ABSTRACT
The principle of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was established in the 1957 Treaty of Rome that created the European Economic Community (EEC). The CAP illustrates post-war concerns: the food shortage in the EEC had to be filled by increasing agricultural production in order to guarantee the security of food being supplied at stable prices. By encouraging farmers to produce more and more (in order to increase their income), the price-support mechanisms aimed to enable the Community to reach self-sufficiency in food production.
