Política Agraria Común y la de cohesión frente a la Estrategia Europa 2020

Abstract

This work analyzes the most recent evolution of the eu's two major policies, the Common Agricultural Policy and Cohesion Policy, as well as the reforms made to adjust these policies to match the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy. This research focuses on the expense budget of the Financial Framework 2006–2013, and the role it is playing in achieving a more harmonious Europe in sector and territorial terms, which has been the backbone objective of the eu since its founding. The work concludes that during the first half of this Financial Framework, the Union continued to progress to greater sector cohesion, but territorial convergence policies related to the eu 15 have been weakened, despite the fact that income dispersion has been multiplied due to expansions in 2004 and 2007. Paradoxically, the twelve countries incorporated in those years have been fundamentally affected by this weakening.