis, evaluation, CAP reform

Jel codes: H5, F5

Franco Sotte, Il peso della politica agricola sul bilancio dell’Unione Europea in "ARGOMENTI" 33/2011, pp 29-50, DOI: 10.3280/ARG2011-033002