The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) has negative impacts on peasant agriculture in the South. For this reason, the CAP is in contradiction with commitments the EU has made regarding its policy coherency with development cooperation goals and regarding respect of human rights. This study, carried out at the request of the Agriculture and Food Commission (C2A) and the Luxembourg platform Meng Landwirtschaft, has helped identify various types of CAP impacts :
Only in-depth reform of the CAP, combined with changes in other European policies, will enable the EU to fulfill its commitments.