This book is the first to document the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to analyse the political and economic factors which determined the outcome of the negotiations. The policy (non-)reform will affect the world's global food security and agricultural commodity markets and will cost the EU 3.5 trillion Euro over the next 7 years.
Contributors include top political negotiators and leading EU experts and academic analysts.

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes / List of Abbreviations / About the Contributors / Preface and Acknowledgements, Johan Swinnen / 1. The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy: Introduction and key conclusions, Johan Swinnen / Part I. The CAP for 2014-2020 / 2. The 2013 Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, Giovanni Anania and Maria Rosaria Pupo D'Andrea / 3. Was the CAP reform a success?, Jean-Christophe Bureau and Louis-Pascal Mahé / Part II. Perspectives from Inside the European Institutions / 4. Achievements and Constraints of the 2013 CAP Reform, Tassos Haniotis / 5. Perspective from the European Parliament, Paolo De Castro and Angelo Di Mambro / 6. The Perspective of the (former) European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potönik / Part III. Political Economy Perspectives / 7. The Multi-Annual Financial Framework and the 2013 CAP Reform, Alan Matthews / 8. The WTO: No longer relevant for CAP reform?, Alan Swinbank / 9. From 'Greening' to 'Greenwash': The drivers and discourses of CAP 2020 'reform', Emil Erjavec, Marko Lovec and Karmen Erjavec / 10. The Fate of Green Direct Payments in the CAP Reform Negotiations, Kaley Hart / 11. The Political Economy of Capping Direct Payments: Applications in - and implications for - Germany, Amanda Sahrbacher, Alfons Balmann and Christoph Sahrbacher / 12. CAP Reform, 2005-14, and the Muted Role of the Dis-United Kingdom, Alan Swinbank / Part IV. Co-Decision and the European Parliament / 13. COMAGRI and the 'CAP after 2013' Reform: In search of a collective sense of purpose, Christilla Roederer-Rynning / 14. The European Parliament' s Position on Market Regulation and the Impact of the Economic Context, Alessandro Olper and Lucia Pacca / 15. Parliamentary Amendments to the Legislative Proposals of the 2013 CAP Reform, Imre Fert¿ and Attila Kovacs / 16. Co-decision and the CAP: An unfinished story - Insights on the role of the European Parliament in the 2013 reform, Louise Knops and Maria Garrone / Part V. Conclusions and the Future / 17. An Imperfect Storm in the Political Economy of the Common Agricultural Policy, Johan Swinnen / 18. CAP Reform, the US Farm Bill and the TTIP, Tim Josling / 19. Reflections on the CAP post-2014, Alan Matthews / 20. Where should the CAP go post-2020?, Allan Buckwell / 21. Is there a need for a mid-term review of the 2013 CAP reform?, Rolf Moehler / Appendix: A Summary of the Institutional Positions in the CAP Negotiations, Attila Kovacs, Louise Knops, Imre Fert¿ and Johan Swinnen / Index