On 27 September 1960, the Italian newspaper La Giustizia criticises the provisions laid down by the Mansholt Plan with a view to organising the common agricultural policy (CAP) and expresses concern over the social repercussions of the new proposal for a common agricultural market.

In February 1971, the monthly publication 30 jours d’Europe comments on a survey of French farmers’ opinions of the Mansholt Plan.

In February 1969, the monthly publication Communauté européenne reviews criticism by the agricultural sector of the Mansholt Plan for reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

‘Working at full stretch. And now, once again, it’s our French colleague’s turn to play us his record.’ On 4 October 1975, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung deplores the attitude of the European Agriculture Ministers, who, despite their declarations of intent, are dragging their feet when it comes to implementing a reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In this interview, Georges Rencki, Head of Division responsible for the policy to modernise agricultural structures in the Directorate-General for Agriculture (1968–1977), outlines the measures proposed in the Mansholt Plan for the modernisation of agricultural holdings. He explains the consequences of the adoption of the Plan by the Council and emphasises Mansholt's efforts to inform those working in the agricultural industry.

In 1974, at a conference held in Austria on the economic and political situation in Europe, Otto von Habsburg, President of the International Paneuropean Union, strongly criticises the Mansholt Plan and its consequences, which he considers to be harmful for European agriculture.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971 and a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989, explains why there were reservations among Luxembourg agricultural trade unions over the Mansholt Plan for the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In November 1950, the Dutch Agriculture Minister, Sicco Mansholt, proposes to the States taking part in the Schuman Plan negotiations that a common market for agricultural products be established.

In 1974, in a published collection of interviews, Sicco Mansholt, former European Commissioner with special responsibility for agriculture, describes the issues and the difficulties associated with his plan for a reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).