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Common Agricultural Policy

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noun

  1. the full name for CAP

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The scheme began after the EU's Common Agricultural Policy shifted subsidies from livestock to land in 2014.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

The cornerstone of a uniting Europe for more than six decades has been its Common Agricultural Policy, known as the C.A.P.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

The authors conclude that funds provided by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy need to be used for achieving the NRL's aims: a statement to be intensively debated in science and application.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

It followed a long-running controversy over the failure to process the transfer of Common Agricultural Policy payments to farmers.

From BBC • May 17, 2016

Moreover, the sheer weight of their agricultural sectors and the backwardness of their infrastructure can force a reluctant EU to reform its inanely bloated farm and regional aid subsidies, notably the Common Agricultural Policy.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel