Reforms of the common agricultural policy and the enlargement of the EU to 27
Interview with Georges Rencki: the Berlin European Council and the reform of the CAP (Tervuren, 23 November 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Georges Rencki, Head of Division responsible for the policy to modernise agricultural structures in the Directorate-General for Agriculture from 1968 to 1977, emphasises that the reform of the CAP adopted at the Berlin European Council of March 1999 was vital ahead of the European Union’s enlargement to include the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Interview with Georges Rencki: the MacSharry reform (Tervuren, 23 November 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Georges Rencki, Head of Division responsible for the policy to modernise agricultural structures in the Directorate-General for Agriculture from 1968 to 1977, describes the main elements of the reform proposed by Ray MacSharry, European Commissioner for Agriculture, in the early 1990s, and explains how this reform was continued with the reform adopted at the Berlin European Council in March 1999.
Interview with Georges Rencki: the common agricultural policy in a Union of 27 (Tervuren, 23 November 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Georges Rencki, Head of Division responsible for the policy to modernise agricultural structures in the Directorate-General for Agriculture from 1968 to 1977 and Director responsible for coordinating national policies in the Directorate-General for Regional Policy from 1977 to 1988, explains the challenges of a common agricultural policy for 27 Member States in a globalised world.