The Common Agricultural policy (CAP), historically one of the major financially still the most extensive common policy of the European Union (EU), has been traditionally criticised for being fundamentally determined by inflexible national perceptions that stem from the political sensitivity of payments per farm. Although these characteristics, the consequence of a specific historical context, have contributed to the permanent reform tendencies, they have remained the most stubborn part of CAP until today. Fischler's phase of CAP reform, which changed the policy paradigm by introducing allocation logic for the second pillar and farm payments, is no exception. This article focuses on Healtk Check as the phase of the CAP reform process, bringing fulfilment and concentration, as well as the first serious reflection on Fischler's reform. Using policy models and multilevel governance analysis, the authors attempt to prove that in the light of the upcoming new financial perspective, CAP remains firmly in a framework determined by the net-receiving countries. the changing global and national contexts of interst formation only slowly alter circumstances for the potential redefinition of relations between the traditional actors.
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