Zemědělská politika v procesu rozšiřování EU

Abstract

AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN THE PROCESS OF EU ENLARGEMENT Monika Škodíková The aim of the thesis is to characterize the theoretical basic of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to describe the role of agriculture in the process of EU enlargement, to characterize the agricultural sector in the EU and to describe impact of enlargement on the agricultural sector. The first chapter describes reasons of beginning and function of this policy, historical development since the beginning of European integration and reforms of the CAP, aims, principles, instruments and financial issues. The second chapter focuses on the CAP and the new EU Member States. This chapter defines the role of agriculture in the process of enlargement, the accession negotiations in agriculture and also the conditions for join the EU and describes the agricultural sector in candidate and potential candidate countries. The last chapter is devoted to the characteristics of the agricultural sector and the impact of EU enlargement on the agricultural sector.