AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

SEE countries have clearly identified European integration as a political priority, defining, among other things, agricultural policy reforms and the need to modernize agriculture. The accession process entails not only enhancing competitiveness across whole agro-food chains, but more broadly, adopting a quite different model of agricultural policy more demanding in its conceptual, administrative and financial aspect. SEE agriculture and agricultural policy differs namely significantly from the structures and processes in the EU. Reforms are therefore needed to align it with the legal and institutional set-up of the EU and to integrate the country’s agricultural sector into the EU single market in the most efficient manner. Click here to download.