Im Mai 1969 kommentiert die italienische Sektion des Rates der Gemeinden Europas das Memorandum zur Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik, das von Sicco Mansholt, dem Europäischen Kommissar für Landwirtschaft, vorgestellt worden war.

On 7 April 1971, the Chairman of the Netherlands Agricultural Board, C.S. Knottnerus, gives his point of view on the need for a reform of the common agricultural policy

On 20 February 1969, Sicco Mansholt, European Commissioner with special responsibility for agriculture, gives an interview to the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, on his plan to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP)

On 16 December 1964, the French daily newspaper Le Monde describes the negotiations held the previous day in Brussels which led to the adoption of the Mansholt Plan by the six Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 21 December 1968, the European Commission submits to the Council a memorandum on agricultural reform. This is the Agriculture 1980 plan, also known as the Mansholt Plan, named after the European Commissioner with special responsibility for agriculture.

Am 8. April 1972 kommentiert die Pariser RTL-Redaktion das Referendum, in dem die Franzosen am 23. April über die Ratifizierung des Beitrittsvertrages des Vereinigten Königreichs, Irlands, Dänemarks und Norwegens zu den Europäischen Gemeinschaften abstimmen sollen, und fragt nach den Hintergründen der Pläne Sicco Mansholts, Präsident der Europäischen Kommission, die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP) umfassend zu reformieren.

On 23 March 1971, European farmers take to the streets in Brussels and demonstrate violently against the Mansholt Plan to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP).

Two days after the violent demonstration by European farmers on the streets of Brussels, the French daily newspaper Le Monde criticises the philosophy of the Mansholt Plan and considers the way in which the Six manage the agricultural question.