In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, former general rapporteur on agricultural matters in the European Parliament, recalls the personality and working methods of Sicco Mansholt, European Commissioner for Agriculture and, in 1970, the author of an ambitious plan to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, former general rapporteur on agricultural matters in the European Parliament, discusses the implications of the Plan for the Modernisation of European Agriculture and outlines the agricultural price-fixing mechanism in the European Economic Community (EEC).