On 22 May 1992, the British left-wing daily newspaper The Guardian speculates on the genuine ability of the European Community to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP).
In 1986, Eisso P. Woltjer, Member of the European Parliament and specialist in agricultural issues, comments on the importance of the agricultural expenditure provided for in the Community budget.
Am 8. Februar 1983 gibt der Bundesminister des Auswärtigen, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, vor dem Europäischen Parlament eine Erklärung ab über das Abkommen zur Gemeinsamen Fischereipolitik.
‘Oh Zeus, those were the days when You were still a bull!’ On 6 December 1983, following the Athens European Council, the cartoonist, Horst Haitzinger, illustrates the significance of the budgetary imbalances in Europe and the difficulties involved in adapting the common agricultural policy (CAP).
In 1986, reacting to the difficulties facing the European agricultural market, the German cartoonist Hanel portrays the need to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP).
Das deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel beschreibt die kritische Lage in der sich der europäische Agrarmarkt zu Beginn der achtziger Jahre befindet.
In November 1980, Bernard Auberger, French Inspector General of Finance, publishes an article in the monthly publication Revue du Marché commun in which he calls for a reform of the current common agricultural policy.
‘The building of the Tower in Brussels.’ In 1981, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, takes an ironic look at the establishment by the Ten of the common agricultural policy (CAP) which is proving to be as complicated as the construction of the Tower of Babel.
‘The difficult ascent of the euro-obstacle.' In 1986 the cartoonist Behrendt gives his view of the difficulties in which the common agricultural policy (CAP) finds itself.
