In May 1969, the Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities comments on the memorandum on the reform of the common agricultural policy submitted by the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Sicco Mansholt.

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 17 December 1968, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung analyses the issues at stake in the Mansholt Plan and highlights the importance of reforming the structures and farming methods used in the agricultural sector of Europe of the Six.

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.

On 8 April 1972, commenting on the French referendum on the ratification of the Treaty on the accession to the European Communities of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and Norway, to be held on 23 April, the RTL editorial team in Paris ponders on the implications of the proposals put forward by Sicco Mansholt, President of the European Commission, for a fundamental reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

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.