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The Groupe de Bruges is a European
think-tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental org ...
specializing in
agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
and
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. One of its founding members,
Dacian Cioloş Dacian, Geto-Dacian, Daco-Getic or Daco-Getian () often refers to something of or relating to: * Dacia (disambiguation) * Dacians * Dacian language Dacian may also refer to: * Dacian archaeology * Dacian art * Dacia in art * Dacian culture * Da ...
, served as
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er for Agriculture from 2010 to 2014 and later as Prime Minister of Romania. The ''Groupe'' summarizes its own mission Mission
''Mission Statement'' on Groupe de Bruges homepage as "to provide an independent, positive and constructive criticism of the
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".


History History
from Group de Bruges homepage

The ''Groupe de Bruges'' was created in 1995 by
Edgard Pisani Edgard Edouard Pisani (; 9 October 1918 – 20 June 2016) was a French statesman, philosopher, and writer. He was a European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament. Biography Pisani was born in Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia, ...
and Bertrand Hervieu as a Europe-wide successor to the French ''Groupe de Seillac'' (1992-5). The latter had been formed in the context of the debate on reform of the
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's
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in the early 1990s. Through its life, the ''Groupe'' has enjoyed funding from the Swiss Charles-Leopold Mayer foundation. In 1996 the ''Groupe'' published the book ''Agriculture at a Turning Point'' in France, Spain and the Netherlands. A second edition of the book was published in 2002 in those countries as well as Italy and Bulgaria. On at least two occasions, the ''Groupe'' has attempted to influence public opinion through
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s to the
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. Members of the group took part in the agriculture-related work of the 2001-3
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. By 2003, it had grown to include 25 members from 22 European countries, including several from
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which, at the time, were not yet members of the European Union.


Notable members Members
{{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625034259/http://www.groupedebruges.eu/membres.html , date=2010-06-25 List of members on Group de Bruges homepage

*
Dacian Cioloş Dacian, Geto-Dacian, Daco-Getic or Daco-Getian () often refers to something of or relating to: * Dacia (disambiguation) * Dacians * Dacian language Dacian may also refer to: * Dacian archaeology * Dacian art * Dacia in art * Dacian culture * Da ...
: Romanian minister of Agriculture (2007-8) and European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Barroso II college (2010-14) * Bertrand Hervieu: Former Secretary General of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies ( CIHEAM) * Edgard Pisani: French minister of Agriculture 1961-6


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Homepage of the ''Groupe de Bruges''
1995 establishments in Europe Think tanks based in Belgium