Agenda 2000 was an action programme of the European Union whose main objectives were to reform the
Common Agricultural Policy
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Union. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce the ...
and
Regional policy, and establish a new financial framework for the years 2000–06 with a view to the then upcoming Eastern
Enlargement of the European Union
The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU, a state needs to fulfil economic and political conditions called the Copenhagen criteria ...
.
Its stated goals were:
# "to update the European Model of Agriculture"
# "to honour priorities while enjoying only very modest increases in budget income until 2006"
External links
Official websiteFull Text of the original Commission Proposal (1997)
European Union
2000 in the European Union
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